DIABLO MAGAZINE: February, 2024
Have you ever cuddled a cow or hugged a hen? If so, you’ve experienced the healing power of connecting with animals. Research shows that the act of petting a puppy can boost your level of beta-endorphins (natural painkillers). It works with everything from donkeys to ducks.
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BAY AREA NEWSGROUP: December 1, 2023
In the fog-kissed environs of Half Moon Bay, Chef Pablo Estrada picks produce from nearby growers like Sarafino Farm. He buys tuna, halibut and Dungeness crab from fishermen at Pillar Point Harbor.
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SOUTH BAY MAGAZINE, VENTURA BLVD. MAGAZINE: June, 2023
Bison, bobcats and bears. These creatures are common in our national parks. Garibaldi, island foxes and island scrub jays—not so much. Yet the waters off Channel Islands National Park are teeming with the bright orange garibaldi—the California state marine fish. And the tiny foxes and scrub jays are among Channel Islands species found nowhere else on the planet.
EASTBAYTIMES.COM: September 2, 2022
Oscar Wilde once said “I have the simplest of taste. I only want the best.” For travelers to Yosemite National Park, the five-star Château du Sureau is, quite simply, the best.
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Lady Gaga does it. So do Donnie Wahlberg and Glenn Close. And it’s not just celebrities. So many people now travel with pets that it’s become an industry. A survey by TripAdvisor shows 53% of all pleasure travelers sojourn with snorkies and schnauzers and other four-legged friends. You don’t have to be well-heeled to treat your Fifi like royalty.
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Cars pass it each day, driving to and from Monterey on Highway 1. It’s the fishing village of Moss Landing, marked by two smokestacks from an off-line power plant. For fans of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, this is a region rich with marine life. Tucked behind a few shops in this tiny town (just 25 minutes north of Monterey and around a two-hour drive from the East Bay) is a mile-deep underwater chasm called Monterey Canyon that rivals the Grand Canyon in depth, a section of the Old Salinas River Channel, and the Elkhorn Slough.
NAPA SONOMA MAGAZINE: June, 2022
It’s especially hip to be square when you’re the eight-acre Sonoma Plaza, the vibrant town center of Sonoma, where historic sites meet top-rated restaurants, noted tasting rooms, stylish boutiques, lively farmers markets, and more.
Continue readingMERCURYNEWS.COM: June 20, 2022
It was the party of the year — maybe even the decade. With champagne bottles popping, downtown San Jose’s largest hotel, a Fairmont since 1987, was christened last month by Hilton San Jose as a Signia hotel — Hilton’s most upscale business brand, focused on meetings and corporate events.
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