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Facing a teacher shortage, Sacramento City Unified School District crosses the Pacific to find help, but not everyone is on board
Should a school district struggling to fill vacant teaching positions recruit from overseas? With that question looming overhead, Sacramento City Unified School District develops a new credential program with Sacramento State to address its teacher shortage over the long-term.

We Must Encourage Discussions on Mental Health
We are all affected by untreated mental illness, whether we are taxpayers, business owners or a person struggling to help a family member cope.

In the Kitchen with Sangre del Dragon
The Sangre del Dragon project started in August 2016 when Sac High seniors Leo Lopez, Angel Roque, Benny Perez and Jordan Salvador were given an assignment to create a business plan for hot sauce.

Back and Forward: Rob Winkler
5th Planet Games CEO on game development in the Capital Region
Rob Winkler, CEO of 5th Planet Games in Rocklin, offers his insight into changes in the local game development industry.

Buzzwords: Pain Point
A problem thought to be facing a person or group of people that entrepreneurs are looking to solve through goods and/or services.

A Sense of Place
Sacramento designers and architects challenge the notion that outside talent is more suitable for notable projects
Sacramento is coming into its own, and tying the built environment to the regional diversity — including an agricultural backdrop and focus on sustainability — is important to local designers and architects.

Zero is the Hero in Restaurant Waste
Sacramento chefs pair good business with environmental stewardship
Here in America’s farm-to-fork capital, consumers tend to understand this connection through our region’s rich agricultural heritage and California’s role as the nation’s largest agricultural producer. Local chefs like Brad Cecchi showcase seasonal produce and proteins from local farmers and ranchers who respect the land they farm and animals they raise, through practices intended to keep the land productive for generations to come.

Back and Forward: Cheryl McMurtry
Arch Nexus business development associate on changes in architecture
Cheryl McMurtry, business development associate for Arch Nexus in Sacramento, offers her insight into changes in the architecture industry.

The Woodland Way
With a progressive pro-business climate, Woodland lures agribusiness and global trade to this once-sleepy town
This once rural town now houses more than two dozen international companies and has become a hub of agribusiness, thanks to its progressive pro-business climate and ideal location.

Hot or Not?
The local real estate market doesn’t look the same at all price points
Everywhere I look lately, there’s another piece in the news about Sacramento’s rising rents, skyrocketing home values or how desperate buyers feel in the midst of a housing shortage. It seems like our real estate market is on fire, to the benefit of property owners and home sellers. But is the market really that hot throughout the Capital Region?