For several days this winter, Sacramentans got to play “Spot the Movie Star” while Leonardo DiCaprio and William Baldwin were both in town filming two different movies at locations all over the city. It begs the question: Could Sacramento become Hollywood North? The city and nearby Placer and El Dorado counties have a growing film industry that brings millions of dollars and thousands of jobs into the region.

“A lot of my work stems from this idea of what I call being stuck in between,” says multidisciplinary Elk Grove artist Taner Pasamehmetoglu.

San Joaquin County — with its rich cultural and historical heritage in both rural communities and city centers — may soon have a unified creative and cultural front. For the first time since 2001, the county will again have an arts council.

Channel 24 is a new indoor midsized venue that aims to fill a gap in Sacramento’s live entertainment ecosystem. Meanwhile, the city wants to make it easier for restaurants to host live shows. Will it be enough to fill the voids in the market?

The prisoners made makeshift knives, or shivs, and used stolen razors during their siege. One prison guard died, and two were injured.

No agent? No problem. In the age of self-promotion, tech savvy authors are cutting out the middleman.  

The work of this Sacramento-based artist is steeped in the beauty and wonder of nature.

Chris Tabieros was selected as one of about three dozen detailers to restore, maintain and preserve the first presidential jet Air Force One.

Heads up, guitar geeks and music freaks: A Sacramento museum has gone a little bit rock ‘n’ roll —  at least for the summer.