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Today we head up the road to downtown Sonoma to appreciate the growling of the Bear Flag Republic. There’s no time like our nation’s birthday celebration…
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By now you’ve noticed it’s summer, and hot—time to head up the road to the coast, or into the high country. Mark Twain described existence here otherwise…
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Today we head up the road to another national park in northern California, one created to preserve rare native forests of coast redwoods. In one of his…
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If you ask the kids you know where bread comes from, do they say “the store”? Or maybe, “the farmers’ market” or “co-op?" If so, consider this a teachable…
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The Maidu explain the world differently than most of us do. Turtle has a starring role in one version of the Maidu creation story, greatly abbreviated…
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Native peoples called the high Modoc Plateau area "the smiles of God," a strangely fitting name for this lonely remnant of the Old West. One good reason…
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McCloud, onetime mill town in the shadow of Mount Shasta, is famous for its wild spring mushrooms. Buyers show up every May to gather in the best of what…
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This is rodeo country. About half of pro rodeos in California are held in or very near the Central Valley, which makes sense if you think of roping,…
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You’re driving home up 99, feeling as road worn as an old tire. As the landscape opens before you and the sky expands, the freeway stress starts rolling…
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Horses originated here in North America. Prehistoric ancestors of today’s equines migrated to Europe, Asia, and Africa but were frozen out here by the…