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SF man identified as one of two who died after late-night canoe trip on Tomales Bay
Authorities said Monday that one of two people who died after a canoeing trip in Tomales Bay over the weekend was a San Francisco resident. Casey Flynn Melia, 36, and a companion who hasn’t been identified left their campsite on the bay in a canoe just before midnight on Saturday, according to the Marin County […] The post SF man identified as one of two who died after late-night canoe trip on Tomales Bay appeared first on Local News Matters .
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Authorities said Monday that one of two people who died after a canoeing trip in Tomales Bay over the weekend was a San Francisco resident. Casey Flynn Melia, 36, and a companion who hasn’t been identified left their campsite on the bay in a canoe just before midnight on Saturday, according to the Marin County […] The post SF man identified as one of two who died after late-night canoe trip on Tomales Bay appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, SF man identified as one of two who died after late-night canoe trip on Tomales Bay, Authorities said Monday that one of two people who died after a canoeing trip in Tomales Bay over the weekend was a San Francisco resident. Casey Flynn Melia, 36, and a companion who hasn’t been identified left their campsite on the bay in a canoe just before midnight on Saturday, according to the Marin County […] The post SF man identified as one of two who died after late-night canoe trip on Tomales Bay appeared first on Local News Matters .
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