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Haus of Cars
Kombi Haus is slowly taking over a city block in Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood. Owner Justin Campbell opened the Volkswagen repair and restoration shop 20 years ago as a small garage on 34th Street. The business now covers over 12,000-square-feet of space across three buildings in the Triangle District.
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Urban Sustainability and Tech Forum Forges Powerful Partnerships
Meeting of the Minds is a nonprofit that punches well above its weight
Meeting of the Minds brings together leaders from the urban sustainability and technology sectors to share information and build long lasting alliances.
We Also Served
Unsung Heroes is a nonprofit that collects, preserves and exhibits the stories of African Americans who served in the U.S. military. Veterans of African descent and their family members share oral histories, along with artifacts from their own experiences in time of war.
Buzzwords: Low-Hanging Fruit
The obvious things that can be most readily done in making progress toward an objective.
Barriers to Baked Goods
Supply of edible cannabis dwindles during regulatory waiting game
Mike Appezzato has only been in business for a year, but he’s already uprooting his company to move it to Sacramento.
State Quarantine Stings Urban Farmers
A ‘canning party’ helps Root 64 preserve its produce
Urban farmers Sarah McCamman and Randy Stannard never dreamed their most lucrative time of year — heirloom tomato season — would go from boom to bust under a state quarantine.
Building a Youth Sports Legacy for Tracy
City officials say 166-acre sports complex will become a regional destination
Over the last few decades, Tracy has experienced a massive population boom.
Climate Change Is Going to Cost California, and the Bill Will Be Staggering
As California lawmakers struggled this week to address an apparent new normal of epic wildfires, there was an inescapable subtext: Climate change is going to be staggeringly expensive, and virtually every Californian is going to have to pay for it.
Move Your Body
New approaches to physical therapy take a swing at Parkinson’s disease
More than 10 million people live with Parkinson’s disease and there is no cure. Decades ago it was thought that exercise could exacerbate symptoms of the disease; now studies show it to be effective in delaying the onset of symptoms.
Bring Sports Betting Out of the Shadows
Russell Lowery, executive director of Californians for Sports Betting, makes the case for sports betting.