Friday Travel Ticker: Golden Gate turning 75
San Francisco civic officials, in cooperation with the National Park Service and the Presidio Trust, are developing
a 75th anniversary program for the Golden Gate Bridge that will include a “75 Tributes” program beginning as early as January. Keep an eye here for more details
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The “No. 1 priority” for American Airlines and parent AMR Corp. is to bring down operating costs, Chairman and Chief Executive Gerard Arpey said Wednesday.. . . American Express Co. posted a third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates.
Net income climbed 13%. . . . The
Aliens to Zombies
Convention begins Friday (Oct. 21) at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. For details on the “two-day look at monsters and the post-apocalyptic world,” click here . . . . Tickets go on sale next Friday (Oct. 28) for the Stagecoach Country Music Festival scheduled for April in Indio.
Alabama and Brad Paisley
are part of the lineup. . . . Temecula Valley wine country celebrates the grape at its 21st Annual Harvest Celebration Barrel Tasting Weekend on Nov. 5-6.
More than 30 wineries are taking part. Two-day passes are $99. For info, click here (click on Events) or call (800) 801-9463 . . . .