We Can’t Stop Improving Our Innovation Ecosystem
It may seem like it snuck up on us, but the Capital Region has a healthy startup ecosystem that has been growing for over 25 years, starting with the establishment of the Intel and Hewlett-Packard campuses in the early 1980s. There have been many milestones along the way and we expect many more to come. We are definitely on the map as a city where you can build a startup.
Working On the Railroad
The California State Railroad Museum curates one of the world’s largest toy train collections.
State Hornet to Cut Print Publication
Sacramento State’s 70-year-old student paper will go entirely virtual after 2018-19 school year
The question for the State Hornet — and for newspapers everywhere — is if this media operation can find new life as it navigates a major transition.
Art Exposed: Sarah Golden
Oak Park surface designer on the business of art
Just three years after Sarah Golden shared the first block-printed fabric she ever made on Instagram, she has amassed nearly 35,000 followers and established a successful creative career in surface design. Today, Golden works full-time producing her signature simple, muted designs in both fabric prints and original paintings from her Oak Park studio. “I love a real simple two-color print and I will work a polka dot into every project, unabashedly,” she jokes.
The Herb Column: Still Unbanked, Cannabis Enterprises Struggle
Federal law deters banks from serving legal cannabis businesses
Eleven months after recreational marijuana use became legal in California and six years on from legalization in Colorado and Washington state, legal pot growers and dealers still can’t use banks the same way other businesses can.
The Edtech Edge
Local edtech startups are less about disruption as they are about enhancing current models
Local edtech innovators aren’t trying to blow up traditional educational models. At a time when edtech funding models are on the decline, local founders are bootstrapping solutions to existing classroom needs.
Acting Out
Grant funding allows local youth the opportunity to experience free community theater
Community theater, often known for supporting and encouraging aspiring young artists, has a new home in the greater Sacramento area. Thanks to a new Youth Theatre For All program, launched by the Natomas Arts and Education Foundation, more than 50 children ages 10-18 were afforded the opportunity to participate in a production of “Bye Bye Birdie” for free for three performances in July.
Sacramento’s Raiders Fans Will be Left Behind With Team’s Move to Las Vegas
The Amtrak Capitol Corridor train originates in Auburn and goes as far as San Jose. It has been a long-time popular way to the games, especially beginning in 2001 when service increased and Amtrak began offering a 25 percent discount to riders destined for Raiders games.
Book It
Why you should read more — and, more importantly, how to do it
The benefits of reading are extensive, and CEOs like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett read at least 50 books a year. Local leaders discuss why they read and, more importantly, how they find the time.
Just Don’t Do It
Four things to avoid when remodeling your home
You don’t have to be a licensed contractor to fix up a home, but it’s easy to sniff out quality work versus something an owner did after a weekend of binging on HGTV.