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many people in the area—even if they had to commute to Stirling City to work at the Diamond Match Company. Magalia's old downtown remains today—just a tiny bit of road called Old Skyway. The original depot building is on the corner at the signal, and now serves as a restaurant. The Historic Magalia Community Church has been restored and stands proudly next to the much larger, newer thriving congregation with the same name.Weddings are still held in this tiny chapel. Across the street is a well-manicured cemetery. In this area, cemeteries are always wonderful places to look into the past. Many of the names in the Paradise Cemetery, for instance, are now immortalized in street names, developments, and so forth. On further up the hill there is more snow in the winter. Stirling City consists of a school, a post office, splendid Merlo Park and rows of old company houses. The Stirling City Hotel is still in operation, now as a bed and breakfast. Even higher up is the Inskip Inn. This is the last spot before the Skyway turns into a dirt road, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. Perhaps the most interesting thing about this old hotel is that it's rumored to be haunted by a ghost named Charlie. Of all the places on the paved road, Inskip gets the most snowdrifts compared to the more populated areas down the hill. In general, the temperature on the Ridge hovers around 51 degrees in January, and averages 93.6 in July. Above the 2500 foot level, where some of Magalia, all of Stirling City and Inskip is located, snow falls often, but not constantly.You'll know it’s bad in Stirling City when the roads in Paradise have to be plowed, which is not often. In fact, entire years may pass without snow dusting the Paradise town proper. 257 days a year are sunny on the Ridge, on average, but when the rain does come, watch out! Sometimes unbelievably heavy, the rain seems to fall in sheets. The balance of days are made up of cloudy ones. But for a mountain town, 257 days of sunshine isn’t bad at all. HE RIDGE OF TODAY boasts over 40,000 residents between the town and the areas above it. This number of people has led to the coming of many institutions seen in larger areas—a DMV, senior center, recreation center, library, and major supermarkets. Paradise has come a long way since the days when gold called settlers here. And it's not through evolving yet. A state-of-the-art auditorium has been finished, several new businesses have opened, some of them large, such as Rite Aid and Auto Zone. From the single elementary school has grown numerous primary schools, two public intermediate schools, three private religious schools and Paradise High School. Paradise is the perfect place for people who want to raise families or just live at a pace that will enable them to enjoy life’s benefits more!
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