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| 03/15/2006 Whale Watching Season Is Winding Down
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| The spring whale migration along the California coast is well underway, but there's still time to catch a glimpse of these appealing mammals as they head north for the summer.
Whales traveling with their calves tend to hug the shoreline, so your chances...
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| 01/30/2006 A Chocolate Valentine in Ventura County
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| Ventura County's First Annual Chocolate Festival
February 11 - 12, 2006
This Festival celebrates Valentine's Day and everything chocolate. There will be several competitions, including a chocolate baking competition, a chocolate tower building competition,...
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| 01/18/2006 Mendocino Crab and Wine Days
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| Mendocino Crab and Wine Days
January 20 - 29, 2006
At this festival of food and wine, you'll be able to meet the fishermen, and go on a variety of excursions, including crab cruises, whale watching trips, fishing trips and sunset cruises -- all leaving...
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| 12/23/2005 Whale Watching Season Begins
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| Once again, the gray whales are on the move, beginning their winter migration from Alaskan waters to balmy Baja California. There are numerous locations along the California coast where you can spot the migrating whales, or you can take a whale watching...
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| 12/05/2005 Christmas Boat Parades
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| There's something about lights dancing on the water that's simply magical. This month, you'll have lots of opportunity to enjoy the magic, because just about every harbor along the California coast has some sort of Christmas boat parade. Here's a small...
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| 11/28/2005 The Return of the Monarch Butterflies
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| Every fall, starting in October, Monarch butterflies west of the Rockies began to migrate en masse to their winter homes along the California coast. They congregate in groves of pine or eucalyptus, where they mass together for warmth and protection. And...
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| 11/18/2005 All Aboard the Santa Cruz Holiday Train
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| Santa Cruz Holiday Lights Train
November 25-27 and December 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 20-21, 2005
This annual holiday tradition is back again this year. Travel through the streets of Santa Cruz in style aboard these trains, all decked out in their festive...
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| 11/14/2005 A Very Victorian Christmas in San Francisco
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| Great Dickens Christmas Fair
November 25-27, 2005
December 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18, 2005
You'll feel like you've been planted in the middle of a Dickens novel as you stroll the streets of Victorian London, recreated in the San Francisco Cow Palace Exhibition...
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| 11/13/2005 A Jazzy Thanksgiving in San Diego
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| 26th Annual Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival
November 23 - 27, 2005
Celebrate Thanksgiving with great jazz and good food. The Festival features more than 20 bands, playing a variety of jazz sounds, including classic ragtime, New Orleans, Dixieland,...
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| 11/07/2005 Lighting Up Del Mar
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| Holiday of Lights at Del Mar
Nov 24, 2005 - Jan 1, 2006
It's that time of year again. November is upon us and the holiday displays are going up. Here's one worth checking out -- the largest drive-through animated display on the west coast.
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