
A Matter of Privacy
Sen. Mark Leno on the fight for privacy in the digital age
California State Sen. Mark Leno is often at odds with his Republican counterparts in the Legislature. But there is one area where Leno, a San Francisco Democrat, has regularly found bipartisan agreement: protecting consumers’ digital privacy.

Transplant Your Garden
Why I choose to call the Capital Region home
It’s important for transplants to realize that our greatest strength can also be our greatest liability. What we bring to the table is a disregard for what, allegedly, cannot be done. But it’s important to understand the context in which our ideas are being received. We need to be just as willing to learn as we are to create.

YP Trivia Giveaway
It’s that time of year again! That’s right, our 2016 top young professionals issue is almost here. To celebrate, we are giving away four tickets to the upcoming Metro EDGE Emerge Summit on March 18. Trust us, if you are a young professional in the Sacramento area, you won’t want to miss this event.

Status Check: Comics in the Capital Region
Last year we reported on the growing comic convention scene in the Capital Region (“Level Up” by Bill Romanelli, May 2015). Check out what the comic world has been up to since then:

Save the U.S. From the Harvard-Educated Oligarchy
The late Justice Antonin Scalia argued last year that there was something wrong with having a Supreme Court composed entirely of people who had studied at Harvard and Yale law schools.

Opinion: A $15 Wage Works in Parts of California, Not All
California has reached a deal to raise its statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour. This would certainly be a breathtakingly broad political experiment. The question is whether it will turn into a breathtaking disaster.

A Growing Green Debt?
As PACE takes off, realtors warn that unwary homeowners are complicating their finances
Call it the tale of two turfs. In summer 2014, 27-year-old Benjamin Triffo wanted to do something about his dry, unattractive yard. He owns a four-bedroom, four-bath duplex in Elk Grove that he’d bought in 2011, and his sprinkler lines were broken. But with the state passing rules last July that would allow fines for overwatering, Triffo quickly figured out that replacing his system and re-sodding would be like attaching a drain line to his checkbook.

Which Students Do For-Profit Schools Serve?
Dependent students at for-profit colleges have about 50 percent less family income than students attending community colleges and four-year public or private nonprofit colleges.

The Psychology Behind Why We Tip
Studies show it has little to do with the quality of service
Last summer, Magpie Café in midtown Sacramento added a line on their customers’ checks. It gave them the option to tip the cooks separately from the servers. It gave diners what they universally say they want: more control.

Is it Time to Off-Board a Client?
How to create a clear transition from client to former client
When your company closes a new client, the last thing you might be thinking is how you’re going to eventually close out the contract, too. But not matter what you sell, every business needs this departure system in place if you’re going to have clean transitions and decrease stress.