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Syncaris pacifica

... that Ruth Comfort Mitchell Young, owner of the Yung See San Fong House (pictured) in Los Gatos, California, didn't want it to be a bungalow, but a "bungahigh"?
... that Goat Rock Beach in Sonoma County, California has a number of sea stacks and offers viewing of marine natural arches?
... that the California Maritime Academy has named three of its four training ships Golden Bear since 1946?
... that the endangered Syncaris pacifica (pictured) uses variable translucency and color changing crypsis for underwater camouflage?
... that Bennett Valley is one of the newest additions to the list of American Viticulture Areas?

March 2007

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