UPGRADED LIVING STAFF

AVEED KHAKI Owner/Publisher

JASON CORONA Sales Director

SHELLY BRANDON Writer

TIM MILHORN Writer

MADDIE RODRIGUEZ Writer

ERIK BROWN Cover Designer

DIANE CLIFFORD Cover Story Photographer

LARRY LEIGH Cover Photo

Contributors

DOUG LOVE Real Estate

SWEENEY & MICHEL Finance

DERM BAR Beauty

BRAD WANTT Home Organization

KATIE O'DONNELL Interior Design

HOME & GARDEN

21 Start small and reduce the clutter. In Flow’s Bran Wantt returns to share tips to better home organization.

25 Katie O’Donnell keeps us on trend with the latest interior design tips.

28 Tunnels and speakeasies—explore the downtown undergrounds of the past with Doug Love.

38 Discover everything you want and more for your kitchen and bathroom at Keller Supply Company.

40 New Again is new again! Take a tour as we explore the new remodeling showroom of New Again Kitchen & Bath.

FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

51 Take a trip with Tim Milhorn as we explore the use of mushrooms—in your cuisine.

54 We hit the bars for the bowl games— neither that kind of bar nor bowl, we try some delicious options from Rawbar and Tea Bar.

56 Head to Oroville for the Dream Big Foundation, a fundraiser for music education led by world-class entertainer Dr. Ayke Agus and local icon Louisa Louie.

Features

15 The light’s so much brighter where? DOWNTOWN. Meet some members of the new board and learn the positive change coming soon.

43 “You gotta believe.” The Diamond Hotel and restaurant are the capstone development of Wayne Cook. Go inside the renovations—where it started and what’s to come, as told by daughter, Alisa Cook-Scott in our cover story.

Potpourri

34 Solutions for today's civil disagreements are finally available in the Northstate. Meet the folks behind them.

36 …and we continue on: study the three principles for investing success through every market

37 Beauty Q&A: understanding the IPL photofacial

48 Maps and guideposts: navigate awareness and solutions with the Brain Injury Coalition

58 In defiance of the “kids these days” moniker, check out this grassroots cleanup by trucker hat-wearing Vann Warnock.

61 Clutter, congestion, more of the same— things you will not find at the spacious and efficient new home of Chico Eye Center

62 More than adorable faces—our ongoing featurette to help rehome animals at the Northwest SPCA

ON THE COVER: THE HOTEL DIAMOND AND ITS STUNNING REVITALIZATION

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