
The Rise of Alternative Health and Wellness
Businesses in the Capital Region consider the whole person
The approach of Whole Health, a movement led by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is “Let me understand who you are as a person. … What matters to you as opposed to what’s the matter with you,” says Dr. Michelle Dossett. “I think eventually it’s going to transform what we do in conventional medicine in this country more broadly.”

How Three Trump Policy Decrees Could Affect California’s Agricultural Industry
CalMatters: There are three policy issues particularly important to California’s farmers that Trump wants to change. If he does what he has promised, one might benefit the industry and two might damage it.

Local Journalist Receives $100,000 Grant to Support Hmong Daily News
Website covers an ethnic community that comprises about 1 percent of the Capital Region’s population
A coalition of funders is trying to save journalism, and one of the first to receive their aid is a little-known website serving a small ethnic community in Sacramento. Eighteen Press Forward grantees were based in California with only one in the Capital Region: Hmong Daily News.

Tech Talent, Unleashed
What tech workers and employers need to know in a new era of productivity
The landscape of modern work is changing, particularly for technology workers. As the world emerges from the pandemic, a new breed of tech professionals is redefining the norms of employment, driven by a desire for flexibility, continuous learning and meaningful projects. Likewise, tech workers and employers may struggle to navigate a tectonic shift in productivity fueled by AI.

Bar of America in Truckee Is a Drinking Institution
Former bank location is no longer cash-only
Truckee’s Bar of America sports a name that sounds like it would be shared with establishments across the country. Not so. Situated in a brick building that dates back to the late 1800s, the former Bank of America location is a one and only, with a name that was trademarked shortly after new ownership took over in 2012, according to principal owner Tom Turner.

Will We Ever Fix Our Waterfront?
City fails to act on improvement needs for Rio City Café and other areas of Old Sacramento Waterfront
The district tells the story of the Gold Rush, the railroads, Sacramento’s beginnings and more, but it has a reputation as being merely a tourist novelty spot with gag gift and candy shops.

Sacramento Kissaten: Hi-Fi Heaven, a Stone’s Throw from DOCO
Legend Has It features audiophile-level sound, local beers and natural wine, and a passionate optimism for the future of Sacramento’s music scene
The hi-fi bar, which opened Sept. 14, is in many ways the opposite of most bars in Sacramento (and anywhere). Traditionally, music is an ancillary element to the bar experience. At Legend Has It, the bar experience is ancillary to the borderline religious appreciation of music pressed to vinyl.

The Way We Work: Steve Pleau
A glimpse into the daily life of the CEO of Future Automotive Group
Despite turning 78 this year, Pleau still heads to the office every day to rally the troops, monitor customer satisfaction, and follow his North Star: “My real focus is on expansion,” says Pleau. “I’m not done.”

The Man Who Buys the Capital Region’s Dying Newspapers
Paul Scholl has accumulated 18 print newspapers in under two decades
Paul Scholl started a newspaper about two decades ago to promote his services as a hospice chaplain. Now he brings relief to papers on their deathbeds. How did Scholl come to not only own 18 papers but to make them financially sustainable?

Late-Night Dining Returns to Sacramento
After a pandemic slump, it’s again possible to get a meal past midnight in the capital
When the pandemic put a plug on nightlife, some of the spots that fed that world either whittled down their hours or closed outright. In the past few years, though, options have been respawning on the grid and surrounding areas. Their colorful, contagiously optimistic atmosphere echoes the mood of Sacramento nightlife’s post-pandemic resurgence.