
Sacramento Looks to Expand Mobile Food Codes to Support Sidewalk Vendors
Sacramento’s effort to expand mobile food codes is part of a statewide push to legitimize California’s long tradition of sidewalk vending.

420 Estates
The cannabis surge is driving a property frenzy in Sacramento’s industrial and commercial markets
Green zones approved for commercial cannabis are limited, and demand for commercial space has driven up property values in Sacramento. Local businesses — both cannabis-related and otherwise — are feeling the pinch.

Guts and Glory
Demand for locally and responsibly sourced food has helped revive the butcher shop
Traditional butcher shops are making a comeback in the Capital Region.

Drone Speed Racers Turn Golden 1 Center into Virtual Reality Showcase
Sacramento’s Aaron Jilg is one of the lucky attendees at the biggest drone speed race in California history, featuring competitors from around the globe. He’s still buzzing after the winners are crowned inside the Golden 1 Center, overlooking the futuristic course.

Dilemma of the Month: Managing Seasonal Labor
Dilemma of the Month: My business is quite seasonal. We have work year round, but in the off-season we don’t need the same number of employees. It’s just not profitable to keep everyone on the payroll 12 months out of the year. Can I drop hours? Can I lay people off and rehire? Are there things that make one option better than the other?

Startup of the Month: Rhombus Systems
Virtually-managed cameras help secure physical buildings
With Rhombus Systems cameras, customers can view and share livestreams, manage unlimited locations from one console and set up other features.

Back and Forward: Commercial Cannabis
Investor Daniel Conway on how legal cannabis is impacting Sacramento
Daniel Conway, managing partner of Truth Enterprises, offers his insight into commercial cannabis real estate in the Capital Region.

Lost in Translation
Are the very digital tools designed to enhance communication actually making us worse communicators?
Most of us can’t seem to put down our phones, checking them anywhere from 80 to 150 times per day, and some experts say this addiction is taking a toll on soft skills.

Inside the World Butchers’ Challenge
Originally conceived as a Pan Pacific pissing match, the World Butchers’ Challenge has since exploded into a truly global competition. It began in 2011 when Beef + Lamb New Zealand CEO Rod Slater bet an Australian colleague a bottle of whiskey that his country boasted the better butchers.

Back and Forward: Commercial Cannabis
Sacramento’s inaugural chief of cannabis policy Joe Devlin on how legal weed is impacting local real estate
Joe Devlin, chief of cannabis policy for the City of Sacramento, offers his insight into commercial cannabis real estate in the Capital Region.