California’s Sierra Nevada ski resorts were officially open in February 2021 after shutting down in March 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Once considered a stark and cold aesthetic, today’s residential modern design employs variety and warmth. Here are some of the Capital Region’s modern homes and the architects who designed them.

On Oct. 12, 2020, hair-care brand R+Co came to the Federico Advanced academy in Sacramento to present R+Co Drive-In, a socially distanced drive-in and livestreamed educational hairstyling event.

Community members created decorative altars in the Marketplace 99 shopping center parking lot in Elk Grove for a family-friendly, socially distanced Día de los Muertos drive-thru display and contest Nov 1.

Wag Hotels, a chain of companion-animal boarding facilities, decided to offer a free week of board for cats and dogs at its nine locations across Northern and Southern California in response to the LNU Lightning Complex fire that began in August. 

Shelter-in-place orders this year have given the Capital Region’s custom collectible cars community more time to buy, sell and restore their vehicles.

Sacramento Edible Yards, a father-and-son organic-gardening business, helps people learn how to grow their own food at home.

A buyback program is helping microfarmers from the Southeast Asian community feed families and recoup their losses from a drop in sales. 

Pop-up drive-ins appeared during the coronavirus summer of 2020, prompting many families in the Capital Region to turn their vehicles into personal entertainment bubbles.

Ethel Hoskins is determined that her family ranch’s legacy will endure despite the significant damage to the property where she still lives.