More than a few downtown eateries have become casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those that remain are embracing long-term survival strategies.

When they opened Capital Confections, a small business specializing in handcrafted chocolates, more than 24 years ago, husband-and-wife partners Teresa and Craig Higgins knew to expect the unexpected.

With daytrip-worthy destinations in the Capital Region, wine enthusiasts no longer need to pay the higher prices and drive to Napa to get a world-class winery experience.

Aria Afghan Restaurant in North Highlands serves a cuisine that hails from the crossroads of South and Central Asia, including one dish that takes over 10 hours to make.

Placer County’s three largest cities are now each headed by a woman mayor: Krista Bernasconi in Roseville, Jill Gayaldo for Rocklin and Alyssa Silhi in Lincoln.

The recent spate of mergers and acquisitions in the Capital Region tells a story beyond the pandemic, speaking to growing interest in the area and a red-hot financial craze that catapults private companies into public markets.

Journalists will tell the story with or without you, which means rejecting their calls or ignoring their deadlines puts you at peril of not having your side well represented.

Here’s what you need to know about California’s housing costs, illustrated with infographics.

House calls are convenient for the patient and can give the visiting physician or nurse a big-picture idea of the environmental factors affecting the patient’s health.

It’s unclear if telehealth will remain on its current trajectory once the pandemic is over, but one thing is clear: Decisions made now will be critical for the future of its innovation.