TRAVEL ADVENTURES . . . CRUISE NEWS: Rhine Get-a-Way with VIKING $4,799 through AAA Travel .jpg)
Sailing from Basel, Switzerland, and ending in Amsterdam, Netherlands in your Veranda Stateroom. You will visit Basel, Switzerland; Breisach, Speyer, Rüdesheim, Koblenz, Cologne, Germany; Strasbourg, France, Kinderdijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Voyage includes guides shore excursions with audio headset, all onboard meals feat using regional specialties and American classics, complimentary wine, beer and soft drinks with onboard lunch and dinner service, specialty coffees and teas available 24 hours, all port charges included and free Wi-Fi on board the ship. Included is a drive through the Black Forest in Germany, sampling regional flavors in Strasbourg, and visiting a Dutch cheese farm cycling along the Rhine, Kinderdijk windmills, and visits to iconic cathedral in Cologne. AAA members receive up to $200 shipboard credit per stateroom. Call your AAA travel advisor today. ♦♦♦ SUMMER FUN IN CALIFORNIA AROUND TOWN AUGUST FUN ON THE COAST LA JAZZ FESTIVAL, August 7-23 Inaugural 17-day event will pack a jazzy punch at parks across great LA for 25 free concerts on Sundays and check out free evening show at neighborhood spots. Free all-day block party on Friday 21 brins the sounds and flavors of the Caribbean to Venice. Charlie Wilson, Janelle Monae, Raphael Saadig, and John Legend close out the fest with ticketed concerts (prices start around $70) at Dockweiler Beach, on the 22nd and 23rd. 103rd OLD SPANISH DAYS FIESTA Aug 5-9, 2026 Santa Barbara .jpg) (PHOTO: Bonnie Carroll, LBN 2017) A Bevy of daily activities including a mercado, La fiesta Pequena, Mass of the Presidents, Digs celebration at the Zoo, Noches de Ronda, Historic 450 Horse Parade on Cabrillo Boulevard, Arts & Crafts Show and so much more. To see schedule & buy tickets Visit: www.sbfiesta.org. SUPER GIRL SURF FESTIVAL Aug 21-23 Oceanside 
More than 150 surfers will be catching waves near the Oceanside Pier during what’s considered world’s largest female surfing event. The 20th annual features sports like volleyball and flag football, plus workshops and speakers’ panel. 20 bands will play at Junior Seau Pier Amphitheatre. 80th PISMO BEACH CLAM FESTIVAL October 17-18 Pismo Beach 
80-year celebration of shucking kicks off with a parade Saturday morning at 10 am. Bands, food, vendors, beer garden, bounce houses, Kids Clam Rescue (an interactive learning experience for kids of all ages), and a ticketed clam chowder cook-off at Pier Plaza. Admission is free. PBCity@pismobeach.org. ♦♦♦
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