WESTMINSTER: Spring Festival 60th Anniversary Celebration April 8, 2017, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Events include: Craft Vendors Children's Activities | DIY Workshops | Delicious Food | Games | Westminster Police Department Open House | Fire Department Displays & Personnel | Public Works Equipment | Pancake Breakfast | Live Entertainment | Youth Art Contest. Location: Westminster Civic Center, 8200 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CA. westminster-ca.gov
Day at the Docks April 9, 2017. Location: San Diego SportFishing Dock, San Diego, CA
Antique Peddlers Fair September 17, 2017. Location: Historic Sutter Street, Folsom, CA | 4.14 |
Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival April 19-23, 2017 William S. Hart Park, Santa Clarita, CA
Sea Otter Classic April 20-23, 2017 Laguna Seca Recreation Area, Salinas, CA
Mission Oaks Rec & Park District Fit For Life Health Fair April 21, 2017 Mission Oaks Community Center, Carmichael, CA
Country & Western Festival April 21-22, 2017 Town Square Plaza, Vacaville, CA
Central Valley Pizza Festival April 21-22, 2017 Lemoore City Park, Lemoore, CA
Tulare County Renaissance Fair April 21-23, 2017 Plaza Park, Visalia, CA
Lompoc Valley Festival Association Lompoc SpringFest April 21-23, 2017 Ryon Park, Lompoc, CA
Gem Faire / San Diego April 21-23, 2017 Scottish Rite Center, San Diego, CA Fresno State Vintage Days Craft Faire April 21-23, 2017 Fresno State Campus, Fresno, CA
South Bay Home & Garden Show April 21-23, 2017 Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA
Del Mar Spring Home Decorating & Remodeling Show April 21-23, 2017 Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA
Pacific Fine Arts Festivals Menlo Park Sidewalk Fine Arts Festival April 21-23, 2017 Santa Cruz Avenue at El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA
OC Fair & Event Center Imaginology April 21-23, 2017 OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa, CA
San Joaquin Asparagus Festival April 21-23, 2017 San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, Stockton, CA
Del Mar Antique Show & Sale April 21-23, 2017 Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA
LOS ANGELES: Artists & Fleas April 1-15, 2017. Location: Arts District Triangle (3rd and Traction), Los Angeles, CA
LOS ANGELES: Canoga Park Certified Farmer's Market April 1-29, 2017. Location: Between Wyandotte Street and Sherman Way, Los Angeles, CA
SUNNYVALE: Sunnyvale Farmers Market April 1-29, 2017. Location: Downtown, Sunnyvale, CA
SAN DIEGO: Scripps Ranch Farmers Market & Family Festival April 1-29, 2017. Location: Scripps Ranch, San Diego, CA
Hayward Farmers Market April 1-29, 2017. Location: Hayward City Hall Plaza, Hayward, CA | Saugus Speedway | Santa Clarita Swap Meet April 1-30, 2017. Location: Saugus Speedway, Santa Clarita, CA | San Jose Flea Market April 1-30, 2017. Location: San Jose Flea Market Pavilion, San Jose, CA
HUNTINGTON BEACH: Timeless Treasures Boutique March 23-26, 2017. Free admission. Location: 6905 Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA. timelesstreasuresboutiques.com
YUBA CITY: Yuba City Spring Home, Garden and Recreation Show March 24-26, 2017. Location: Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds, Yuba City, CA ychomeshow.com
SAN FRANCISCO: Uncorked! The San Francisco Wine Festival May 13, 2017. Location: Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, CA ,
SAN JOSE: Berryessa Art & Wine Festival | Berryessa Art & Wine Festival May 13, 2017. Location: Penitencia Creek Park, San Jose, CA
EL DORADO HILLS: El Dorado Hills Art & Wine Affaire | El Dorado Hills Art & Wine Affaire May 13-14, 2017. Location: El Dorado Hills Town Center, El Dorado Hills, CA
LOS ANGELES: Sierra Pelona Valley Wine Festival May 20, 2017. Location: Reyes Winery, Los Angeles, CA
VACAVILLE: Vacaville Art & Wine Stroll May 6, 2017. Location: Historic Downtown, Vacaville, CA
TEMPLETON: Templeton Wine Festival May 6, 2017. Location: Templeton Park, Templeton, CA
LIVERMORE: Livermore Wine Country Downtown Street Fest May 6- 7, 2017. Location: Historic Downtown, Livermore, CA
TEMECULA: Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival | Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival | June 2- 4, 2017. Location: Lake Skinner, Winchester, CA
MONTEREY: Monterey Wine Festival | Monterey Wine Festival | June 9-11, 2017. Location: Monterey Custom House Plaza, Monterey, CA
PINE MOUNTAIN: Wine in the Pines | Wine in the Pines | June 10, 2017. Location: Pine Mountain Village Center, Pine Mountain Club, CA
NOVATO: Novato Festival of Art, Wine and Music | June 10-11, 2017. Location: Downtown, Novato, CA
MORGAN HILL: Guided Nature Walk and Wine Tasting tickets $80 April 22 10 a.m. Guided Nature Walk and Wine Tasting Morgan Hill, Morgan Hill
SOLVANG: Solvang 3rd Wednesday Wine & Beer Walk tickets $20 WED, April 19 3 p.m. Solvang 3rd Wednesday Wine & Beer Walk Around the Village of Solvang, Solvang
Library Wine Tasting: Tributary Pinot Noir by the glass tickets $20 April 6 11 a.m. Library Wine Tasting: Tributary Pinot Noir by the glass Riverbench Santa Barbara Tasting Room, Santa Barbara
April 8 1 p.m. Wandering Dog Wine Bar 10-Year Anniversary Party Hans Christian Andersen Park, Solvang
SOLVANG: 2017 Spring Vineyard Walk & Scavenger Hunt tickets $45 April 23 11 a.m. 2017 Spring Vineyard Walk & Scavenger Hunt At the beautiful Buttonwood Vineyard Pond, Solvang
SAN MATEO: Downtown San Mateo Restaurant Walk 2017 tickets $25 - $45 April 25, 2017 6 p.m. Downtown San Mateo Restaurant Walk 2017 Scandinavian Design Registration, San Mateo #CharityCauses #Party
Champagne On Main! April 8, 2017 3-6pm tickets $50 - $70 April 8 3 p.m. Champagne On Main! - Saturday April 8th 3pm-6pm Downtown Ventura, Ventura #Festival
TASTE of Boisset - St. Helena CA tickets $10 April 9, 2017 11 a.m. TASTE of Boisset - St. Helena CA Boisset Corporate Offices (behind Raymond Vineyards), St Helena #Networking
Sip to End Alzheimer's @Cuvee E tickets FREE April 4, 2017 6 p.m. Sip to End Alzheimer's @Cuvee E Cuvee E Wine Bar, Vacaville
FRESNO: Hop Through The Vineyard at Engelmann Cellars tickets $8 April 15, 2017 12 p.m. Hop Through The Vineyard at Engelmann Cellars Engelmann Cellars, Fresno
DoNapa Culinary Crawl April 27, 2017 tickets $30 April 27 5 p.m. DoNapa Culinary Crawl
Dionysus Dash LIVERMORE tickets $59.99 April 9 8:15 AM Dionysus Dash LIVERMORE Concannon Vineyards, Livermore
SANTA BARBARA: FARMBELLY @ MUNI: Herb Infused Oils & Salves tickets $55 April 13 7 p.m. FARMBELLY @ MUNI: Herb Infused Oils & Salves Municipal Winemakers, Santa Barbara
FARMBELLY @ MUNI: Cheesemaking 101 tickets $60 April 27 7 p.m. FARMBELLY @ MUNI: Cheesemaking 101 Municipal Winemakers, Santa Barbara
Get Out and Ride! tickets $22 - $45 April 15 11 a.m. Get Out and Ride! 28080 Loma Prieta Way, Los Gatos #Hobbies #Class
April 19 6 p.m. 6th Annual Taste of South Pasadena - presented by the Rotary Club of South Pasadena Heart of South Pasadena, South Pasadena #CharityCauses #Festival
Pour & Tour Experience tickets FREE April 6 4 p.m. Pour & Tour Experience Riggs Showroom and Distributing, Burlingame #Tour
A Unique Farm-to-Table Dining Experience in the Heart of Los Altos Hills tickets $200 April 1 3 p.m. A Unique Farm-to-Table Dining Experience in the Heart of Los Altos Hills Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills #Gala
Taste of Citrus Heights 2017 tickets $35 FRI, April 28 6 p.m. Taste of Citrus Heights 2017 Citrus Heights Community Center, Citrus Heights #Gala
OJAI: Thirty-First Ojai Wine Festival | June 11, 2017. Location: Lake Casitas Recreation Area, Ventura, CA
DANA POINT: Orange County Food, Wine & Music Festival Orange County Food, Wine & Music Festival | June 24, 2017. Location: Sea Terrace Park, Dana Point, CA
LOS ALTOS: Los Altos Arts and Wine Festival July 8- 9, 2017. Location: Main and State Streets, Los Altos, CA | pacificfinearts.com
TWAIN HARTE: Twain Harte Summer Arts and Wine Festival July 22-23, 2017. Location: Downtown, Twain Harte, CA
ALAMEDA: Alameda Art & Wine Faire July 29-30, 2017. Location: Downtown, Alameda, CA
MORGAN HILL: Wine and White July 30, 2017. Location: Guglielmo Winery, Morgan Hill, CA
NAPA: Music in the Vineyards | Music in the Vineyards August 4-28, 2017. Location: Various Wineries in the Napa Valley, Napa, CA
LAFAYETTE: Lafayette Art and Wine Festival September 16-17, 2017. Location: Mount Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette, CA
SAN JOSE: Almaden Valley Art & Wine Festival September 17, 2017. Location: Almaden Lake Park, San Jose, CA
SAN CARLOS: Pacific Fine Arts Festivals | San Carlos Art & Wine Faire October 7- 8, 2017. Location: San Carlos Avenue and Laurel Street, San Carlos, CA | pacificfinearts.com
MARTINEZ: LION’S CLUB
EGG HUNT
SATURDAY, April 15
10:00am
http://www.cityofmartinez.org/
Waterfront Park Grass Area
Ages 2 - 9
Enjoy face painting.
Bring your own camera to take
pictures with the Bunny. Egg Hunt
begins at 10am sharp.
Please arrive at the
Park by 9:45am!
USS Hornet and Doolittle Raiders «
SeeCalifornia.com
www.seecalifornia.com/traveltips/20112/
Apr 19, 2015 ... The USS Hornet
Museum in Alameda hosts
Congressional Gold Medal
Commemoration honoring WWII's
Doolittle Tokyo Raiders on Living
...
USS Hornet Living Ship Day Alameda,
CA Museum
www.seecalifornia.com/events/alameda-living-ship-day.html
Sep 12, 2015 ... PAST EVENTS: 71st
anniversary of the Doolittle Raid
bombing of Tokyo, an historically
important attack that took place
during WWII.
Alameda USS Hornet Military Ship
Museums - See California
www.seecalifornia.com/museums/alameda-uss-hornet.html
Alameda native Jimmy Doolittle was
known for the launching of a
squadron of B- 25s in the Tokyo raid
of World War II. After the Doolittle
raid sunk the Hornet, ...
California Street Names Have Points
of Interest
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As for me, I prefer to meander down
Golf Course Drive rather then travel
on Easy Street or Doolittle Avenue.
One last thing, some street names
are the same in a ...
California Air, Flight and Flight
Path Museums to See
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DOWNEY Columbia Memorial Space
Center; FAIRFIELD Travis AF Base
Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space
Museum, jimmydoolittlemuseum.org
Early trainers, ...
Flight Museums in California Filled
With Innovations ... - See
California
Jul 29, 2012 ... ... FAIRFIELD
Travis AF Base Jimmy Doolittle Air
and Space Museum; LANCASTER Edwards
AF Base Air Force Flight Test Center
Museum ...
The year ahead -- California
farmers, consumers bouncing back
from drought
Agriculture decreased by 16.8
percent
between the 2014 and 2015 crop
years. The
State’s 77,500 farms and ranches
received $47.1
billion for their output, down from
the $56.6
billion received in 2014.
California’s revenue was
led by the dairy industry followed
by almonds and
grapes.
Almond cash receipts decreased to
$5.33 billion.
Cash receipts fell by 27.9 percent
due to a fall in
prices from $4.00 per pound of
almonds in 2014
to $2.84 per pound in 2015. Grape
production
generated $4.95 billion in cash
receipts in
2015, down 5.4 percent from 2014.
Production
decreased by 1.3 percent from 2014,
and prices
received by growers decreased from
$756 per
ton of grapes in 2014 to $724 per
ton in 2015.
Revenue generated from cattle was
$3.40 billion,
a 9.0 percent decreased from the
2014 record high
of $3.73 billion.
The dairy industry, California’s
leading
commodity in cash receipts,
generated $6.23
billion for milk production in 2015,
down 32.8
percent from 2014. Milk production
decreased
by 3.4 percent, and milk prices
received by
producers decreased from $22.12 per
hundred
pounds of milk sold in 2014 to
$15.40 in 2015. As
the leading dairy producing state in
the country,
California produced nearly 20
percent of the
nation’s supply in 2015.
California remained the leading
state in cash farm
receipts in 2015 with combined
commodities
representing nearly 13 percent of
the U.S. total.
California’s leading crops remained
fruits, nuts
and vegetables.
California produces 99% or more
Almonds
Artichokes
Figs
Grapes, Raisins
Dates
Kiwifruit
Olives
Peaches, Clingstone
Pistachios
Plums, Dried
Rice, Sweet
Seed, Ladino Clover
Walnuts
California is Top Producer in U.S.
Flowers, Bulbs
Melons, Cantaloupe
Apricots
Flowers, Cut
Melons, Honeydew
Pluots
Flowers, Potted Plants
Milk and Cream
Pomegranates
Asparagus
Garlic
Nectarines
Raspberries
Avocados
Nursery, Bedding Plants
Beans, Dry Lima
Grapes, Table
Nursery Crops
Safflower
Broccoli
Grapes, Wine
Seed, Alfalfa
Brussels Sprouts
Hay, Alfalfa
Onions, Dry
Seed, Bermuda Grass
Cabbage,
F.M. Herbs
Onions, Green
Carrots, F.M.
Jojoba Parsley
Seed, Vegetable and Flower
Cauliflower
Kale
Spinach, F.M.
Celery
Peaches, Freestone
Strawberries
Corn, Sweet
Kumquats
Peppers, Chili
Tomatoes, Processing
Cotton, American Pima
Lemons
Peppers, Bell
Triticale
Daikon
Lettuce, Head
Persimmons
Vegetables, Greenhouse
Lettuce, Leaf
Pigeons and Squabs
Vegetables, Oriental
Eggplant
Lettuce, Romaine
Escarole/Endive
Limes
Plums
Watercress
Mandarins & Mandarin Hybrids 2
Digging Food, Loving the Farm in
California
When I saw a news report that the
so-called "Bad Boys of Brexit" are
investing over $1 million dollars
for an effort called Cal-Exit to
split up California, I had concerns
-- until I a saw their proposed map.
Living in Orange County, I wasn't
too thrilled about the previously
proposed concept of North VS South.
However, their proposal takes most
the coast which includes Los Angeles
and San Francisco and places it in
West California. Orange County and
San Diego are part of Eastern
California -- home to California's
fertile farm land. While technology
giants like Google and Facebook get
most the media attention and
contribute a large portion of taxes
to the state budget, it's primarily
"East California" that feeds us. I
dig food and love California's
farms!
Here are some of the latest farm
statistics as to what counties bring
home the bacon:
2015 $1,000
1 Tulare $6,980,772,000 (close to $7
billion) Milk, Cattle & Calves,
Oranges, Grapes (Table) *Cities:
Dinuba | Exeter | Lindsay |
Porterville | Tulare | Visalia |
Woodlake | Town of Springville
2 Kern 6,878,664 Almonds, Grapes
(Table), Milk, Tangerines *Cities:
Arvin | Bakersfield | California
City | Delano | Maricopa | McFarland
| Ridgecrest |
Shafter | Taft | Tehachapi | Wasco
3 Fresno 6,605,943 Almonds, Poultry,
Grapes (Raisin), Milk *Cities:
Clovis | Coalinga | Firebaugh |
Fowler |Fresno | Huron | Kerman |
Kingsburg | Mendota |
Orange Cove | Parlier | Reedley |
San Joaquin | Sanger | Selma
4 Monterey 4,841,519 Strawberries,
Lettuce, Broccoli, Cauliflower
*Cities: Carmel-by-the-Sea | Del Rey
Oaks | Gonzales | Greenfield | King
City | Marina | Monterey | Pacific
Grove | Salinas | Sand City |
Seaside | Soledad
5 Stanislaus 3,879,333 Almonds,
Milk, Chickens, Walnuts *Cities:
Ceres | Hughson | Modesto | Newman |
Oakdale | Patterson | Riverbank |
Turlock | Waterford
6 Merced 3,589,900 Milk, Almonds,
Chickens, Cattle & Calves *Cities:
Atwater | Dos Palos | Gustine |
Livingston | Los Banos | Merced
7 San Joaquin 2,732,900 Almonds,
Milk, Grapes -Wine, Walnuts *Cities:
Escalon | Lathrop | Lodi | Manteca |
Ripon | Stockton | Tracy
8 Ventura 2,198,555 Strawberries,
Lemons, Raspberries, Celery *Cities:
Camarillo | Fillmore | Moorpark |
Ojai | Oxnard | Port Hueneme | Santa
Paula | Simi Valley | Thousand Oaks
| Ventura
9 Kings 2,021,052 Milk, Cattle &
Calves, Almonds, Cotton-Pima
*Cities: Avenal | Corcoran | Hanford
| Lemoore
10 Madera 2,016,726 Almonds, Milk,
Pistachios, Grapes -Wine * Cities:
Chowchilla | Madera
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/
Digging Food, Loving the Farm in
California
A recent news report said the
so-called "Bad Boys of Brexit" are
investing over $1 million for
Cal-Exit to split up California.
Unlike the previous proposal
splitting the state into the North
and South, this one takes most the
from Los Angeles to the Oregon
border, and places it in West
California. Orange County and San
Diego are part of Eastern California
-- home to California's fertile farm
land. While technology giants like
Google and Facebook get most the
media attention and contribute a
large portion of taxes to the state
budget, it's primarily "East
California" that feeds us. Living in
OC, I would be part of the East,
home to California's rich farmland.
Here are the latest farm statistics
as to what counties bring home the
bacon:
East California
1 Tulare $6,980,772,000 (close to $7
billion) Milk, Cattle & Calves,
Oranges, Table Grapes
2 Kern $6,878,664,000 Almonds, Table
Grapes, Milk,
3 Fresno $6,605,943,000 Almonds,
Poultry, Raisin Grapes, Milk
5 Stanislaus $,879,333,000 Almonds,
Milk, Chickens, Walnuts
6 Merced $3,589,900,000 Milk,
Almonds, Chickens, Cattle & Calves
7 San Joaquin $2,732,900,000
Almonds, Milk, Grapes -Wine, Walnuts
West California
4 Monterey $4,841,519,000
Strawberries, Lettuce, Broccoli,
Cauliflower