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A mention of the Diablo Range in the Tri-Valley is likely to draw the response: What range? Do you mean Mount Diablo?
Mount Diablo is the northern peak of the Diablo Range, which begins at the Carquinez Strait, runs south to include the Altamont Pass near Livermore and Mount Hamilton east of San Jose, and continues through 12 counties for a total of 150 miles to the Antelope Valley. Its highest peak, San Benito Mountain, reaches 5,267 feet.
These vast mountains, hills and valleys are often not recognized as the Diablo Range even as residents traverse them via the Altamont Pass and Pacheco Pass en route to Interstate 5, where the range serves as the backdrop in the West for motorists to Southern California.
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For one week a year up to 2500 students aged 15 and 16 come to this stadium for those few hours. There’s a lot to see. Stands and booths with inventive tasks and narratives to prompt the teens to think. It seems to work. Only a few seem blithely nonplussed.
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Seth Adams, who suffered serious brain injuries in a crash in 2012, speaking to a group of students attending Hawke s Bay s annual Youth Road Safety Expo. The cops, paramedics and firefighters share a laugh, indulge in a bit of teasing, but there s a palpable earnestness in their disposition. You get the sense they want desperately to ensure these teens aren’t among those they have to lift from a mangled car.