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From Legendary Eggnog to Midnight Mochi, Here Are Sacramento’s Sweetest Holiday Traditions

Local makers keep cherished winter rituals alive

Like Santa’s workshop, Sacramento has a bevy of elves preparing goods for your holidays, and some are months in the making. We stopped in to observe the preparations.

Dec 23, 2025 Becky Grunewald

Sacramento Manufacturers and Distributors Weigh the Effects of Tariffs

Local businesses say there are winners and losers in the tariff game

Changes in prices and supplies have been creating uncertainty in the marketplace for regional businesses. We asked Capital Region businesses how they are adapting — and whether they see any benefits.

Dec 22, 2025 Seth Sandronsky

The Chinese Art of Tea Takes Hold in the Sacramento Region

Practitioners say gongfu cha encourages mindfulness and presence

Gongfu cha, which means making tea with effort in Chinese, is a method of preparing and appreciating high-quality tea in small amounts, through repeated pours. Many are turning to the art form as another way to find balance and harmony.

Dec 19, 2025 Sarah Bun

Sacramento Restaurants Pay Less After Entertainment Permit Changes

Changes made to the city’s entertainment permits will raise prices for some, while lowering the difficulty and cost enough for others to finally become aboveboard

A new city ordinance created a system that makes it faster and cheaper for restaurants, bars and cafes to get limited entertainment permits. So why have only three businesses applied?

Dec 18, 2025 Eric Schucht

Photos: Explore Sacramento Through Its Independent Barbershops

From a Japantown survivor to a shop that gives out Bible verses, these independent businesses reflect the city’s diversity

“Barbershops are one of the last standing places where community can come together, share ideas, tell some jokes, get to know a stranger, or even run into a friend,” says barber Anthony Giannotti.

Dec 17, 2025 Steve Martarano

Let’s Talk About the Elephant$ in the Room | Opinion

FROM THE PUBLISHER: On California's most pressing issues, and why we should discuss them

The biggest, most bumbling elephant in the room these days may be summarized in that famous line from “Jerry Maguire,” the 1996 Tom Cruise movie: “Show me the money!”

Nov 3, 2025 Winnie Comstock-Carlson

Sacramento’s Latino Organizations Celebrate Día de los Muertos Against a Season of Cancellations

Latino Center of Arts & Culture expands El Panteón to more than 90 altars

Some organizations are canceling or scaling back events in response to community safety concerns, but others are going bigger than ever.

Oct 31, 2025 Melissa LuVisi

How a Sacramento Dojo Keeps Filipino Martial Arts Alive

Eskrima’s deep roots in Filipino culture take hold in California as a new wave of practitioners carries on the legacy

There is a graceful fierceness to everything about eskrima, a Filipino martial art also known as arnis and kali. And that is exactly what’s on display on a warm fall night in an unassuming structure off Folsom Boulevard. 

Oct 30, 2025 Scott Thomas Anderson

Welcome, Fall, and All Your Beauty

The Last Word: Comstock's editor remembers East Coast autumns

We were driving through a small town in northern New Jersey one October when we saw a huge pile of leaves someone had raked into a mound. We looked at each other with big smiles, pulled over, ran with abandon and jumped into that leafy patch. No, we weren’t schoolgirls having fun, but three women in their 50s reliving their childhood.

Oct 29, 2025 Judy Farah

Art Exposed: Luka Vergoz

Through scrap wood, sound and sculptural installation, a UC Davis alum reflects on the perpetual transformation of matter and self

A wooden garden appears to be growing inside Davis’ Third Space Art Collective at “Forming, Here, Again,” a solo exhibition by Luka Vergoz open until Nov. 3. The organic, seemingly random shapes in Vergoz’ art are born out of his choice of materials: the scraps left behind on a woodshop floor.

Oct 28, 2025 Jennifer Fergesen

This Collaboration Between Farmers, Water Officials and Environmentalists Is Saving Wildlife

The Floodplain Forward Coalition helps farmers help salmon while protecting water supplies

Water policy in California is defined by fighting. Plans to fix the system languish for decades, and if they’re implemented, they end up in court for many more years. The Floodplain Forward Coalition has broken out of that paradigm.

Oct 27, 2025 Brad Branan

9 New Food Items for the Ninth Year of the Golden 1 Center

Chicken and waffles and bao buns are among the offerings unveiled as the Sacramento Kings kick off their 2025-26 season

There will be nine new entries to represent the ninth year of the Golden 1 Center, including a chicken-and-waffle sandwich, porchetta fries and bao buns. And once again, the Kings and their food partner Legends Hospitality made the effort to have the ingredients locally sourced.

Oct 24, 2025 Judy Farah

An ADA Lawsuit Could Sink Your Small Business | Opinion

Proposed legislation aims to protect business owners from bad actors

In 2024, California was the state with the highest number of ADA cases filed, and this is a common theme for California nearly every year. Here’s how Senate Bill 84 could protect business owners from shakedowns.

Oct 23, 2025 State Senator Roger Niello

Sacramento’s Waterfront Beckons Paranormal Tourists

Exploring the dark history of Old Sacramento

Paranormal tourism has been a steady draw for Sacramento’s waterfront over the years, and October is peak season for businesses that capitalize on the spooky atmosphere.

Oct 22, 2025 Scott Thomas Anderson

Step Inside Sacramento’s Most Immersive Tiki Worlds

Bars like Shipwrecked and Hawthorne’s Hideout fuse fantasy, craftsmanship and cocktails for total escapism

The first sight through the door is something like an aquatic gargoyle with long fingers, smiling fangs and the scaly tail of a mercreature from the lowest depths.

Oct 21, 2025 Scott Thomas Anderson
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