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Fish Steal the Show Saturday at Koi Club’s 2011 Pond Tour

“The Whale,” a 13-year-old yellow Ogon carp, lives peacefully in an aquatic sanctuary in Renee and Gary Ottsman’s Redding backyard. He’s the oldest of 15 fish that share the landscaped, precision-filtered pond that Renee and Gary excavated two years ago,… Continue Reading

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Eddy’s: A Throwback to Fine Food, Not Pubs of the Past

From 1982 to 1999, the building at 2151 Market Street in downtown Redding was home to some recognizable names in the local restaurant scene: River City Bar and Grill, Tubby and Ann’s, and Kellie J’s. When Tom VonderHaar opened Eddy’s… Continue Reading

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Take Dad ‘Outta Town’ for Music, Merriment and Mud Bugs

The tiny river town of Isleton was home to the state’s largest crawdad festival until last year, when it outgrew its original riverfront home and migrated to the North State. Now, North State residents can feast on crawdads, crayfish, mud… Continue Reading

‘Get Outta Town’ to Ride the Rails

Rewind to Dunsmuir in the early 1920s. Population: 3,100. Over 1,000 were employed by the railroad. Dunsmuir dates its railroad history even further, to the late 1880s, when the Central Pacific Railroad (later, Union Pacific) built a roundhouse, turntable, depot,… Continue Reading

Redding’s Clearcut Headlines ArtHop After-Party

Clearcut is based out of Redding, California and has released two albums to date. ‘In Time’ was released in 2001 and ‘California,’ released in 2004, found its way into rotation on local and national radio. ‘California’ can also be found on most major music websites. With strong lyrical content and catchy hooks, the band has established … Continue Reading

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‘Get Outta Town’ for a Real Old Fashioned Street Faire

It’s such a cliché, but I’ll say it anyway: There really is “something for everyone” at the Lewiston Peddlers’ Faire. The Faire is a North State staple and I would be completely negligent if I failed to name it as… Continue Reading

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Local Grub: Smitten For the Love of Pie

The north state boasts a bounty of local farmers and food producers. ANewsCafe.com would like to celebrate them in “Local Grub,” a new series by reporter Adam Mankoski. Adam profiles some of our neighbors who rise with the sun (sometimes… Continue Reading

‘Get Outta Town’ and Focus on Fungi

I know I’ll regret wishing for summer, but enough is enough with the rain already. This weekend is supposed to be sunny, so it’s the perfect time to “Get Outta Town.” This week’s “Get Outta Town” feature combines some of… Continue Reading

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‘Get Outta Town’ to Kick Up Your Heels, Loosen Your Belt

Foodies and music lovers, unite! This weekend, experience an event that satisfies your cravings for good food and blue grass. Head out, enjoy the sun and “Get Outta Town” for the Greenhorn Creek Guest Ranch Blue Grass Festival and Dutch… Continue Reading

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ArtHop Photo Exhibition Teaches Us to Live ‘Life Uprooted’

“Death reveals a lot about life and the way it’s lived,” says Eric Knapp, an ecologist for the National Forest Service. Eric’s proclamation is a culmination of thoughts and emotions that developed over the course of a two-year project that… Continue Reading