11 July 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Van Ness Avenue is a north–south thoroughfare in
San Francisco ,
California . Originally named Marlette Street, the street was renamed in honor of the
city’s sixth mayor ,
James Van Ness .
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7 April 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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The Santa Clara Valley (
Spanish : Valle de Santa Clara) is a
geologic trough in
Northern California that extends 90 miles (140 km) south–southeast from
San Francisco to
Hollister . The
longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the
Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east by the
Diablo Range ; the two coastal ranges meet south of Hollister. The
San Francisco Bay borders the valley to the north, and fills much of the northern third of the valley. The valley floor is an
alluvial plain that formed in the
graben (tectonic depression) between the
San Andreas Fault to the west and the
Hayward and
Calaveras faults to the east. Within the valley and surrounding the bay on three sides are the urban communities of
San Mateo County ,
Santa Clara County , and
Alameda County , while the narrow southern reaches of the valley extend into rural
San Benito County to Hollister. In practical terms, the central portion of the Santa Clara Valley is often considered by itself, contained entirely within Santa Clara County.
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30 March 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Palo Alto (
Spanish for ‘tall stick’) is a
charter city in northwestern
Santa Clara County, California , United States, in the
San Francisco Bay Area , named after a
coastal redwood tree known as
El Palo Alto .
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14 February 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries , San Francisco Bay Area
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The War Memorial Opera House is an
opera house in
San Francisco ,
California ,
United States , located on the western side of
Van Ness Avenue across from the west side/rear facade of the
San Francisco City Hall . It is part of the
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center . It has been the home of the
San Francisco Opera since opening night in 1932.
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17 August 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Bon appétit , San Francisco Bay Area
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Cioppino (from
Ligurian : cioppin) is a
fish stew originating in
San Francisco , California, an
Italian-American cuisine related to various
fish soups in
Italian cuisine .
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1 June 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Berlin , French Riviera , Greater Los Angeles Area , Hamburg , London , Miami / South Florida , New York City , Paris / Île-de-France , San Francisco Bay Area
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LGBT Pride Month is a month, typically June, dedicated to celebration and commemoration of
lesbian ,
gay ,
bisexual , and
transgender (
LGBT )
pride . Pride Month began after the
Stonewall riots , a series of
gay liberation protests in 1969, and has since spread outside of the United States. Modern-day Pride Month both honors the movement for
LGBT rights and celebrates
LGBT culture .
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6 February 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area , Sport
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Levi’s Stadium is an
American football stadium located in
Santa Clara, California , just west of the much larger city of
San Jose , in the
San Francisco Bay Area . It has served as the home venue for the
National Football League (NFL)’s
San Francisco 49ers since 2014. The stadium is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of
San Francisco . It is named after
Levi Strauss & Co. , which purchased
naming rights in 2013.
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5 December 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Bon appétit , San Francisco Bay Area , Shopping
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North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to
Chinatown , the
Financial District , and
Russian Hill . The neighborhood is San Francisco’s “
Little Italy ” and has historically been home to a large Italian American population, largely from Northern Italy. It still has many Italian restaurants, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighborhood. It was also the historic center of the
beatnik subculture and has become one of San Francisco’s main
nightlife districts as well as a residential neighborhood populated by a mix of young urban professionals, families, and Chinese immigrants. The
American Planning Association (APA) has named North Beach as one of ten “Great Neighborhoods in America”.
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11 September 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Novato is a city in
Marin County, California , in the
North Bay region of the
Bay Area . At the
2020 census , Novato had a population of 53,225. What is now Novato was originally the site of several
Coast Miwok villages: Chokecherry, near downtown Novato; Puyuku, near
Ignacio ; and Olómpali, at the present-day
Olompali State Historic Park .
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