Cannabis Sales Forecast Suggests It May Surpass Soda by 2030
Pot may be on its way to beating pop.
The U.S. legal cannabis industry is expected to reach $75 billion in sales by 2030, according to research firm Cowen & Co. That’s almost as large as the North American carbonated soft drink market in 2017.
From Pond to Fork
Passmore Ranch serves locally-raised seafood to some of the Capital Region’s finest chefs
Passmore Ranch invites local chefs to swim for their fish.
Sacramento Businesses Join Forces to Train New Triathletes
Female participation in the sport has grown from 27 percent in 2000 to 39 percent in 2016, according to USA Triathlon, the national governing body for triathlons. As national participation has increased, so have both women-specific and co-ed training programs in the Sacramento region, according to several local businesses.
Can You Hear Me Now?
As a self-diagnosed introvert and generally busy person, I find the internet and my accompanying devices to be true friends. I like the solitude of working during the witching hour, and the comfort of firing off late-night emails when a thought comes to me without having to wait until the window of office hours opens.
FBI Academy Schools Local Students
When an FBI agent asks a roomful of high school juniors, “How many of you watch FBI shows on TV?” nearly every hand goes up. But at the recent Sacramento FBI Teen Academy, held in March, these 41 students soon learn fact — not fiction — about how the bureau works.
Back and Forward: Dr. Hakan Ozcelik
Sacramento State professor discusses management theory
Dr. Hakan Ozcelik Professor, a professor of management in the College of Business Administration at Sacramento State, offers his insight into management theory.
Startup of the Month: Molecular Matrix
Biotech company uses carbs to help bones heal themselves
You might say Dr. Charles Lee created a synthetic bone graft substitute by accident.
Goodbye, Neighborhood Polling Places—5 Counties Switch to Mega-Vote Centers
This election season five California counties are doing away with hundreds of neighborhood polling places and replacing them with fewer “one-stop vote centers”—an experiment sold by Democrats as a way to save money and boost anemic voter turnout from the last mid-term elections.
California Campuses Confront A Growing Challenge: Homeless Students
The dream was always the same, Arthur Chavez says. He was following a bumblebee through a forest, stumbling over puddles and branches. When he caught the bee, he’d find himself onstage, wearing a suit, in front of an applauding crowd.
Makers Wanted
As American manufacturing struggles and California employers face worker shortages, will investment in educational makerspaces help strengthen local industry?
California remains a top manufacturing center in the U.S. despite local employers grappling with a serious worker shortage. Will state investment in makerspaces help fill the need?