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Pro athletes? They'll take Manhattan (Beach)

a shared story    12 weeks 21 hours 5 minutes ago
Sports figures are increasingly calling the pricey coastal city home. 'On everybody's street they have a Kings player,' said a blase-sounding resident.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Building a perfect world - in miniature

a shared story    6 weeks 1 day 7 hours 34 minutes ago
Connie and Maurice Sauve are proof that parents and children can forge a dollhouse-building bond at any age. Connie was 23, and dad Maurice, a carpenter, was 52 when they built a dollhouse together in Minnesota, where Connie grew up. It was a labor of love...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Martinez to deliberate fate of popular beavers and their damned dam

a shared story    49 weeks 21 hours 20 minutes ago
The beloved beavers of Martinez, whose celebrated downtown dam can be seen on YouTube, could be looking at a death sentence if city officials follow through on a staff recommendation. The family of beavers, including the parents and two adolescents, are so popular that crowds of schoolchildren...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Spain’s Water Festival

a shared story    10 weeks 2 days 22 hours 25 minutes ago
The ancient Spanish city of Zaragoza, capital of Aragon, is playing host to Expo 2008 under the theme Water and Sustainable Development through Sept. 14. The city has long been aware of the importance of water to its civic well-being. It has three museums that focus...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Ralston Middle School's Running Program

an original story    41 weeks 4 days 9 hours 29 minutes ago
Ralston Middle School in Belmont, California has a great running program. Every kid at Ralston has to run 4 miles a week. You should appreciate what P.E. teachers do.  comments (1)  | report problem


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Newport Harbor, The Canal

a shared story    13 weeks 6 days 23 hours 16 minutes ago
If you're cruising Coast Highway in search of the Fun Zone Ferris wheel, remember to turn seaward at the bridge. Otherwise, you'll end up at Fashion Island in a universe where "Newport Coast" means mustard-and-terra-cotta-tinted mega-mansions and "Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County" is a show...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Los Alamitos military theater has a rich history and maybe ghosts

a shared story    14 weeks 23 hours 48 minutes ago
It is fitting that the Liberty Theatre's friskiest ghost is a man dressed as a sailor. The first time Jeff Hathcock says he saw him, the apparition was sitting quietly in a back row. "I said 'Hi' and he just put his head down," the theater's director...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Street Scenes: Little India

a shared story    7 weeks 1 day 7 hours 54 minutes ago
It is a mélange of colors and sounds and smells. Among the diverse mini-cultures in and around Los Angeles County, the pocket of Indian businesses clustered mainly on Pioneer Boulevard in Artesia in the southeast part of the county is among the most distinctive of the...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



worst bathrooms in san francisco

a list    66 weeks 1 day 22 hours 37 minutes ago
clorox: 7.99 toilet brush: 4.99 being acknowledged as the grossest bathroom in a major metropolitan area: priceless  comments (0)  | report problem



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