Events in Foster City
Monday, July 21st, 2008
I was on my way from Foster City, CA, to San Francisco, when I decided to stop on Third Ave. where kiteboarding--you ride a surf-board and fly a kite, the kite pulls you across the water--takes place.
After making a right turn off Third Ave., another right, I came across the parking lot, which was full. A car came out: I ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
So, where are you and the family going to spend your summer vacation?
There are many places to go to in Northern California: the beach, the mountains, or the city. From Foster City, you can take a short ride to the beach, forty-five minutes; to the Sierras, about two and half-hours; or a city, thirty minutes.
Because ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The weekend of May 30th, to the 1st of June, is a good time, if you can, to visit Foster City, CA. Every year around this time Foster City celebrates it Annual Arts and Wine Festival.
Several days earlier a carnival comes into town and sets up its rides, so the local safety-agencies can make sure everything is safe. Discount ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
"Do you smell that?" "Yes, I do!" " We have a skunk in the area!"
It's the second time in three days "The Flower Of The Woods" have let us known that they are in Foster City, CA.
When the weather gets warm and animals roam for food, when an eye-bothering oder strikes your eyes--you can almost ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
"The mayor of San Francisco should be kicked out of office for what he's done! " An irritated McDonald's customer said, in a group of people waiting for their food, who just came back to Foster City from going to see the Olympic Torch. "People came from throughout the state," he continued," and other states just to see the torch, and then he changes the ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
In Foster City, California, throughout the years, the wild animal population was getting out of control: skunks, squirrels, raccoons, roof-rats, etc,--had a free rein in the city.
In the 1980s', roof-rats ran wild until they were cracked down on. Today, squirrels are running wild and they are being cracked down on: Foster City hired pest controllers to put blue, poison ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Pink blossoms from fruit trees are falling; fields are green; nights are cold; animals are roaming with their young for food; some rain some snow--are these signs that summer has arrived?
As I said in an earlier article, "We would have rain in December, January, February, and one or two storms in March." So far, as far as I can see, ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
When we heard that there were several feet of snow in the Sierras, we left Foster City, California, and drove for three hours to go cross-country skiing above Pinecrest, California.
When we were putting on our cross-country ski boots, it started to snow lightly: small flakes twirling around like they had no place to go. By the time we were ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
The rains came, the winds came, the flooding came, and the snow came--all of these things were expected in the first storm of California's winter season. The next big storm should start adding water to California's natural dam: the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Snow should start falling in the Sierras which will freeze to form the California's snow pack. This is important ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
After eight months without natures moisture(rain), Foster City finally got some desperately needed rain. Not much, but enough to let the people still know what rain looks like.
When I pulled into a gas station near Foster City and walked up to the cashier's window to pay for the gas, before I pumped it, there was a sign in the cashier's ...
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