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Warning sign, posted at Skeggs Point in the El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve, in the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, San Mateo County
... that although it was founded in 1924,
Congregation Beth Israel
in
Berkeley, California
, did not hire its first
rabbi
until 1963?
... that the
Bay Area Puma Project
is the first major study of
mountain lions
living in the
San Francisco Bay Area
?
... that the
Mechanics Bank
(pictured)
based in
Richmond, California
, declined a 60 million dollar
government bailout
?
... that to survive during
Prohibition
, some
winemaking
families in what is now
California
's
Russian River Valley AVA
converted to
bootlegging
operations that sold a water-based
wine
known as "jackass
brandy
"?
... that
San Francisco 49ers
wide receiver
Billy Wilson
has been described as "probably one of the most underrated players in
NFL
history"?
February 2009
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