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Activities

Posted by on Nov 6, 2018

They are a beautiful ring around the SFValley. Didn’t know William Shatner was a resident! Look at how he stays fit and active. Proud of you, Captain Kirk.

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Food

Posted by on Feb 13, 2017

SFV Granny attended a seminar at this hotel in Burbank, built by actress Beverly Garland in 1972 (there was one not far from us when we lived in Sacramento years ago).  I only knew...

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El Pueblo

Posted by on Sep 20, 2018

As merchant Captain Hunnewell sails off to Canton, China as a passenger aboard a sandalwood run, he notes in his log the plans of the other ships. Captain Reynolds of the Sultan...

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Historical

Posted by on Oct 9, 2018

A Native American tribe in San Fernando is demanding the city rename this...

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Recent Posts

September 12, 1818 Crew member dies

One of the seaman dies aboard the patriots’s ship. William Bush had been confined to quarters for 10 months. The first act of the Argentines mariners was to bury the man with military honors in Honolulu. According to James Hunnewell’s account, Bush “lived respected and died lamented.” This doesn’t sound like the exploits of some...