Kickball League of Central California Remember kickball? That sport you were sometimes required to play during P.E. and either loved, or hated, depending on your athletic talents. Well, it's not just for kids anymore. Adults can now relive their gym class glory days thanks to kickball leagues that are popping up all over the country. Even right here in the Central Valley. With a year of play … [Read more...]
4 sisters celebrate birthdays by collecting pads and tampons for women in need
Collecting pads and tampons for women in need Birthdays are that one special day a year when everyone celebrates you! You, the birthday boy or girl. For four sisters from Fresno, their special days this year were an opportunity to help women out during that time of the month. Instead of asking for presents, Socheath, Sorany, Sotheary and Sovanny decided to hold a collection drive for feminine … [Read more...]
New In Town: Misty Peak Teas brings ancient Chinese tea to Clovis
"Being able to share tea with people, is being able to share time with people." ***** Tea season is here in the Central Valley. The temperatures, after all, are predicted to dip as low as the 70s next week. And there's at least one rain cloud pictured in the iPhone Weather Channel forecast. So, there's no better time than now to introduce the newest source for great tea in our community: Misty … [Read more...]
Shop Local: The Urban Umbrella offers handmade decor and DIY classes
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Not just for basic human survival anymore, the same rule of thumb can be applied to DIY projects. Sure, it's lovely to receive a little handmade gift. But it's even better to learn how to make those treasures yourself (to give to others....or to keep). And learning to DIY for yourself is especially … [Read more...]
Local Artist: Glass blower Cory Ballis
"It was a challenge. And I wanted to beat the glass and get it to do what I wanted it to do. You can't stop once you start. There's no time-outs" ****** Glass blowers: know one? Chances are, you don't. They're a rare breed of artists practicing an ancient craft. Cory Ballis didn't know any either...until he became one. After taking a glass blowing class to fill an elective requirement while … [Read more...]
Fresno muralist Mauro Carrera
"You either have a blank book or you have a book that something was written. And it might have been something silly that was written. But you still wrote it, and you no longer have a blank book." ----- The walls of Fresno's many buildings are the blank pages in muralist Mauro Carrera's book. And he is filling them one by one. Lucky for us -- the residents of Fresno -- we get to "read" from … [Read more...]
Meet the ‘Snake Man’ of the Central Valley
When Todd Cornwell attends a birthday party, he doesn't show up empty handed. Except, it's not gifts he's bringing...it's friends. There's Annie Oakley, the green anaconda; Ambrose, the lemon pastel orange dream ball python; Michelle, the albino carpet python; and, of course, Popeye and Olive Oyl, the olive pythons. But, Cornwell's scaly friends are no party crashers. In fact, they're the guests … [Read more...]
Fleurie Flower Studio: Local flowers grown with love
Fleurie Flower Studio Flowers and love go hand in hand. They are given out by the dozen on Valentine's Day and carried in bunches down the aisles of countless weddings. But before they can take center stage in a grand display of affection, they must be grown. And that takes a love all its own. No flowers are given more love than those grown in the garden of Laurie Garza. Garza grew up in the … [Read more...]
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