During the summer, winds typically kick up at about 1 p.m. as California's steamy Central Valley creates a vacuum that pulls in cool air from the Bay.

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Brown County (Green Bay) and the nearby Fox River Valley make up the state's third major battleground.

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Ford's move comes as other companies based outside Silicon Valley have stepped up their presence in the Bay Area.

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An oft-heard statistic while I was in Silicon Valley was that the Bay Area and Seattle (where Microsofties multiply) were the America's biggest consumers of pizza, Levi's and triple lattes.

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