The First Rule of Art Is to Enjoy It

FROM THE PUBLISHER: I’ve always loved art, in every form I can think of: music, dance, painting, sculpture, film, theater, literature, architecture and even conceptual. After all, art is about taste, memory, the senses — and just as often, can be about political preference, sexual orientation and religious affiliation. In short, art is highly personal.

Oct 1, 2024 Winnie Comstock-Carlson

Legendary Trial Lawyer Joe Genshlea Still Lives 2 Blocks From the Land Park Home Where He Grew Up

At 86, the star of 3 one-man shows is still writing and fulminating

For years, Joe Genshlea has been known as one of the best trial lawyers in California. Regularly lionized as such by his peers — including his being voted into the state’s Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in a ceremony presided over by California Supreme Court Associate Justice Ming W. Chin — Genshlea’s reputation could give you the impression he’s a fiery, hellfire-and-brimstone orator.

Sep 25, 2024 Ed Goldman

Leading the Way on Housing

Multifamily unit construction in Sacramento 'is booming'

In the last four years, Sacramento has approved more than 11,000 housing units, the third-highest total in the state, according to figures from the California Department of Housing and Community Development. The city’s total of approved housing trails only Los Angeles and San Diego, both of which are much larger cities.

Sep 24, 2024 Brad Branan

Fighting for Land

We need more housing, but we also want to protect wildland

The region has been suffering through a housing shortage for several years. But environmentalists worry about the impacts of greenfield development: It increases greenhouse gas emissions as people commute longer distances and causes the loss of habitat and open space, which gives the region its character and makes it a good place to live.

Sep 23, 2024 Brad Branan

Page Not Found: Sacramento’s Disappearing Digital News

While libraries, museums and government archives preserve print copies of newspapers and magazines, news websites can disappear when the business closes

Digital permanence is a myth. Last year more than two newspapers closed a week on average in the United States, according to a report from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. When web hosting bills go unpaid, what happens to online content?

Sep 19, 2024 Eric Schucht

The Need for Nurses

The Capital Region has a nursing shortage. Here’s what health care systems, schools and others are doing about it

National Center for Health Workforce Analysis figures from November 2022 show there could be a shortage of over 78,000 full-time registered nurses in the U.S. by next year, and that the shortage could last several years. CalMatters reported in July 2023 that California was short around 36,000 licensed nurses, citing figures from UC San Francisco, which studies the nursing workforce.

Sep 16, 2024 Graham Womack