San Francisco still in the running to host 2016 Olympics
San Francisco remains in the running to be the American city bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The U.S. Olympic Committee today announced narrowing the field from five to three cities, eliminating Houston and Philadelphia to leave Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
A committee delegation visited [...]
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Google adds traffic info to Maps application
Users in 30 major U.S. cities can download free app to their mobile devices
Google has enhanced its Google Maps mobile application by adding traffic information and the ability to save routes, the Mountain View, California, company plans to announce Tuesday.
Google Maps, which can be downloaded for free to mobile [...]
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The Male Intellect — an oxymoron
“‘The Male Intellect‘ is a crafty and thought-provoking concoction,” writes the Chicago Tribune about Robert Dubac’s hit one-man show, where the actor/writer ransacks his brain to answer the age-old question, “What do women want?”
Dubac’s performance pinpoints the differences between the sexes and then celebrates them with 90 minutes of non-stop [...]
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Please join us this weekend for
Napa Valley College’s
Shakespeare in the Glade
Much Ado About Nothing,
set in 1940’s Napa Valley.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, July 21-23 at 6p.m.
in the Napa Valley College Glade
No admission charge!
Questions, call (707) 259-8077.
I got this in my email, and if I wasn’t busy I’d be there. When you are looking for something to [...]
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A description of Copple’s confession
Thursday, July 13, 2006 1:15 AM PDT
[Napa Valley Register Online]Editor’s note: Napa law enforcement officials say Eric Copple confessed to killing two young women in November 2004. The following is a portion of the transcript from the May 2006 preliminary hearing in the case. The questions are asked by Napa County [...]
I went to the Napa Valley 2006 Skip Long Car Show today. I hadn’t been to it before so I was expecting just a few cars. Sort of an expanded Chef’s Market Car Show. But instead of was greeted to over 100 vehicles from Classic cars, trucks and even a few Semis. [...]
Last week my father and I packed up and drove into the city to go to the Taping of the 50th Episode of Diggnation, at the Beach Chalet in San Francisco.
As we walked in we ran into Kevin Rose has he was heading off to get ready. We wandered over to the bar and my [...]
Sometimes I’m amazed at the creativity of some people who earn a good living filling needs that anyone could do. I was at a gathering today when I struck up a conversation with a man who described his job as a “commute helper.”
“OK, what exactly is a commute helper?” I asked
“I help people have a [...]
PARK(ing)
The initial PARK(ing) intervention occurred on November 16, 2005 from noon until 2 p.m., without incident or interference from any level of institutional authority. Sort of makes you wonder what else you can do in a parking space . . .
Providing temporary public open space in a privatized part of town.
One of the more [...]
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I’ve heard of make-shift Outdoor Movies, here in Napa a local movie theatre used to take over the Veteren’s Park in Downtown Napa and set’s up a screen and showed old classics. And in Santa Cruz it’s done quite often, with a fairly large organized group doing the exact same thing. It’s actually [...]
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