My father is an avid hiker and I inherited the bug in earlier years. We lived in Fresno, California, which sported seemingly infinite hiking opportunities, short drives in all directions. Once in Orange County, I encountered difficulties locating suitable hikes. What local guides referred to as hikes wound up being stretches of pavement inside suburban ...
Yesterday I opened my newspaper to find out that I live in the worst ranked city in the nation. I knew that Modesto, California probably wasn’t one of the best cities in the nation, but to be ranked number 373 out of 373 cities judged in Cities Ranked and Rated, Second Edition, was definitely a ...
International Cities Within One State Sacramento is the state capital of California and its many attractions include historic museums and hiking trails along wilderness scenery and waterfalls of the Sierra Nevada foothills. This holiday destination hosts expansive rivers, forests, meadows and canyons. The largest city in California is Los Angeles with its bustling lifestyles, ethnically ...
The pride I feel while driving down Clovis Avenue can only be expressed with one phrase…. “Yee-Haw!” And that’s not a derogatory statement. I love Clovis, CA this time of the year. Big Hat Days kicked off the festive month of April and followed up with the ever-popular rodeo at the end of the month. ...
Bok choy, Chinese long beans, daikon, gailon, hairy melon, sugar peas, Thai pepper–these are some of the Asian specialty vegetables increasingly noticeable in American supermarkets. Most of the vegetables are grown by ethnic Asian farmers. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, Asian-Americans operate over ten thousand farms nationwide. Those farmers are largely political ...