By Monique, wife of Scott and today’s guest blogger, I was visiting family in the Santa Cruz area in late January and decided to document some of the damage from the onslaught of atmospheric river storms that pounded the area last month. I told myself that I better get down to the pier at Seacliff …
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Michael Graddy joined the Air Force in 1986 at age 18. He liked the structure and discipline of the armed services and he wanted to see the world and serve his country. In 1989 he was moved to a forward air base in Turkey as part of the initial preparations for the gulf war. In …
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by Scott Sady The Tahoe area has always been a breeding ground for winter Olympic athletes and this year at Sochi is no exception. We already have a South Lake Tahoe lady, Jamie Anderson with a gold and Squaw Valley’s Julia Mancuso steps it up for a bronze medal in her third straight Olympics as …
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by Scott Sady While most folks were shining up the barbie and heading for the hills for the annual Labor Day weekend, I was fortunate enough to get a call from American Civil Constructors (ACC.) They do the shiny, grooved, brownish road surfaces that you see so much of in the Bay Area and along …
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284 miles to the nearest Starbucks. That’s what my GPS said as I hit the road fuzzy-eyed after camping out in the middle of Southern Utah. I would have better luck getting a cup of coffee on the moon. Utah truly is the land that caffeine forgot. Let me back up a second. Monique and …