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Book Review: Greens Chef/Author Writes Delightful Memoir
I don't remember how old I was when I first went to Greens, but I do know it was my first vegetarian restaurant and continues to be my favorite. But it wasn’t until this year that I knew Deborah Madison’s story. She was the chef at the San Francisco restaurant, her...
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Array of buttons represent decades of memories
Nearly a lifetime of memories is pinned to a wall in my garage. Since I was a kid I have been collecting buttons. Not the kind found on clothes, but the ones that say something. Historical, political, special events, business promotions, sports, travel and so...
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Donations trickle in to rebuild historic bridge destroyed in Camp Fire
To the unknowing it’s hard to tell if the concrete structures are remnants of the old bridge or the beginning of something new. To those who are familiar with the Butte Creek Canyon, they see hope. The 2018 Camp Fire that leveled the town of Paradise brought other...
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Food truck replaces burned out popular Paradise restaurant
From the ashes delicious things have risen. Robbie’s Paradise Burgers proves this point. Robbie Avila owned Kalico Kitchen in Paradise. Then the Camp Fire roared through town on Nov. 8, 2018. The flames tore through his restaurant on the Sky Way, leaving ash where...
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15 cents an hour — that’s all some Californians are making
Unlike the majority of employees in California there is no minimum wage for some disabled workers. There are those who believe this is a social injustice. Others contend rules allowing workers to make much less per hour is the only way they will ever receive a...
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Bi-County State Park A Water, Bird Lover’s Destination
Water and birds—that’s what the Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park is known for. An egret and blue heron sat along the water’s edge as we explored; a juvenile bald eagle flew over as we were having lunch. What we could have spotted if we had brought binoculars and...
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Butte County could contribute to possible record almond crop
Predictions are for California to have a second consecutive record almond crop, though the increase will be moderate compared to the surge in 2020. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), which is a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,...
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Book Review: A griping look into the paid prison system in the U.S.
The older I get the less it is that I seem to know. Thank goodness for books. I wrongly thought private for-profit prisons were a rather new phenomenon. Wrong. Very wrong. Shane Bauer in American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment...
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Mountain bike clinic makes it easier to ride challenging terrain
Bend your elbows, look in the direction you are turning, soft hands, heels down, ratchet the pedals. It was as though I had not been riding a bike for the last 50 years. I’ve been on plenty of dirt trails in Lake Tahoe, have even taken two downhill clinics at...
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Lumber, appliance price inflation driving up construction costs
Building material costs, with lumber alone up by 180 percent, may not drop to pre-pandemic levels soon, even when mills return to full staffing and overseas factories fully recover, according to some suppliers and contractors. “This price spike has caused the price of...
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