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San Francisco's Red & White Fleet is offering special cruises to view the annual July 4 fireworks extravaganza over San Francisco Bay. Boats will leave at 8 p.m. from Pier 43-1/2 at the foot of Taylor Street on Fisherman's Wharf. The fireworks show begins at 9:30 p.m. Complimentary treats for children and refreshments for purchase will be available on board. Adult tickets are $25; children 5-11 are $12.50. Reservations can be made by calling [phone].

Monterey blues festival

The Monterey Bay Blues Festival is Saturday and June 28 at the Monterey fairgrounds. Two days of live entertainment, arts and crafts (10 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily). A grounds pass is $20 per day at the gate. A two-day pass with reserved seating in the main arena is $69. [phone].

Pageant of the Masters 

The Pageant of the Masters at the Festival of Arts is July 8-Aug. 30 at the Irvine Bowl Park in Laguna Beach. For tickets to the nightly presentation of the living pictures of artwork at 8:30 p.m., call [phone] or [phone]. Tickets range from $10 to $45 each. Before the show, stroll the art exhibits of 160 painters, sculptors, ceramists, jewelers, photographers and other artists from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. daily. (Pageant tickets will admit you to the Festival exhibits). Tickets for the art exhibit only is $5; $3 for seniors and students. Reservations are available from the Laguna Beach Visitors Bureau, [phone].

Focus on Steinbeck

Four inns of Monterey are offering one- and two-night Steinbeck packages that include two tickets to the new National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, which opens Saturday, and a copy of ``Cannery Row.'' Rates vary by season, hotel and time of week. The inns are the Hotel Pacific, Monterey Bay Inn, Spindrift Inn and Victorian Inn. Packages range from $231 (for two for two nights) to $558. For information, call [phone].

Gold Rush run

Mariah Wilderness Expeditions, a California whitewater rafting company owned by women, is observing the state's sesquicentennial by offering a special, one-day itinerary this season. The Gold Rush Run, which includes a visit to Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in addition to a whitewater trip on the South Fork of the American River, is offered daily and priced at $99 weekdays, $109 weekends. Lunch, park entrance fees, equipment and professional guides are included.

Also offered by Mariah: a series of two-day family trips on the South Fork of the American and a series of three- and four-day rafting trips for women on the Rogue River in Oregon, the Green River in Utah and the Tuolumne River in California. For information, call [phone] or visit the Web site at www.mariah.com.

Oregon expedition

The U.S. Forest Service is offering a Heritage Expedition featuring tours and site visits to the Medicine Creek rock art and other archeological sites in the Umpqua Basin of Southwestern Oregon. The trip includes presentations by specialists in American Indian rock art, archeological method and theory, flint knapping, ethnobotany and on-site archeological field work. Two sessions are offered, Aug. 9-14 and Aug. 16-21. The per-person cost of $450 includes camping, opening-night reception and a barbecue dinner. For details, contact Debra Barner at [phone].

Festival in Reno

A visual and performing arts festival in Reno runs from June 29 to July 31. The third annual Uptown, Downtown, ARTown summer festival showcases Broadway, fine arts, dance and film with 200 events, some just for children. Venues include a Truckee River island amphitheater, concert halls, the University of Nevada campus, historic churches, hotels, parks, shopping malls, street corners and mansions all over Reno. For more information, call [phone] or [phone]. Or visit the Web site at www.artown.org.