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Once a stronghold of canneries and lumber mills, the town has numerous tumbledown Victorians that have long been havens for artists, brewers, and various eccentrics—along with fans of The Goonies, who make pilgrimages to see where the seminal movie was shot.
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David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
The first farmers market in California was right here in the Bay Area — when canneries were backed up during World War II and growers in the North Bay had nowhere to send their fruit.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Walter, who had left the Progressive Labor Party, didn’t preach Marxism to his son, but Riley embraced a radical-left viewpoint on his own, after tagging along with some cute older girls who were participating in a cannery workers’ strike.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Why California peach farmers are removing trees Central California growers were thrown into crisis after Del Monte permanently shuttered its canneries earlier this year, canceling many longtime grower contracts and leaving farmers with no major processing outlet for their clingstone peaches.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
The first farmers market in California was right here in the Bay Area — when canneries were backed up during World War II and growers in the North Bay had nowhere to send their fruit.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Walter, who had left the Progressive Labor Party, didn’t preach Marxism to his son, but Riley embraced a radical-left viewpoint on his own, after tagging along with some cute older girls who were participating in a cannery workers’ strike.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Why California peach farmers are removing trees Central California growers were thrown into crisis after Del Monte permanently shuttered its canneries earlier this year, canceling many longtime grower contracts and leaving farmers with no major processing outlet for their clingstone peaches.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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“Cannery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannery. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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