NorCal Design Center

Hard to believe we're old enough to have a fifth annual 'anything,' but, today was the Fifth Annual NorCal Design Center Costume Contest! Dustin Lofink (the Knight) was selected first-place winner by our esteemed panel of judges.

High school football is just about here and to welcome the new season is an outstanding design in the Chico Enterprise-Record by Hans Ruegamer.

We decided August 10 will be "Cake Day" at the Design Center in perpetuity.

TITLE TIME!!! Pleasant Valley's boys and girls basketball teams are both playing for state titles Saturday, and Audria Ruscitti came up with a championship design that captures the excitement. Here's a sneak preview of Friday's Chico Enterprise-Record sports section!

White elephant gift exchange highlights this year included stolen coffee, a cookie jar that was regifted last year, and a sweater that had been left in the office for ages...that we have now figured out belongs to Michelle!

Check out Vacaville Reporter sports for a preview of tonight's #BlackandBlueBowl as the Wildcats take on the Bulldogs. #prepfootball

They may not have been the winning teams...but we still got ice cream sundaes in them! Baseball season is almost over, which means we almost know who holds the winning hat from when Hans brought them in originally in April.

Are you ready for some #football? #AlmondBowl2017 is coming up this week and ChicoER is ready. Design by Hans Ruegamer.

Celebrating El Día de los Muertos in the Santa Cruz Sentinel Guide section today, designed by Nicole Deck #disdelosmuertos #dayofthedead #newspaper

Ready for another weekend of Sierra Nevada #Oktoberfest? Don't forget your dirndl and lederhosen! You can check out the best of last weekend's costumes online via ChicoER: http://www.chicoer.com//best-of-2017-sierra-nevada-oktober Great design fun by Esmeralda Ramirez!

Happy #NationalNewspaperWeek! Don't forget to appreciate all the local coverage -- high school sports, city council meetings, community businesses and so much more -- your local paper provides.

#Oroville's #SalmonFestival kicks off tonight! Did you get your guide in the @OrovilleMR & @ChicoER? Samantha O'Reilly did a great photomerge for the cover.

Had some #design fun with Risa Johnson's #OrovilleDam #timeline on the Oroville Mercury-Register and ChicoER front pages today. See the online, interactive version at https://tinyurl.com/y8a76xlr #newspapers