A Clean Track Record
Sacramento RT employs approximately 941 people locally, 77 percent of whom are dedicated to operations and maintenance of the bus and light rail systems. John Haswell has been a light rail vehicle technician at Sac RT for the past seven years and says he is “genuinely and thoroughly thrilled to be working on the light rail vehicles.
Systems for Success
Nonprofits use measurable outcomes to demonstrate success and shore up support
Saint John’s Program for Real Change is part of a growing national movement of nonprofits designing programs that include new ways to monitor outcomes and quantify success for those they serve.
Republic FC Trivia Giveway
Spring is in the air, and you know what that means — it’s fútbol time! We’re excited to bring in another winning season with the indomitable city’s own, Republic FC. To celebrate, we’re giving away two tickets to this weekend’s opening night at Bonney Field. As one of the most formidable teams in the league, this is a game you just can’t miss!
Proof That Your Performance Bonus Is a Total Lie
Congratulations sub-par workers, even you can expect a bonus for a mediocre year of work.
The Power of Failure
Getting it wrong builds resiliency, courage and confidence
Working hard to achieve something new should not be fodder for punitive action; it’s the maintenance of a poorly functioning status quo that should be looked at with a sideways glance. Perfection lives on the same continuum as failure. In life, as in work, we learn painfully but fully from our failures — that is when we grow.
Send in the Style
Local entrepreneurs take fashion incubator from dream to reality
Some may say that fashion isn’t important to Sacramento. The city is America’s Farm-to-Fork Capitol after all, not to mention the coveted place sports holds in hearts, minds and headlines. However, talented local stylists, designers and retailers are working to establish fashion as a viable industry. To that end, designers Karisa Gold and Kimberly Eanes new operation, The Workspace: Fashion Incubator, opened a little over a month ago in downtown Sacramento.
7 Killer Financial Management Apps
Thanks to a growing pool of financial apps, we can now review our budgets, tweak our investments and work toward retirement — all while waiting in line for a coffee.
Tipping Made Easy
Payment technologies, like Square, might lead to better tips
If there is any advice businesses can glean from the often surprising research and real life stories about our oddly emotional connection to tipping, it’s this: Don’t mess if you don’t have to.
Driver’s Ed
Automakers go back to school to learn to build self-driving cars
Automakers didn’t build the self-driving car: Google did. That’s a big problem for them. Hoping to catch up, Ford, Toyota, and Volkswagen are betting on academics. Along with Nvidia, Samsung, Qualcomm and Panasonic, they’re each giving $300,000 to the University of California at Berkeley to fund artificial intelligence research.
There is Power in Numbers
Gender Health provides mental health counseling to the transgender community
Since 2010, the Sacramento-based Gender Health Center has been providing a unique service sought by people in need from throughout more than 25 counties. “We are a community mental health organization,” explains executive director Ben Hudson, “and though we serve anyone seeking mental health services, we specialize in gender identity and assisting transgender individuals