Close Associates
Romance can bloom in unexpected places, but don't let an office relationship result in career breakdown
Fifty-one percent of professionals have had a workplace romance, according to a 2015 survey from Vault.com, a career resource website. This includes couples like the Obamas and the Gates. In an online poll of Comstock’s readers, 80 percent admitted to having mixed business with pleasure.
As Trump Vows to Kill Climate Plan, California Pushes Back
California plans to reduce oil-refinery emissions 20 percent by 2030, providing more details about its effort to impose the nation’s strictest air-quality rules just as President Donald Trump takes office vowing to roll back federal climate policies.
Come in For a Bite
New café and patisserie opens in downtown Folsom
Owners Julian and Ashley Perrigo-Jimenez opened their new business this month in Folsom, Julian’s hometown. The couple says they want to provide customers with a welcoming atmosphere, in an elegant interior, where they can enjoy the smells of baked goods and fresh coffee.
How to Build Your Team
Such important work requires patience and ongoing communication
The single biggest strategic advantage you have when it comes to outperforming your competitors is a highly effective team. A great team wins. Now let’s examine what teams look like when they are not working well:
Drought-to-Drenched California Faces H20 Balancing Act
Rain has finally been falling hard in California, where reservoirs are filling up fast.
Supervisors Taking Up the Urban Ag Vote
Sacramento County considers changes to allow for urban farming
In 2012, Valenzuela Garcia helped form the Sacramento Urban Agriculture Coalition to change laws that impede urban farming by first identifying the political barriers to growing food in this environment. The long list included issues such as holding farm stands on residential sidewalks, raising chickens and keeping beehives.
Powering a Skilled Workforce
Energy partnership equips Sierra College students with hands-on experience in solar array installation
The edge of a Placer County landfill is the unlikely home for an energy partnership that powers homes and fuels jobs for Sierra College students. But that’s exactly what happens at the Western Regional Sanitary Landfill in Lincoln.
Business Planning 101: The Freelance Edition
Freelance life: Keep your momentum going for freelance success in 2017
Freedom and flexibility is what this career path is all about. While we’re blazing our own trail as freelancers and solo entrepreneurs (I like to call us “solopreneurs”), we’re still running a business. And like any business owner will tell you, you need a plan of attack.
Unsettled
Housing crunch in Truckee and north Tahoe leaves workers with a long commute home
The housing crunch is a problem affecting both the working class and the professional class. Workers move to the area lured by lucrative resort jobs, then find themselves stuck when the cost of housing nearly outstrips their pay.
A Mighty Task
Roseville City Manager Rob Jensen on managing one the area’s fastest-growing cities
Roseville City Manager Rob Jensen oversees the Capital Region’s only full-service city, a task that comes with managing a $500 million budget, 15 departments and over 1,200 employees. We sat down with him to talk about the challenges and opportunities facing one of the area’s fastest-growing cities.