Successful Women Know That Leaders Need Ladders

FROM THE PUBLISHER: I always look forward to our annual Women in Leadership issue, where we’re able to shine a spotlight on the best and brightest women in our region. … What makes women leaders special?

Mar 7, 2025 Winnie Comstock-Carlson

California Students Are Now Required to Take a Money Course; Some Are Already Taking It to Great Success

Despite polls showing overwhelming public support for teaching financial literacy skills to school students, prior to the passage of McCarty’s bill California had no statewide requirements around financial literacy courses in the schools. As a result, the infrastructure that does exist around this has largely been developed through the initiatives of a few banks and some forward-looking schools. 

Mar 5, 2025 Sasha Abramsky

The Egg-onomics of Bird Flu: Capital Region Businesses and Consumers Scramble to Deal with Shortage

How the bird flu is affecting businesses that produce and sell eggs in Sacramento and beyond

As the ongoing bird flu crisis continues to decimate millions of infected chicken flocks across the country, and eggs become pricier and harder to find, Capital Region businesses weigh in on the impact of the shortage and what’s helping them through another major economic challenge so close on the heels of the pandemic.

Mar 5, 2025 Robin Douglas

This Small Town by the Sea Brings ‘Authentic Energy’

Benicia’s First Street offers an eclectic array of historic sites, shops and restaurants

The Solano County city of fewer than 30,000 residents is also an easy day trip for visitors from Sacramento and the Bay Area, with a 10-block stroll along Benicia’s First Street providing a unique opportunity to visit 300 eclectic businesses amidst 19th-century Victorian buildings — all while basking in bay views a couple of blocks away.

Mar 4, 2025 Steve Martarano