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DECEMBER 21, 1936: The Saint Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco gained prominence when the yacht Dorade won the TransPacific Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu.

I come from a sailing family. No one can adequately understand the childhood of someone whose parents are sailors. Every weekend is spent on a…

DECEMBER 18, 2011: F Warren Hellman, a member of Congregation Emanu-El and founder of San Francisco’s annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival, died of complications from leukemia.

F. Warren Hellman was born on July 25 1934 in New York City. His great grandfather was Isaac Hellman, founder of both Wells Fargo Bank…