Josh Brodesky is a San Antonio-based writer.
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Eat, Sleep & Remodel
Top 5 Capital Region reinventions
The Great Recession has cast a long shadow over the Capital Region. The economy has been static. Recovery has been slow. But in the hard-hit hospitality business, the pause has spurred opportunity for reinvention.
Obstruction of Justice
Draconian budget cuts mean huge legal holdups
Justice delayed has become justice denied for the Capital Region’s business community.
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Nursing a Quandary
A worker shortage with no jobs?
California might be facing a long-term nursing shortage of epic proportions, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to find a job. Blame it on the Great Recession, but for new nurses it’s harder than ever to get a foot in the employment door.
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Mortgage Melee
High unemployment stifles the refinancing market
It should be the perfect prescription for an ailing housing market, but so far few buyers are taking it.
![Lee Ann Trumbull, president, Gallagher Benefit Insurance Services Lee Ann Trumbull, president, Gallagher Benefit Insurance Services](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/img_3750.jpg?1577874531)
Service and Protect
Will health care reform make insurance brokers obsolete?
It’s too soon to tell whether health insurance brokers are an endangered species on the cusp of going the way of the Dodo or, more recently, the travel agent.
![Dr. Michael Chapman and his wife, Betty, donated $1 million to the new Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion. Dr. Michael Chapman and his wife, Betty, donated $1 million to the new Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/vx2c1614_cmyk.jpg?1577874531)
Trauma Solution
The med center prepares to open a state-of-the-art facility
Over the course of his lengthy career as an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Michael Chapman transformed trauma care in the Sacramento area, saving countless lives along the way.
![UC Davis medical experts are connecting with at least 75 clinics across the state at any given time.
(Photo by UC Davis Health System) UC Davis medical experts are connecting with at least 75 clinics across the state at any given time.
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Beam Me Up
Connecting urban specialists to rural patients
An infant in Redding is turning blue, slipping away with a failing heart and lungs until a specialist in Sacramento steps in and saves the baby’s life, guiding a team of nurses via a video link.
![Dr. Jan Nolta heads he stem cell program for the UC Davis Health System and directs the Institute for Regenerative Cures.
(Photo courtesy of UC Davis Health System) Dr. Jan Nolta heads he stem cell program for the UC Davis Health System and directs the Institute for Regenerative Cures.
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Stemming Out
UC Davis researchers deliver lab innovations
Dr. Jan Nolta is a whirlwind of energy, and this July morning she is blitzing through UC Davis’ brand-new Institute for Regenerative Cures, a state-of-the-art lab where scientists and researchers are working on breakthrough discoveries and stem cell therapies.