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Distinctive artwork a legacy to cycling advocate
It’s hard to know how many people have pedaled or walked under the large sprockets that designate the Steve G. Harrison Memorial Bikeway in Chico. The avid cyclist died in summer 2007 at the age of 56. His body was recovered in the Sacramento River days after he went...
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Co-Working Coffee Space Invigorates Downtown Chico
Little by little, Stoble Coffee and Workplace is evolving into the full-fledged coffeehouse, café, and workspace the owners envisioned. While a Stoble coffee cart has been serving up hot liquid creations since June 2019, it was in March that the doors opened to...
read more Distinctive artwork a legacy to cycling advocate
It’s hard to know how many people have pedaled or walked under the large sprockets that designate the Steve G. Harrison Memorial Bikeway in Chico. The avid cyclist died in summer 2007 at the age of 56. His body was recovered in the Sacramento River days after he went...
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Company repurposes other firms’ garbage into practical commodities
When Steffen Kuehr looks at discarded fire hoses, he envisions belts, dog leashes and drink coasters. When he looks at vinyl event banners and all those billboards along highways, he sees totes, wine carriers and messenger bags. Kuehr, through his Santa Rosa company...
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Baja inspired chocolate winning awards for NorCal couple
A sack of unfamiliar beans sitting in a Baja kitchen was a sweet discovery for Susan and Jeff Mall. While the couple was well versed in the culinary world, chocolate making was not part of their repertoire when they took over the food and beverage operation at Rancho...
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Book Review: Riveting biography of Kirk Kerkorian
Even though I lived in Las Vegas while Kirk Kerkorian was still a presence in Las Vegas, I never knew much about him other than what I read in the newspapers. It was through the book The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in...
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A lifetime of memories slowly finding their way to a landfill
How many containers does one need that say memorabilia or keepsakes? I’m down to two and still whittling away at what goes and what stays. Yes, it would have been more prudent to have done this before I moved it, but that didn’t happen. I did purge quite a bit...
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Sizzling natural wonders throughout Lassen National Park
The pale aqua-colored water had the look of being a glacial wonder until the gurgling became pronounced. This was no icy mountain lake. It was quite the opposite. Appropriately named Boiling Springs Lake, it’s hot to the touch and would be scalding where the bubbling...
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Wildlife remain in neighborhood that was once wetlands
Not many suburban neighborhoods can boast being home to osprey, turtles and multiple species of fish. California Park in Chico is one such neighborhood. It is comprised of more than 1,800 single-family residences, condos and apartments on the east side of town....
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Museum preserves rugged history of Butte Creek Canyon
In a month, 395 elk, 17 grizzly bears and eight antelopes were killed just a few miles from downtown Chico. This was 1832 when pioneers explored Butte Creek Canyon; when wildlife was more pronounced. Grizzlies haven’t roamed anywhere in California since 1922....
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Following in the path of cows to climb a mountain
Cows are smarter than people. They know on a warm day to stay huddled in a shady spot. Humans, well, they were out in the wide-open without trees nearby, with sun beating down and exerting themselves. Fortunately for the two-leggeds, the four-leggeds are sharing their...
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