Art Exposed: Muzi Li Rowe
This mixed media artist and photographer explores culture through defunct technology
Whether it’s layers of tiny microchips or rows of dead batteries, each work in Muzi Li Rowe’s Magical Thinking series is like peering into a tiny museum where the most microscopic parts of now-defunct personal technology devices, from old Nokia flip phones to disposable cameras, become individual hallmarks of consumer culture.
Lights, Camera, Sacto
Warner Bros. movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio highlights Sacramento as filming location
With Sacramento nearly 400 miles from Hollywood and an increasing number of films shot in Georgia for tax purposes, the Capital Region doesn’t frequently host productions. But when it happens, people can get excited.
La Dulce Vida
Meet the Capital Region panaderos bringing creative flavors and techniques to Mexican bakery classics
Pan dulce (in English, sweet bread) is being reimagined by intrepid bakers across the Capital Region. Comstock’s recently spoke with three local panaderos who are taking pan dulce to new heights while simultaneously paying tribute to the cultural traditions and food memories that shaped them.
The Kids Aren’t Alright
California students suffered learning and other losses during the pandemic
Statewide, students lost four months of math progress and a month in reading progress between the start of the pandemic and the end of 2022. Has that picture improved?
Making a Play in Stockton
Stockton boasts multiple professional sports teams, long history of pro sports
Stockton has a proud and storied history as an agricultural manufacturing hub, helping bring innovations like the tractor to market. There’s a proud sports history, too; the minor league baseball Stockton Ports have won 11 California League titles in their history.
Nominate the Region’s Top Young Leaders
Each year, Comstock’s selects up-and-coming leaders throughout the Capital Region to feature in our Young Professionals issue.
Reset and Drink Up
These Capital Region cafes offer food and drink with a side of health care
Across the region, health food businesses are branching beyond acai bowls and chia-seed puddings to offer customers a broader spectrum of health programs and treatments. From juice cleanses to lattes with a side of ionic detoxification, the spread of these businesses demonstrates that customers are willing to invest in their health — and are looking beyond the traditional health care system to do so.
Yolo Causeway: Classic Connector, Current Controversy
Frustration grows for commuters as a toll road is discussed
The proposed tollway, a first for the Sacramento region, would encompass an 18-mile stretch of I-80: New express lanes would run from the Solano-Yolo County line in Davis all the way to West El Camino Avenue in Sacramento.
How to Save a Life
WellSpace’s suicide prevention hotline serves a 32-county region
WellSpace Health has been running its suicide prevention hotline for 70 years. Started in 1953, the hotline was expanded in July 2022 to include mental health crises as the new national 988 crisis hotline number was implemented.
The Crusading Doctor
Sacramento-based WellSpace Health thrives with a unique approach to homeless and mentally ill patients
The homelessness crisis has seemingly coincided with a lack of sufficient behavioral health resources. Organizations like WellSpace could be well-positioned to take on a growing share of this vital work.