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- ... that Tropical Storm Ignacio of August 1997 caused unprecedented rainfall in San Francisco, California, which typically receives only a trace of precipitation during the month?
- ... that, seven years after California football coach Stub Allison's "nasty, opportunistic defense" helped win a national championship, he was fired for "shackl[ing] good material with a dull offense"?
- ... that Bolinas Ridge which runs parallel to California's San Andreas Fault has been the setting for numerous automobile television commercials?
- ... that Kent Island (pictured), a national wildlife sanctuary in California's Bolinas Lagoon, was once just hours from becoming the future site of a 1,500 boat marina?
July - September 2010