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Earth Day Celebrated in Unique Way
What are you doing this Earth Day? Hundreds of California cities are celebrating in some small or large way (here are a few.) Down in the Anderson Valley, home to towering redwoods, foggy mists, and premier Pinots, Earth Day this year has a special cause--to help fund Hendy Woods State Park. It is on the list of state park closures slated for around July 2012.
There are around 32 wineries in the Anderson Valley, a boon to the local economy once relying on lumber mills to pay the bills. Join ...
“Easter Eggs” at Peg Leg S...
Each year parents, politicians and even religious leaders propagate the idea that an oversized rabbit hops into your yard, home and local park, hiding candy eggs for girls and boys to discover. Sometimes if you find the Golden Egg you win a prize.
It's a scenario not too different on Saturday, April 7, 2012 as people gather for the Pegleg Smith Liars Contest in Borrego Springs. Among the tales an Old West miner spun during his days out in the sun (before he died in 1866) was that there ...
Beautifying Weed
Fields of lavender in Weed, California. It looks beautiful, right? Locals meet each week and talk about a common goal--beautifying Weed. Most Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. a group of dedicated locals and organizations meet to help beautify Weed. In this Northern California town along 1-5 halfway between San Francisco and Portland, OR, we think even the weeds are beautiful!
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Backyard Chickens Help Build a Stronge...
When was the last time you borrowed an egg from your neighbor? Do you even know your neighbor? The Bay Area city of Albany is a forward thinking place where great ideas are hatched. In the recent city recreation guide residents were informed that they can keep 6 hens (no roosters) in their yard for personal egg consumption. Keeping a coop creates neighborhood opportunities. You and your neighbors can share a coop or maybe you provide the coop and a neighbor provides the range. Either way, six hens produce 28 ...
Shasta State Historic Park Is a Califo...
Six miles west of Redding's gleaming Sundial Bridge and colorful Turtle Bay, there's a 19 acre ghost town where visitors can wander through an historic cemetery, and explore the brick ruins of hotels, barbershops, bookstores, meat markets, and stables that occupied the mile long stretch of hollowed buildings that prospered from 1850 to 1890. And if Shasta State Historic Park gets enough money to keep its doors open even just a few days a week, you'll still be able to step inside the Courthouse Museum, Blum Bakery and Litsch ...
Petaluma Lighted Boat Parade a Holiday...
For over 20 years the annual Petaluma Lighted Boat Parade has brought joy to riverfront shoppers, diners, and holiday celebrations overlooking Petaluma River Turning Basin. The fun begins on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. when the Petaluma Yacht Club Flotilla departs the marina and heads along the waterway to Historic Downtown. Once there, the beautifully decorated boats and yachts remain for all to see during the evening celebration. -visitpetaluma.com ...
Mile High Apple Pie at Cover’s R...
Apples orchards have long been a feature of Tuolumne County, part of California Gold Country set among the Sierra foothills. Not far from a top tourist attraction, Columbia State Historic Park in Jamestown, is Cover's Apple Ranch in the town of Tuolumne. The Ranch is unique, and its pies, apple deserts and ciders are simply delicious. It's definitely worth a visit to try some famous Mile High Apple Pie! As you enter the facilities or maybe use the drive-thru, you'll notice many of the ladies wear old-fashioned bonnets and cape ...
Cary House Hotel in Placerville, Where...
Some say there are resident ghosts at the Historic Cary House Hotel in Placerville, California. Located in the heart of Gold Country, the town has plenty of haunts, no doubt. It was once called Hangtown because of the hangings that took place. From the Cary House you can see the memorial to the Hangmans Tree.
But the ghost(s) of the Cary House are believed to be kind, friendly spirits such as a former resident of the place. Maybe you believe in ghosts and maybe you don't. You'll have a perfectly ...
Winchester Mystery House Worth a Thril...
Sarah Winchester had $20 million and all the time in the world after her daughter and husband both died of diseases that left her saddened, perplexed, and hell-bent on staying in touch with the friendly spirits who would guide her throughout her long life spent as a wealthy heiress to the Winchester fortune. The superstitious lady was intelligent (spoke four languages,) well bred, and she believed that the loss of her loved ones could somehow be tied to the misfortune caused upon the hands of those who were killed with ...
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