What’s In the News?
This month, for the second year in a row, I’ll mentor Sacramento State students in the State Hornet Digital Academy, designed to supplement journalism coursework and prepare students for the always-changing media landscape. Based on last year’s experience, these students are eager, dedicated and brimming with ideas. But I worry about what kind of industry they’ll be fighting their way into when they graduate.
Apprenticeship Programs Need More Students
Apprentices offer a much-needed path to quality, high-paying careers.
A New Market
Sacramento pot czar Joe Devlin on how the city is adopting legal cannabis
Joe Devlin, Sacramento’s first chief of cannabis policy and enforcement chats about what can be expected in the near future for legal cannabis in Sacramento.
Back and Forward: Virginia Varela
Golden Pacific Bank CEO on community banking in the Capital Region
Virginia Varela, Golden Pacific Bank president and CEO, offers her insight into the region’s community banks.
Back and Forward: Michael Reitzell
California Ski Industry Association president on environmental stewardship
Michael Reitzell, president of the California Ski Industry Association, offers his insight into environmental stewardship by the region’s ski resorts.
Can Nonprofits Scale to Solve Community Problems?
It’s a familiar sentiment expressed by a local donor: The charity she supports is asking for money with increasing frequency. Yet nothing changes for the better, and now duplicate groups are popping up, all of them requesting funds to address the same problem. To her, the requests seem endless.
Back and Forward: Wendy Saunders
Capitol Area Development Authority official on residential real estate
Wendy Saunders, executive director of the Capitol Area Development Authority, offers her insight into residential real estate in Sacramento.
5 Services Your Local Business Chamber Should Offer
Still not sure a membership is a smart investment? Here are a few great reasons why joining a chamber of commerce can help you invest in your business.
Back and Forward: Dr. Travis Miller
Medical director of The Allergy Station on advancements in allergy treatment
Dr. Travis Miller, medical director of The Allergy Station in Roseville, offers his insight into regional allergies.
Leading The Force
Q&A with Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn
Raised in Oak Park and a Sacramento State graduate, Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn brings a lifetime of local experience to the job. Rich Ehisen sat down with Hahn last January — exactly two months prior to the officer shooting of Stephon Clark — to discuss Hahn’s priorities for our April issue, which went to press just days after details of the shooting began to surface. We have updated the Q&A with a follow-up interview that took place in early April.