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If you’ve ever wondered what it must have felt to be Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz all you’d have to do is make a pilgrimage to Vail, Colorado, to get that “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore” kind of feeling. To set […]

Jill Faso found importance in helping those in need from a very young age. While most teenagers longed for their drivers’ license for social aspects, Faso’s need for mobility ran a bit deeper, allowing her to become active in animal rescue in her small hometown […]

San Joaquin natives, and brothers Tod and Justin Purvis knew that one day, they would go completely blind. Faced with an incurable illness, a rare disorder– Choroideremia, the brothers decided to make the most of their reality, and embarked on an adventure. Choroideremia, is a […]

LOCAL HISTORY When it comes to historic buildings in San Joaquin County, one of the most prominent and well known is Hotel Stockton. Construction began in 1907 but was hindered due to the massive scale of the project and the floods of 1907 and 1909. […]

Model: Jordenne Burns | Hair: Jessica Van Ruiten with JVD Design Make-up: Bobbi Putnam with Ciao Bella Salon | Location: Viaggio Estate and Winery Photography: Dan Hood All looks provided by FINA Boutique, Stockton Look One Parker Gold Basket Weaved Cocktail Dress Crystal Tear Drop […]

Music is truly powerful, creating an untouchable emotional experience felt by all people in any demographic. Peter Jaffe felt this influence from a young age, growing up in Manhattan with musically inclined parents possessing love for all genres. His fathers’ passion for banjo and guitar, […]

The silver screen, film, movie, cinema; no matter what you call it, since first being developed in the 1890s, this media form revolutionized the world. Nowadays, we can watch nearly any film with the click of a button from the comfort of our own homes. […]

We’ve traveled to Lake Tahoe and Reno on Interstate 80 for winter sports or summer getaways often passing through Truckee and sometimes pausing for gas, a bite to eat or to remove tire chains. We never thought to stay overnight or go there for winter […]

  Spicy food has always been on the menu, tracing back hundreds and even thousands of years. The desire for spice is ingrained in our past as Americans. After all, that same desire changed the course of history when Christopher Columbus stumbled upon the Americas […]