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Nation engaged: two Californias, remembering Curtis Hanson, is the 'ugly shoe' here to stay?
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Sep 21, 2016
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Nation engaged: two Californias, remembering Curtis Hanson, is the 'ugly shoe' here to stay?

A look at the economic opportunity in two different parts of CA, remembering oscar-winning filmmaker Curtis Hanson, how big a business are "ugly shoes”?

Paul Mesple is a fig farmer near the Central Valley town of Chowchilla, Calif. He and his partner farm around 2,000 acres of figs.
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A look at economic opportunity in two different parts of CA, the Sea Otter population is back and reaching record numbers, how big a business are "ugly shoes”?

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