Dear Readers, McCloud California in Siskiyou County, at the foot of Mount Shasta is often featured on television or in print as an ideal spot for Bay Area weekend get aways.

I was unaware of any Italian connections in McCloud California, until my good friend, Lorraine Capurro, married a handsome young man and became Mrs Lorraine Capurro McCloud, so  that I  paused to read about McCloud, California.