Trevon Trejo, dl, 6-5, 240, Golden West CC, Huntington Beach, Calif.

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All of the Sunset district, both Inner and Outer, remains popular (and counter intuitively foggy) with its proximity to Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach and with a mix of commercial and residential streets.

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There is also a wild card: Kenny Golden, the chairman of Virginia Beach Republicans for six years, who is running as an independent.

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At Disneyland in Anaheim, the oldest of the company's four theme parks, the company is building California Adventure, a microcosm of the state that will allow the tourist in a hurry to visit Venice Beach, Napa Valley, the Golden Gate, a redwood grove and a host of other sights that in real life are inconveniently scattered, all in a single day.

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Considered by many visitors to be the most beautiful part of the state, Goa's stretch of southern coast running from Betul down to largely forgotten Polem in the very south, is a beach-lover's dream of golden sands, gentle surf, and the mellowest vibe imaginable.

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Surfers brave walls of water on blustery Ocean Beach, runners try to keep pace with the stampeding bison in Golden Gate Park and dim sum gluttons attempt just one more round of dumplings in the Richmond or Sunset.

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The beach is also popular with birdwatchers who come in hopeof seeing the rare golden eye snipe.

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Six of the Golden State's metropolitan areas were in the top 10 nationwide, and the Los Angeles-Long Beach area ranked No. 1 with 15, 005 workers axed in mass firings in the quarter, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which reports instances of employers who let go more than 50 workers in a quarter.

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The next morning, I enjoyed a leisurely repast on my deck and then took a stroll down to the Lodge's tiny "beach" and kayak dock, marveling at the clarity of the water and the chutzpah of a golden retriever repeatedly plunging into its iciness.

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