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Marin County & the Bay Area

Includes  Why Go? Marin Headlands. . .122 The Bay Area encompasses a bonanza of Sausalito...... 124 natural vistas and wildlife. Cross the Bridge Muir Woods National into Marin County and visit wizened ancient redwoods Monument...... 135 body-blocking the sun and herds of elegant pranc- Bolinas...... 136 ing along the bluffs of . Gray whales show some fluke off the cape of the wind-scoured penin- Point Reyes National Seashore...... 139 sula, while hawks surf the skies in the shaggy hills of the Marin Headlands. Oakland...... 141 On the cutting edge of intellectual thought, Stanford Uni- Berkeley...... 150 versity – near the tech powerhouse of and the San Jose ...... 162 University of , Berkeley in the – draws Half Moon Bay . . . .166 academics and students from around the world. The city Pescadero...... 168 of Berkeley sparked the state’s locavore food movement and continues to be at the forefront of environmental and left-leaning political causes. South of San Francisco, Hwy 1 traces miles of undeveloped coastline and sandy pocket Best Places to Eat beaches as it slowly winds south to Santa Cruz. ¨¨Chez Panisse (p156) ¨¨Fish (p128) When to Go ¨¨Hog Island Oyster Company (p138) Berkeley °C/°F Te mp Rainfall inches/mm ¨ ¨Sunday Marin Farmers 40/104 10/250 Market (p131) 30/86 8/200 ¨¨Commis (p145) 20/68 6/150

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