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San Francisco Boomers Are Moving To This Lovely Outdoorsy City Just Under An Hour From Lake Tahoe
When Bay Area baby boomers — that's anyone born between 1946 and 1964 — decide it's finally time to move away from the misty air of San Francisco, there's one spot that seems to be drawing the eye more than others. It lies over the great Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east, on the bends of the Truckee River in Washoe County, on the far northwest edge of the state of Nevada. Its name? Reno.
Reno-Gazette Journal
Reno’s first Paris Baguette to hold soft opening later this month
Reno-Sparks residents can finally say bonjour to the area’s first Paris Baguette. The popular bakery chain will hold a soft opening on Friday, Nov. 20, co-franchisee Jim Yoell told the Reno Gazette Journal. It was a journey that took two years for Yoell and wife Eva. Both had to deal with challenges from finding potential locations that Paris Baguette approved to being blocked by competitors at some of the locations they considered. The Yoells ultimately picked a retail center on the busy corner of Longley Lane and South McCarran Boulevard known as McCarran Marketplace — formerly the Air Center Plaza. The permit for the location was approved last year but remodeling took a long time as the bakery converted two stores into its new space. “That just happens when you convert two suites into (one that’s) 6,200 square feet,” Yoell told the Reno Gazette Journal during a visit to the space in August. Staff also had to undergo training and the new location had to pass multiple inspections. Founded in South Korea in 1988, Paris Baguette has grown to more than 4,000 bakeries worldwide, including more than 400 stores in the United States. The franchise serves an assortment of breads,