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Still At It

Older adults are making up increasing shares of the workforce

Dan Dillon had been retired about two weeks from the Elk Grove Unified School District when he realized he needed something to do. “Everybody’s different,” says Dillon, 70. “Like my brother, he’s retired. And he goes kayaking, fly fishing and windsurfing. And he’s always going to Hawaii, Tahoe, Baja California. He keeps so busy. I was never that person.”

Sep 22, 2023 Graham Womack

Book Review: ‘Housing for Humans’

An architect advocates for creative, simple solutions to the affordable housing crisis

Washington, D.C., based architect Ileana Schinder is a relentless advocate for residential and urban design solutions that can offer pathways for addressing today’s pernicious affordable housing crisis. She highlights these in her book “Housing for Humans: A Book to Imagine, Create and Design a New Housing Model in America.” 

Sep 21, 2023 Michael Scott

Is It All Good?

Why is ‘good’ such a popular word among brands in the Capital Region and beyond?

Feeling good lately? Does the country, the world, seem good? With a divided electorate, a multiply indicted candidate, the dregs of a pandemic swirling through our psyches, and the hottest summer on record, sometimes it’s hard to find the good.

Sep 20, 2023 Becky Grunewald

Brewed to Perfection

The most popular course at UC Davis teaches engineering students the scientific art of making coffee

Coffee is a $225 billion industry in the U.S., providing 1.6 million jobs. But are we growing, roasting and making the best cup possible? That’s what an innovative program at the UC Davis School of Chemical Engineering has been working on for the past 10 years.

Sep 19, 2023 Judy Farah

Free Parking?

How Sacramento is prioritizing housing for people over housing for cars

After decades in thrall to the car, local developers and legislators are beginning to rethink parking and the role it should play in the city. 

Sep 18, 2023 Michael Scott

Mud, Music and the Man

A Sacramento Burner shares thoughts on the community spirit of this year’s rainy Burning Man

While reporters and commentators struggled to understand why 73,000 would choose to isolate — and unintentionally strand — themselves in the desert, Burners lived out the experiment Black Rock City was built for. 

Sep 15, 2023 Ed Fletcher

Dutch Flat Is a Trip Into California’s Gold Rush

Visitors find historic charm in the mountain community of just 133 residents

The well-preserved, semi-ghost Placer County town of Dutch Flat, an hour drive east of Sacramento in the Sierra Nevada foothills, has earned the description of being “a step back in time,” as local hotelier Leif Lowery described it.

Sep 14, 2023 Steve Martarano

Owning the Narrative

How to take initiative and solve problems before they reach your supervisor

There is nothing more rewarding than creating and implementing a plan to fix a broken process — before being asked to do so. It changes everything because the leader is using her creative fuel instead of being told what to do. Instead of being asked to fix a broken process, the leader self-evaluates her operation and addresses broken processes of her own volition.

Sep 13, 2023 John Phillips and Kris Barton

Neighborhood Favorite: Stand Up Kabob

A Persian restaurant at a Davis car dealership aims to support the Iranian women’s revolution

There are many clues that Stand Up Kabob, a Persian restaurant literally welded onto the side of a used car dealership on the outskirts of Davis, is no ordinary kebab shop. 

May 24, 2023 Jennifer Fergesen

Art Exposed: Betty Nelsen

On the art of how to look in the mirror

In revisiting her early self-portraits, Betty Nelsen has zeroed in on the strongest elements, cropping the drawings into pages that will go into a series of handmade books.

May 23, 2023 Miranda Culp 

Share the Road

Can Sacramento become a safe, welcoming place for cyclists?

Despite a surge of cycling participation in the pandemic, focused spending on bike lanes, and geographical advantages, how is it that California’s capital is barely above average when it comes to bike infrastructure?

May 22, 2023 James Stout

How to Communicate With Your Audience During Crises

Responding with empathy, action and clarity

In times of crisis, CEOs, business owners, government officials and other public figures have a responsibility to effectively convey important — and sometimes life-saving — information to the public. Understanding how best to deliver that information could make or break your reputation and your organization.

May 19, 2023 Patrick Harbison

Book Review: Is Community the Last Great Marketing Strategy?

When community becomes your business brand

In his newest book entitled “Belonging to the Brand,” bestselling author and marketing guru Mark Schaefer asserts that the next — and last — great strategic marketing approach will be predicated on a healthy dose of community, connection and belonging. 

May 18, 2023 Michael Scott

A Japantown Jazz Star Comes Home

1936 film starring Sacramento-born singer Betty Inada is screened in Sacramento

Betty Inada, a Japanese American jazz singer born in Sacramento in 1913, sought fame in Japan in a time when American screens and stages had little space for Asian women. 

May 17, 2023 Jennifer Fergesen

Saving the Rain

Flooding our fields helps store water in belowground aquifers

California’s shrinking aquifers represent both an opportunity and a problem.

May 16, 2023 Becki Robins

Drought and Deluge

Experts are racing to protect the Central Valley from a catastrophic flood

Unlike “The Big One” earthquake that is overdue along the San Andreas Fault, experts don’t have an ominous name for a flood of biblical proportions that is likely to inundate the Central Valley within the next 500 years.

May 15, 2023 Dakota Morlan

Mangoes and Agave in the Central Valley?

California farmers try new crops to cope with climate change

Hustling to adapt, farmers around the state are experimenting with new, more sustainable crops and varieties bred to better tolerate drought, heat, humidity and other elements of the increasingly unruly climate.

May 12, 2023 Alastair Bland, CalMatters

A Hometown Hero Races On

Alexander Rossi of Nevada City, rookie winner of the 2016 Indianapolis 500, joins McLaren team

At 31, Alexander Rossi is still moving up in the IndyCar world and recently joined the team Arrow McLaren, an offshoot of the world-famous Formula 1 powerhouse McLaren Racing.

May 11, 2023 Ray Sotero
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