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Inside California’s Small but Growing Artisanal Tea Industry

Farmers in the Sierra Nevada and Central Valley are discovering a distinct California tea terroir

Tea is the world’s second most popular beverage after water. Though California-grown tea is currently a small industry, it may be poised to take on some of that demand.

Jan 21, 2026 Sarah Bun

Jesuit High School Sparks Controversy With Announcement That It Will Accept Female Students

The Sacramento Catholic boys school will begin admitting girls in 2027

The decision to turn the all-boys Catholic institution into a “co-divisional” high school has provoked protests and heated arguments.

Jan 20, 2026 Ed Goldman

What is Job Hugging — and Are You Doing It?

More workers are staying in their jobs amid a tight economy and fewer work options

Today, the Great Resignation has been replaced by what economists are starting to label the “job hugging” era.

Jan 19, 2026 Sasha Abramsky

This Davis Brewer Will Give Out Free Beer ‘When Iran Is Free’

Persian-inspired beer brand Rostam36 wants to help rebuild Iran’s economy

There are bottles and kegs of dark, saffron-tinged beer behind the counters of Persian restaurants in Sacramento, waiting to be opened and poured freely when Iran’s current government falls.

Jan 16, 2026 Jennifer Fergesen

Nominations: 2026 Salute to Women in Leadership

Comstock’s is now accepting nominations for its 12th annual salute to women in leadership. Use this form to nominate a woman making a demonstrated difference in her industry, communities and the next generation of the workforce.

Jan 16, 2026

A Seat at the Bar: A Southern Food Surprise in … Roseville?

Chef Q brings California modern comfort food to his restaurant Q1227

The Seat at the Bar diner explores a restaurant visited by luminaries including Snoop Dogg, Ryan Coogler and the Timberwolves in an unlikely location — a busy shopping mall. 

Dec 4, 2025 Your Seat at the Bar Diner

Employees Aren’t Washing Their Hands. Is It My Job as HR to Tell Them What They Should Have Learned in Kindergarten?

Dilemma of the Month: The Evil HR Lady addresses personal hygiene in the workplace

While I agree that non-handwashers are gross, the reality is that life is gross.

Dec 3, 2025 Brad Branan

New UC Davis Research Center Will Help Central Valley Provide Food Sustainably

The Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation will explore the future of food

Agricultural research is about to get supercharged at UC Davis, thanks to a $50 million donation from the co-owners of one of the biggest names in almonds, The Wonderful Company.

Dec 2, 2025 Brad Branan

A Thriving (but Manageable) Metropolis | Opinion

FROM THE PUBLISHER: An ode to Sacramento, despite what Joan Didion wrote

For most of us who live and work here, Sacramento, the once-called “cow town,” has grown with the region into a thriving but manageable metropolis.

Dec 1, 2025 Winnie Comstock-Carlson

Essay: Nostalgia Bomb at the Sunrise Mall

Reflections on the melancholia of dying malls

For children of the ‘80s and ‘90s the mall was the church of our youth, but for later generations the mall is just an inconvenient vending machine. What happened to the mall, will happen to each of us. And like the mall, ultimately, we will simply be forgotten. 

Nov 27, 2025 Won Song

Possible Last Causeway Classic in 71-Year History Is One to Remember

The classic game between football rivals Sacramento State and UC Davis may come to an end

If Nov. 22’s Causeway Classic was truly the 71st and final chapter of the storied series between I-80 rivals Sacramento State and UC Davis, then the sendoff couldn’t have been more dramatic.

Nov 26, 2025 Steve Martarano

Art Exposed: Jessica Wimbley

A Davis-trained artist returns to the Capital Region after more than a decade in Southern California

Jessica Wimbley’s moving-image series “True Story of Edges,” which premiered in the 2022 exhibition “Coordinates,” invites viewers to question the politicization of Black bodies while evoking love, joy and compassion.

Nov 25, 2025 Melissa LuVisi

As Niche Magazines Gain Popularity, Capital Region Publishers See Value in Paper and Ink

Meet the small-business magazine publishers who say print isn't dead

Comstock’s is one of the last remaining monthly magazines based in Sacramento, but it’s now part of a trend. Across the region and beyond, niche print magazines are gaining momentum.

Nov 24, 2025 Eric Schucht

Food Banks Brace for ‘Perfect Storm’ of Food Insecurity Heading Into the Holidays

SNAP food benefits are back, but anxieties linger

The record-breaking government shutdown and suspension of SNAP food benefits led what one food bank director says is the worst food insecurity crisis she has seen. 

Nov 21, 2025 Dakota Morlan

Essay: An Empty Nester’s Melancholy Travels Without His Children

For the Last Word essay column, a writer shares his recent travels through Europe without his children

I could, I felt, either wallow in sadness at this state of affairs or, with my wife, chart our own course and go to places that we had never previously visited, using the strangeness of new locales to ask myself a series of questions on, broadly speaking, what it all meant.

Nov 20, 2025 Sasha Abramsky
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