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In Rancho Carrillo, a romance with California's past
Carlsbad's Rancho Carrillo neighborhood owes its beginning to, as D.J. Waldie put it in his text for Diane Keaton's " California Romantica," an actor's "longing for a lost place of romance." Leo Carrillo brought that romance to his rancho, which is...Tags: Diane Keaton, Family, Will Rogers, Travel, Gardens and Parks
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Saddling up at a working cattle operation
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE HEIFERS are acting surly, but my horse pushes forward. My young crew of 10 or so cowpunchers encircles about 30 head of cattle on a wide pasture in the shadow of a sawtooth mountain just west of Bridgeport. Our horses slowly lead the cattle toward a...Tags: Billy Crystal, Tour Operations Industry, Agriculture, Apple iPod, Hamburgers
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A town that wants illegal immigrants
Gregory Rodriguez is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation. grodriguez@latimescolumnists.comLindsay, Calif. — THE IMMIGRATION debate can get pretty sloppy and emotional in the abstract, but not here in this Central Valley town that can't afford to let simplistic rhetoric overshadow facts. Last month's devastating citrus freeze has put...Tags: Public Officials, Career and Workplace, Employees, Sports, Illegal Immigrants
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Bracing for a flu pandemic
Special to The Times"THE threat of an influenza pandemic is, at present, one of the most significant public health issues our nation and world faces." — Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenback, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, April 2007 "We know that a...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Utah fighting the laws of federal land
Times Staff WriterRECAPTURE CANYON, UTAH — It's a small gesture of defiance — a narrow metal bridge that allows off-road vehicles illegal access to this archeologically rich canyon. But the modest structure, built by San Juan County officials on U.S. government...Tags: Land Resources, Wallace Stegner, Judges, Justice System, Government
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A taste of cowboy life at Rankin Ranch in SoCal
Special to The Los Angeles TimesCaliente, Calif. We crawled up and around the mountain just before dusk, winding along a skinny highway noteworthy for its spectacular sunset views, hairpin turns and an army of fearless cattle that graze the slopes and regularly amble into the middle of...Tags: Dance, Entertainment, Apple iPod, Hamburgers, The Happiest News!
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Southern California in one day
Here is an eclectic list of places where Travel section staffers like to take out-of-town visitors for a slice of SoCal life. The Bunny Museum, anyone? HIDDEN TREASURES IN LOW-KEY DEL REY Del Rey, an off-the-radar West Side enclave sandwiched between...Tags: Education, Hamburgers, Tara Reid, Restaurants, Tacos
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The oohs and ahhs of it all
Special to The TimesSaratoga, Wyo. My first night in Saratoga, the Hobo Pool lived up to its reputation as a communal public bath. Two sunburned young men flaunting tattoos and burly arms -- roughnecks working natural gas rigs -- stood waist deep in the sulfurous waters....Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Tour Operations Industry, Fishing, Forestry and Timber, Health
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Colorado's supersized sandbox
Times Staff WriterThe rain caught up with us in late afternoon. The smell was electric: fresh, crisp, unexpected. A mixture of plant life and damp earth. A smell you'd never find in the city. We had left Denver 3 1/2 hours earlier, bound for Great Sand Dunes, the nation's...Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Los Angeles International Airport, Landforms, Bodies of Water, Restaurants
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Walter W. Hoffman dies at 86; descendant of Ventura County pioneers helped get local history museum's current structure built
Walter W. Hoffman, the son of a Ventura County founding family who was instrumental in getting the present Museum of Ventura County built, died Nov. 13 at his Camarillo home, his family said. The cause of death was not disclosed. He was 86. The land...Tags: Family, Science and Technology, University of Southern California, Obituaries, Death
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Mexico plans big splash with new Baja port
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersMexico's government is preparing to open bidding on the largest infrastructure project in the nation's history, a $4-billion seaport that could transform this farming village into a cargo hub to rival the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. If completed...Tags: Shipping Service, Panama, Asia, Union Pacific Corporation, Travel
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Girlfriends' getaways a booming trend in travel
Associated Press WriterGirlfriends' getaways - where women travel with other women and leave the menfolk home - are booming. And the phenomenon is not just about bachelerotte parties or 20-somethings on spring break. Women are taking knitting trips, adventure trips and spa...Tags: China, Hobbies, Trips and Vacations, Family, Travel
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