“I carve hiking sticks, and they are meant to be used,” Leonardi, 70, said. Some collectors have told him they would never use the walking sticks to hike, and that’s understandable. These ...

Along the two-lane road that leads to rural Fallbrook, the cares of urban -- and even suburban -- life fall away. The rolling hills of northern San Diego County, blanketed with avocado groves and ...