![Nailah Pope-Harden, with her son Naeem, has been leading the Morrison Creek Revitalization Project in Sacramento’s Glen Elder neighborhood since 2016. (Photo by Ryan Angel Meza)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1120_feat_environjustice_ryanangelmeza_lead.jpg?1604342290)
Laying the Groundwork
A widespread effort to achieve environmental justice in Sacramento is gaining momentum
Proponents say environmental justice efforts will only be successful if they are inclusive and equitable.
![(Photo by Rachel Valley)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1020_feat_community_rachelvalley_lead_0.jpg?1603133193)
Lineage of Success
Family businesses are the heart and soul of Little Saigon in south Sacramento
The pandemic hurt the small businesses that make up Little Saigon’s microeconomy, but business owners and their customers are hanging on.
![(Illustration by Kelly Barr)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1020_feat_management_kellybarr_lead.jpg?1602514879)
Do You Need a Coach?
Most family businesses could benefit from one — but finding the right fit is key
No longer relegated to sidelines and dugouts, professional coaches are available to help people conquer a wide variety of goals and tasks.
![Kevin Fat (right) was promoted to CEO of the Fat Family Restaurant Group earlier this year when his uncle, Jerry Fat (left), began to step away from day-to-day operations. Frank Fat’s, the company’s flagship restaurant, opened in 1939. (Photo by Wes Davis)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1020_feat_leadership_wesdavis_lead.jpg?1601674840)
Minding the Family Business
Why family-run companies can be better poised to navigate hard economic times
While large companies often have shareholders and untold numbers of employees to satisfy, family businesses can maneuver more deftly and swiftly, powering through as best they can.
![Sacramento City Unified School District’s 50,000-square-foot Central Kitchen, expected to be completed in November, will open when campuses are allowed to reopen. Diana Flores, director of Nutrition Services, says having the kitchen will help her staff provide more fresh and nutritious food. (Photos by Fred Greaves)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0920_feat_food_fredgreaves_lead.jpg?1600448752)
A New Deal for School Meals
Providing food to children is big business, and Sacramento City Unified School District aims to do it better
People love to hate school lunch, but the Nutrition Services team at Sacramento City Unified School District is out to change that.
![Daniel Wolcott, president of Adventist Health Lodi Memorial hospital and president and CEO of Dameron Hospital, oversees the latter’s transition to possibly being taken over by Roseville-based Adventist Health. (Photos by Wes Davis)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0920_feat_healthcare_wesdavis_embed.jpg?1599843819)
Hospitals on Life Support
As the Capital Region moves into the seventh month of the coronavirus crisis, it’s not just sick patients at risk
Smaller, independent hospitals are at risk of closing due to financial strain exacerbated by the pandemic.
![Liam Graf, a Whitney High School graduate, has decided to stay home in Rocklin and attend Sierra College this year after UC Riverside announced classes would be mostly online and being notified in August that a program in Germany was being delayed. (Photo illustration by Terence Duffy)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0920_feat_education_terenceduffy_lead.jpg?1599068758)
Virtual Variations
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing most college classes online, recent high school graduates are finding their choices have changed
Students are weighing all the options, including attending community college, learning online or postponing college altogether.
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Remote Controls
There are plenty of good — and possibly bad — aspects about so many people working away from their offices
This coronavirus pandemic could mark the biggest shift to the workplace since the adoption of computers.
![Rob Brown, who owns Another Look Beauty & Barber Salon with his wife, Tracy Brown, says he was caught between supporting Black Lives Matter protests and protecting his business. (Photo by Fred Greaves)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0820_feat_diversity_fredgreaves_lead.jpg?1597859185)
Fighting for Fairness
Black business owners are trying to survive amid the pandemic and economic and racial injustice
Not only have Black Americans suffered more from COVID-19 infections and deaths, but Black-owned businesses were hit the hardest due to the shutdown.
![Yisrael Family Farm in Sacramento’s Oak Park community produces 4,000 pounds of food annually on its half-acre urban farm. (Photos by Terence Duffy)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0820_feat_food_terenceduffy_embed4.jpg?1597345640)
Seeds of the Future
What does it mean to be the ‘Farm-to-Fork Capital’ during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Here’s how four businesses are engaging in the Capital Region’s farm-to-fork economy and have adapted to the pandemic so far.