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• Richmond: A green solution to rude graffiti on I-80 Thorny Bushes!
• Felon Became COO of Wikipedia Foundation

• The Morning News - Battle of the Giants by Lance Arthur New York vs. San Francisco. No matter how much of an advantage New York has over SF, SF comes out the winner each time.

• The Philippine Comedian Spoof of UP’s newspaper Philippine Collegian is now online!
• For Bay Area Filipinos, Christmas is about welcoming - SFGate

• Black Muslim bakery raided News this time from the north of me, in Oakland. Name of bakery: Your Black Muslim Bakery. Someone pointed out: calling a bakery Your White Christian Bakery just won’t fly anywhere.
• Terror charges for man - brother at large in Philippines Malaysian man from San Jose is indicted along with his brother on charges of taking part in bombings that have killed hundreds in the Philippines.

After a month and a half of non-stop rain, we got a break here in the Bay Area. It couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s the kids’ spring break, you see. I took advantage of the wonderful weather and took the kids out on two separate days.

Last Tuesday, the kids’ cousin from my side of the family joined us to go to the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito. It’s nestled at the base of the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s got lots of little things for children 8 & under to do. The bigger kids had fun anyway.

Once we were done at the museum, I decided to drive up to the Marin Headlands to check out the view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the western side. Could you believe I have not been on that side before? The view was absolutely spectacular.

Yesterday, we headed out to the San Francisco Zoo. This time the kids’ cousin from my wife’s side of the family went with us. We got there pretty late but we covered the entire zoo in two hours. We had fun checking out the animals but we were pretty exhausted by the end of the day.

I chose these San Francisco spots because, first of all, the kids have never been to these places. Secondly, thanks to the internet, I found out that SFUSD’s spring break was last week so there were no big crowds to contend with. There’s also a third reason: these places were actually slightly cheaper than their East Bay counterparts. The online coupon for the museum, for example, helped a little bit.

The older boys are now at my parents’ house. They’re spending time with their grandparents for a couple of days. I heard they went kiting at Berkeley Marina today. It was another beautiful day, I bet.