
Small Companies Have a Big Retirement Problem
Thinking about taking a job at a small company? Don’t expect a good retirement plan.

The Way to ‘Innovation City’
California Groundbreakers and Comstock’s host panel on innovation in Sacramento
Can Sacramento become a capital of entrepreneurship? Yes, agreed panelists at an event focused on innovation in the city, held Jan. 23 at the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts in Midtown and co-hosted by California Groundbreakers and Comstock’s magazine.

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.