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Yankee Pier brings a taste of Nola to San Jose

It’s finally patio season again, and Yankee Pier Santana Row is bringing it in with a bang. This Sunday, April 29th, from 3-6pm, the popular...
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Whale Watching with Island Packers at Ventura Harbor: 10 questions from a 10 year old

Through April gray whales migrate 4000-5000 miles to their favorite Baja lagoons and return to Alaska. The American Cetacean Society reported 181...
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Celebrating Christmas in New Orleans

New Orleans offers mild winters, endless holiday events and the opportunity to visit the city’s famous sites with fewer tourists this month....
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Get into the 'Groove' on Saturday with Kirk Joseph

You can't go wrong with most native New Orleans music makers, and high on the list of gifted artists from the fabled Southern city is sousaphone...
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Highway history made a U-turn in S.F. -- is NoLa next?

In film, San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway played its most notable role at the beginning of Bullitt, the Steve McQueen vehicle best remembered...
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North Beach Jazz Fest off, Rebirth Brass Band on, I'm outta here

Well, that was then. Hard times got harder, and good times now seem fewer and farther between. The so-called Golden State's unstoppable deflating...
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'All ya can eat crawfish' event is truly For the Bayou

Next week, an upstart nonprofit that wants to roil up awareness of Gulf Coast land loss plans a fundraising crawfish boil by the Bay.For the Bayou,...
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Laissez les bon temps rouler, Bay Area

That headline is French for "let the good times roll," but I likely didn't have to tell you that, Left Coast hipsters.Tuesday is Mardi...
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All aboard: 'Untold Story of Black New Orleans' tonight on PBS

If you watched the dramatic rooftop rescues and the Superdome sufferingin New Orleans after Katrina struck and thought, "I had no ideathere...
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Rebirth for bass man in Rebirth Brass Band

For the handful of you who eat up stories about brass bands, be they local acts or "where y'at" cats, rejoice at the news that Rebirth...
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