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Fight! Fight! Fight!
This weekend will likely be a glorious celebration of the end of summer. I hope you have time to attend a cool musical event that will help the victims of this year’s wildfires. At 9 p.m. Saturday, Nick’s Night Club … Continue reading
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The four-day weekend begins
Heading home from work tonight showed that the four-day Labor Day weekend has begun. It’s a three-day weekend for us working stiffs, but it appears that most Chico State students have Friday off so they’ve stretched the festivities into another … Continue reading
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A desire called streetcar
Over the years, some have expressed an interest in bringing back streetcars to Chico. After all, once upon a time, streetcar lines threaded through the heart of Chico. Some cars went all the way to San Francisco. My colleague Vince … Continue reading
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More on the “New York” Olympics
As I noted earlier, NBC is having announcers in New York do the call on events happening half a world away. I’m not the only that’s noticed, The New York Times did a story titled “New York-Based Crews Just Call … Continue reading
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Fake fireworks and “live” coverage
In my earlier post, I was somewhat hopeful that NBC took pains to note when their Olympic announcers were in New York instead of live in China. Maybe I shouldn’t have been so hopeful after I found out that some … Continue reading
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Exploring the city’s limits – It’s not too late for me
Confession time. Every time I move to a new city, especially since becoming an adult, I feel bad that I didn’t take full advantage of the place I’m leaving. This happened when I left San Diego for the east and … Continue reading
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Live from New York … it’s the Beijing Olympics
Watching the overnight, live coverage of the Olympics on USA Network has been interesting. One huge thing caught my eye, or rather my ear. When equestrian dressage and soccer started, the NBC announcers took care to note that they were … Continue reading
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Maybe cell phones on planes isn’t a bad idea after all
It was interesting taking my first long-distance trip outside of California recently. I decided to take Amtrak’s California Zephyr from Davis, Calif. to my hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah. The eastbound train ride was exceptional and it arrived in … Continue reading
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Panorama from the fires
I was shooting some photos around the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds last Thursday just after firefighters had received their marching orders and were about to head to the hills to fight fires. A member of the West Sacramento Fire Department was … Continue reading
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Fire thoughts
Since the fires started on June 21, a couple of thoughts have been in my head. – Wednesday (July 9) was the initial date Cal Fire estimated for containment of the blazes. Odd how it seemed so far away when … Continue reading
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