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Bridge to the Tom Lantos Tunnels at Devil's Slide

... that the Tom Lantos Tunnels are named after late Congressman Tom Lantos, who was instrumental in securing funding for the project?

Soutirage at Twomey Cellars

... that in 1999, winemaker Daniel Baron persuaded Cabernet Sauvignon producers Silver Oak Cellars to establish Twomey Cellars (pictured), to pursue Merlot production?

... that Live at Keystone, an album by Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, and Bill Vitt, was recorded live at the Keystone in Berkeley, California in 1973?
... that James L. Patton (pictured) is emeritus professor of integrative biology and curator of mammals at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley?
... that when Charles O'Rear took a photograph of a green, lush hillside near Napa Valley, he did not expect it to be "the most viewed image of the world"?
... that Berkeley law dean Frank C. Newman, whose work on international human rights law was prompted by a sabbatical year in Geneva, Switzerland, was appointed to the Supreme Court of California in 1977?

April 2013