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Young Professionals: Ashley Zavala

Meet the rising stars who are leading the Capital Region from the heart

Ashley Zavala, the Capitol correspondent for KCRA-TV, is well known around the corridors of the state Capitol. You can even say she’s feared. The Capital Weekly dubbed her the “Oh, s**t” reporter because that’s what some lawmakers say when they see her coming. 

Jul 18, 2025 Judy Farah

Young Professionals: Camille Zapata

Meet the rising stars who are leading the Capital Region from the heart

It’s been a busy year for Camille Zapata, 29. In June, the political strategist marked her first anniversary as the digital director for Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a year marked by the devastating LA fires and the return of the Trump administration.

Jul 17, 2025 Robin Douglas

Young Professionals: Christine Wolfe

Meet the rising stars who are leading the Capital Region from the heart

If someone has a good hobby recommendation for Christine Wolfe, she would love to hear it. Until then, daily life for this director of government affairs for WM for California, Nevada and Hawaii is primarily about work.

Jul 16, 2025 Sena Christian

Young Professionals: Charanjeet “Charlie” Kaur Tiwana-Purewal

Meet the rising stars who are leading the Capital Region from the heart

Charanjeet “Charlie” Kaur Tiwana-Purewal was studying for the LSAT when her older sister pointedly asked her, “Why do you want to be a lawyer?” When she couldn’t come up with a good answer, Tiwana-Purewal decided against law school.

Jul 15, 2025 Marybeth Bizjak

Young Professionals: Freddie Silveria

Meet the rising stars who are leading the Capital Region from the heart

Freddie Silveria, 35, has charisma. Asked about his craft as owner of FSA Auctions, he erupts into the exuberant cadence and gesticulations of an auctioneer, unfazed by the surrounding cafe patrons. But he also knows the art of silence, and he’s not afraid to sit in it. 

Jul 14, 2025 Dakota Morlan

Young Professionals: Brandon Kennedy

Meet the rising stars who are leading the Capital Region from the heart

Brandon Kennedy, 32, is a program manager for Improve Your Tomorrow, a nationwide nonprofit that helps young people transfer to four-year universities. Over the course of a few years, Kennedy has helped 25 boys do this.

Jul 11, 2025 Graham Womack

Young Professionals: Blake Johnson

Meet the rising stars who are leading the Capital Region from the heart

Blake Johnson, 37, once told himself he wouldn’t follow his mother’s career path. She’d been an educator — both a teacher and a principal— and while he respected her work, he wouldn’t pursue the same trajectory. He eventually changed his mind, setting off on a course that ultimately led him to his current role as chief strategy officer at Child Action.

Jul 10, 2025 Rachel Leibrock

Comstock’s Concert Hall: Peter Petty’s Holiday Revue Returns to The Sofia

The man made of pizazz to host ninth-annual celebration

On Dec. 21, Petty returns to The Sofia for the ninth-annual Hepcat’s Holla’ Daze Swinging Yuletide Revue, with tickets available through B Street Theatre’s website and box office.

Dec 17, 2024 Casey Rafter

The Life-Saving Organ Trail

How new technology is helping transplant centers send and receive organs from great geographic distances

In 2022, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the TransMedics Organ Care System, or OCS device. Known as the “heart in a box,” this device uses normothermic perfusion to pump blood through a removed heart and preserve it for longer periods until it can be transplanted into a new person.

Dec 16, 2024 Graham Womack

Barks, Brews and Jingle Bells

On the eve of SPCA’s Jingle Bell Pup Crawl, we explore the Sacramento region’s most dog-friendly taphouses and tasting rooms

These taphouses and tasting rooms are putting a twist on that slogan from the TV show “Cheers” by being places where everybody knows your dog’s name.

Dec 13, 2024 Scott Thomas Anderson

What’s Next for Hornet Stadium?

UC Davis Causeway Classic win over Sacramento State comes on the heels of new Hornet Stadium announcement

It was a year that started with much promise for Sacramento State with a Top-10 preseason ranking, talk of a new stadium and the hope that Sacramento could use a new facility to position a move from the FCS’ Big Sky Conference to an upper division conference such as the Pac-12.

Dec 12, 2024 Steve Martarano

The Way We Work: Lance Hastings

A glimpse into the daily life of the president and CEO of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association

His trick for handling this responsibility? It starts with a coop full of chickens.

Dec 11, 2024 Jeff Wilser

Experience the Danger (and Opulence) of the Gold Rush

Empire Mine in Grass Valley was the richest in California history

It’s a bucket-list destination for Gold Rush-era history buffs — a park in Grass Valley where visitors can get a first-hand, interactive look at one of the largest and oldest mining operations that defined California’s 19th-century obsession with gold.

Dec 10, 2024 Steve Martarano

AI in Education: Helpful Tool or Sinister Danger?

Most college professors are wary of it, but others embrace it as a learning advantage

All around the world, academic institutions, from the renowned online Khan Academy through to leading research universities, are grappling with the extraordinarily rapid rise of artificial intelligence systems capable of generating human-like responses to complex questions.

Dec 9, 2024 Sasha Abramsky

Startup of the Month: PowerTechs

Virtual ‘cockpits’ train tomorrow’s workforce in immersive environments

“Using XR technology enables PowerTechs to immerse workers and students in a realistic, simulated environment where their skills can be assessed authentically,” founder Ksenia Solomatina says.

Dec 6, 2024 Russell Nichols

Lowered Ambitions for Old Sacramento

The Sacramento City Council approves a slimmed-down revitalization plan for the waterfront district

The Sacramento City Council recently approved a revitalization plan for Old Sacramento Waterfront that is dramatically smaller than the plan it endorsed six years ago.

Dec 5, 2024 Brad Branan

‘Hushed Hybrid’ Trend May Thwart Return-to-Office Efforts

Companies are changing their work policies, but managers don’t always enforce them

Hushed hybrid is the latest trend that could impede a successful return-to-the-office strategy. What is hushed hybrid (or hushed remote)? It’s when managers overrule, dismiss or choose to not enforce the company’s return-to-office policies. 

Dec 4, 2024 Josh Smith
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