Education Foes Fight to a Draw in Sacramento
The sun was already sinking below the horizon on the final night of the lawmaking year as nearly two dozen lobbyists stalked the Capitol’s brightly lit hallways, making sure lawmakers didn’t approve a new math and science school for disadvantaged students.
Actor Kevin Rahm On the Record
Sacramento resident offers his career advice
On a sunny August afternoon at Selland’s in East Sacramento, I had the pleasure of sharing some French press coffee with Kevin Rahm. You probably know him as Lee McDermott from Desperate Housewives, Ted Chaough on Mad Men or maybe even as your neighbor.
Good Game
Sacramento Rotary Foundation’s annual Golf 4 Kids event
This story starts back in 1922.
That’s the year when a small group of Sacramento-based doctors combined their professional connections and their Rotary Club memberships to form a program that is now the longest-running Rotary fundraiser in the country.
Entrepreneurialism a Safer Bet Than Grad School?
Miel Apothecary owner passed on further education to open boutique in Oak Park
Miel Apothecary, housed in the old Pedroni’s Pharmacy building constructed in the early 1900s on Broadway and 34th Street in Oak Park, is a potpourri of healing salves, locally-sourced perfumes and vintage clothing.
Press Play
As a child, working in her family’s print shop in Grass Valley, Judith Berliner’s job was to help her father produce custom maps and limited-edition books on the antique machinery. She now works those same presses as owner of Full Circle Press.
Back and Forward: Dr. Daniel Rockers on Avoiding Stress at Work
Dr. Daniel Rockers, Sacramento-based psychologist, offers his insight into the psychology of work-related stress. For more from Rockers, check out “Get Focused” in our September issue. Sign up for our newsletter and we’ll email you when it’s available online.
Alchemist Switches It Up
Sacramento-based community development corporation selects new executive director
If Davida Douglas had one word to describe her ideal Sacramento community, she would choose “equitable.”
From the Editors: August Business Recap
Comstock’s monthly look at the business news in the Capital Region. Let’s take a peek at August.
PayPal Debuts Credit Card Targeting Brick-and-Mortar Stores
PayPal is turning to its old nemesis, plastic, to help it expand beyond the digital realm.
Say Yes
Yes 2 Kollege helps African-American students find an education and a career
Dee Lucien is waiting patiently. She’s on the shortlist for a spot in the prestigious doctoral program at UC Davis’ Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, thanks to a full-ride scholarship she says she never would have known about if it hadn’t been for one local nonprofit.