Special
Features
Gas Man
of Woodland
Meet
Mark Reiff, a Woodland man whose love affair extends from the car to the gas pump.
See his collection of antique pumps in a variety of shapes and sizes, including
a pump from 1914. Plus, see his front lawn - a replica of a 1950s gas station
complete with a diner, a general store, and a fake car through the front fence.
...more
Prime
Time
Boxing Club
& Fitness
Join us for
a workout that is guaranteed to get you in tip-top shape at the Prime Time Boxing
Club & Fitness program. Jumping rope, hitting the heavy bags, and learning
the proper way to punch is only the beginning when it comes to this calorie-burning
course for all ages.
...more
Glassblower
Skip Huckaby
Forged
in the white-hot flame of the acetylene torch, Skip Huckaby patiently melts and
molds, stretches and shapes glass into creations that are as useful as they are
unique. Skip is one of only three or four hundred scientific glassblowers in the
world. At UC Davis, Skip works with chemistry and biology students and professors
to design elaborate, one of a kind glass beakers and other complex apparatus for
testing chemicals and compounds to make key discoveries that may someday save
lives.
...more
Sonoma
Racing School
We visit the Infineon in Sonoma
for a spin with Jim Russell Racing Drivers School that gives racing enthusiasts
the chance to gain real-life racing skills from professional racecar drivers.
The Russell Test Drive Course gives first-time drivers more than three hours of
racing fun in real formula racecars and teaches participants racing maneuvers
such as heel and toe downshifting and threshold braking.
...more
Film
Director Joe Carnahan
Sacramentan Joe Carnahan began his career at a
TV station in northern California before going on to freelance for ESPN and Fox
Sports Network. He made "Blood Guts Bullets & Octane" as his first
feature film, which screened at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, bringing him
attention from major networks and movie stars. His other projects include "NARC",
released with backing from Tom Cruise, and "A Walk Among the Tombstones"
with Harrison Ford.
...more
Season eight of "Central
Valley Chronicles" is underwritten in part by Classic
Living.
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