Concerts in the Park Is Bigger Than Ever This Year
Organizers have expanded the downtown Sacramento venue and brought back some local favorites
For the festival’s 31st year, live performances are scheduled every Friday from 5-9 p.m. starting May 3. They continue every weekend this summer though July 26, with the exception of July 5 due to the Fourth of July holiday.
Giving Students a Fighting Chance With Combat U
When Dr. Luke Wood was finding his sea legs as Sac State’s new president, he walked over to Urijah Faber’s Ultimate Fitness gym on Folsom Boulevard, put on his boxing gloves and sparred with the gym owner. Then a light went off in Wood’s head. Since he was reinventing the university anyway, why not use the opportunity to partner with Faber in setting up a system so students could go to school for fighting?
We’re Hitting One Into the Ballpark!
Comstock’s President and Publisher Winnie Comstock-Carlson shares her thoughts on the A’s move to Sacramento.
The Bold Vision of Dr. Luke Wood
Sac State’s new, young president is creating an AI hub, Black honors program, college for foster youth and Combat U
Dr. Luke Wood has set his competitive sights on remaking his university into an institution that can compete academically, not just with other CSUs — he is clear in his ambition to make the beautiful, tree-filled and ethnically diverse campus the flagship university in the CSU system — but with the University of California campuses and other top-tier institutions around the country.
Jet’s Sets Off
This Midtown hotspot started out as a college student’s pandemic project
When Jet Bonanno started his shoestring home-based food operation, he never dreamed it would morph into a thriving brick-and-mortar restaurant. But that’s exactly what happened when Bonanno opened Jet’s American Grill & Bar at the ripe old age of 22.