I think I figured it out!

My mail program added slashed at the ends of the lines. This caused nearly all of the links to take me to Kansas. But when I deleted the slashes, then I ended up at the proper Bay Area locales.

Jaan Lepson

Peet's Pond, Alameda, CA

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Jaan Lepson

University of California
Space Sciences Laboratory
7 Gauss Way
Berkeley, CA 94720-7451