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San Francisco Gate - Some campers in the Bay Area and Northern California have discovered one of California’s great adventures, backpacking at Catalina Island off of Los Angeles. “I just got back from a backpack trip up to the Parson’s Landing campground, and it ranks
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Rain Expected to Hit the Southland
KABC - A Flash Flood Watch was in effect in the burn areas of Catalina Island, Los Angeles County mountain areas and the San Fernando, San Gabriel and Santa Clarita valleys, and a Snow Advisory was in force at Los Angeles County mountains, excluding the
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Longtime man of mysteries and eclectic antiques, Sheldon McArthur, opened North By Northwest Books and Antiques in Streetcar Village on Dec. 5, 2006. Hanging overhead, tucked along shelves and cluttered about tables are myriad treasures - testament to a chapter in the history of 20th century American booksellers, and one curious collector of antiques.
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[ Compiled By Cyndi Gollaz and Jim Matthews… ] 
Compiled by Cyndi Gollaz and Jim Matthews Outdoor News Service The fish report is weekly. Its accuracy depends on marina operators, tackle shops and local fishermen we contact. The Cal TIP number, the Department of Fish and Game poacher hotline, is 1-888- DFG-CALTIP.
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Calif. sailor survived, but his dream did not 
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — With each swimming pool Ken Barnes Jr. scrubbed, his worry grew: Would he die having never truly lived? After cleaning more than 75,000 pools over two decades, Barnes, 46, used the money from the sale of his business and Newport Beach house to escape his midlife doldrums with the help of a 44-foot ketch. In October, he sailed out of Long Beach harbor for what he planned …
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Pumping Up Your Reverse Mortgage 
New ‘jumbos’ are giving retirees the cash they need to stay in their houses
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Smooth tunes to be heard at jazz festival 
Smooth jazz will accompany the Indian Wells Art Festival for the first time this year. Veteran smooth jazz producer and radio DJ Art Good will merge his traveling “JazzTrax” festival with the arts festival, taking place March 30 through April 1 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Source: www.thedesertsun.com