A MAGAZINE SERVING FAMILIES IN BUTTE, GLENN, SHASTA, SISKIYOU & TEHAMA COUNTIES SINCE 1993

Dads in Business

Jody Bartley Omega Mortgage Group

By North State Parent | October 22, 2025

Jody Bartley Omega Mortgage Group serving Red Bluff since 2003 I learned at an early age that I was good at sales and very good with numbers, so mortgage finance […]

From One Dad to Another: Partnership Over Pressure

By Tommy Mattera, LMFT | July 31, 2025

Watching my young son discover the world—the way his eyes light up when he figures out how to stack blocks or the concentrated furrow of his brow as he works […]

Five North State Dads Who Balance Family and Community

By Anne Wycoff | May 25, 2023

Jake Nolen and his wife of ten years, Emily, own and run No-Side Music, a music lesson and recording studio, from their home in Chico. The couple also are the […]

The men of Junto have formed a close-knit group that challenges and supports each individual.

Standing, left to right: Matthew Heath, Grant Sautner, Samuel Hess and Philip Bedford. Seated, left to right: Dustin Holley and Karim Lofty.

Junto — Men Meeting to Share Growth & Mutual Improvement

By Nourah Al Anbar | October 30, 2022

Over two hundred years ago Benjamin Franklin gathered friends from various backgrounds and occupations and put together a “Junto,” named from the Spanish word junta, meaning a group of men […]

Dads in Business 2019

By North State Parent | June 1, 2019

HEY DADS – Spending quality time with your children will be your greatest reward in life. Providers, protectors and heroes in their everyday lives, North State dads are often those […]