<![CDATA[By James Raia - News]]> http://www.byjamesraia.com en-us N/A robert@cfx.org Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:07:02 EDT 20 <![CDATA[Greetings from James Raia]]> http://www.byjamesraia.com As a journalist since 1976, I contribute sports, business, travel and lifestyle articles to newspapers, magazines and web sites. Many examples of my work: Tour de France to my syndicated car review column The Weekly Driver, golf  to lifestyle feature — are listed in the sections to the left.

I'm also the National Cycling Examiner and Monterey Peninsula Examiner for Examiner.com, and I own and maintain the web sites: golftribune.com (All about golf); montereypeninsula.org (All about the Monterey Peninsula); theweeklydriver.com. (All about cars).

When I post articles to my sites, share an opinion or post news of the day, I'll post it on my Twitter account.

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Cheers, James Raia. E-mail: james@byjamesraia.com.


]]> no@spam.com (James Raia) Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.byjamesraia.com <![CDATA[Monterey (Peninsula) Auto Week, An Extraordinary Gathering Of Automobiles Without A Proper Name]]> http://www.byjamesraia.com/articles/154/1/-Monterey-Auto-Week-Wondrous-Vintage-Cars-Maserati-to-Bentley-Ferrari-to-Lamborghini/Page1.html Monterey Auto Week is hard to describe, particularly since it lasts nearly two weeks. And Monterey Auto Week isn’t really an official name, either, because there isn’t an official name to all of the car-related activities on the Monterey Peninsula in August.

Nonetheless, the sensory overload of all things automotive continued this with the second Carmel-By-The Sea Concours on the Avenue on Aug. 11 and continued through the famed Concours d'Elegance at Pebble Beach on Aug. 17

]]> no@spam.com (James Raia) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.byjamesraia.com/articles/154/1/-Monterey-Auto-Week-Wondrous-Vintage-Cars-Maserati-to-Bentley-Ferrari-to-Lamborghini/Page1.html <![CDATA[Tour de France: A Video Introduction To Cycling's Grand Affair]]> http://www.byjamesraia.com/articles/60/1/Eight-Days-At-The-2006-Tour-de-France-Video/Page1.html Several colleagues and friends have accompanied me to the Tour de France. Two years ago, Bruce Aldrich was the second friend who came to the Tour to celebrate his 50th birthday.

Bruce is a skilled endurance athlete with strong finishes in events ranging from the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon to the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. He’s also a skilled videographer. He made this video during Floyd Landis’ now-erased 2006 Tour de France victory.

Take a look at the video via the read more link below. Then spend some surfin' around the site and then tell friends, family and colleagues. Cheers, James Raia.
]]> no@spam.com (James Raia) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.byjamesraia.com/articles/60/1/Eight-Days-At-The-2006-Tour-de-France-Video/Page1.html