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Have you ever noticed the jaunty vintage streetcars rolling along Market Street and around the Embarcadero? Have you ever wondered why some of them have foreign identifications on them? That would be because they are vintage streetcars from around the world, including Milan, Italy!   In 1962 San Francisco county voters approved several bond...

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by Roberto Natalini   È passato già circa un mese dai festeggiamenti in occasione della Festa della Repubblica del 2 giugno scorso, ma nella Baia di San Francisco è ancora viva l'emozione di tutta la comunità italiana. La celebrazione di questa ricorrenza storica, particolarmente sentita da tutti i nativi italiani residenti all'estero, ha v...

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by Catherine Accardi   Recently, our own San Francisco Italian Consul General, Mauro Battocchi posted an interesting observation in his San Francisco, Italy blog at www.sanfranciscoitaly.com. Mauro has noticed an increased interest in all things Italian in the San Francisco Bay Area. He calls this welcomed phenomenon the "Italian Cultural Sp...

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Since the Middle Ages, the Italian port city of Genoa (Genova) has been one of the most important commercial hubs of Europe and the Mediterranean. Both its history and current commitment to innovation make her particularly close to San Francisco – not only because they are both port cities with strong maritime culture and traditions, but becau...

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L'anno 2013 è stato dichiarato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri "l'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti". Anche la città di San Francisco si appresta ad ospitare una serie di eventi inaugurali che marcano l'inizio di una manifestazione di così ampia rilevanza ed importanza. L'inaugurazione ufficiale si terrà il prossimo Mercoledì 12 Dice...

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"Scopri il meglio del web basato sui tuoi interessi". È questo il messaggio con cui si presenta ai suoi utenti Theneeds, la startup di origine italiana la quale ha da oltre un anno la sua base a San Francisco, nella sede di uno degli acceleratori più importanti nel campo della tecnologia e innovazione.   Inizialmente piattaforma web di infor...

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Marc Huestis presents in Celebration of 20 Years at the Castro FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI'S ROMEO & JULIETwith LEONARD WHITING "Romeo" Live In-Person! R & J Event 8 pm Gala Plus 1 pm West Side Story Matinee "Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" - right here in San Francisco at ye olde Castro Theatre!   And we're havin...

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By Kristin J. Bemder   Two stolen Italian books dating to the 17th century that were discovered in the San Francisco Bay Area and many other plundered ancient artifacts will be returned to their country of origin, federal officials say.   The books, "Stirpium Historiae" and "Rariorm Plantarum Historia Anno 1601," were taken from Italy...

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by Kristin J. Bender   The last survivor of the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 has died, a relative confirmed Monday. William A. "Bill" Del Monte died at a retirement home in nearby Marin County on Monday. He was 11 days shy of his 110th birthday. His niece, Janette Barroca of San Francisco confirmed his death of...

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The time has come to change the widespread image of Italy as a producer of just consumer goods, by taking the latest technological innovations to the United States, especially those relating to renewable energy. This is the aim of the Italian companies participating in the Intersolar North America fair that will be in the Moscone Centre in San Fran...

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