11 Mar 2010 at 12:59pm Reporting from Jiali, Taiwan - My grandmother never liked my name. Her eldest son, my father, had given me his name, though everyone knew that was taboo in Chinese tradition. So my grandmother insisted on calling me by the name she had given me: Lin ...
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11 Mar 2010 at 9:53am Budget travelers are pretty much in tune with how airfare sales operate. Basically, you must purchase within a few days to a week and fly on off-peak days to land the ultimate bargain. But a very special deal of just $94 one-way to San Francisco from ...
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11 Mar 2010 at 12:56am Her latest book captures San Francisco?s Chinatown on the eve of the Lunar New Year in 1940 and delves into a thrilling mystery featuring a tough female private investigator. Come hear Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor, who make up Slow Club, a ...
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11 Mar 2010 at 12:56am ... you?ll be rewarded near the end when you spot Beaver ... Calaveras County is frog country, right?) San Francisco on a Sunny Day Northern Californians know San Francisco can be wintry in the summer and warm come October. It?s prime time for ...
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10 Mar 2010 at 11:52pm For an elongated "wow" from the whole family, San Francisco is hard to beat. Steep streets suddenly drop off, leaving your kid's stomach somewhere in mid-air. Who needs roller coasters when you can experience sparkling sailboats, fluttering in the ...
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10 Mar 2010 at 10:40pm In 2008, under San Francisco?s former sanctuary policy of shielding youths from immigration authorities, eight Honduran drug dealers escaped youth rehabilitation centers in San Bernardino County. ?It is my understanding that many of these illegal ...
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10 Mar 2010 at 8:43am Gerry Adams was along on a SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban Research) walking tour of Chinatown on Friday, led by Supervisor David Chiu . Cityphile Adams, who used to write about urban affairs for the Examiner and then The Chronicle, was among ...
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