Sometimes it’s not a bad idea for an entire region to get in touch with itself — and for that, I turn to a favorite quote from the late educator and writer Stephen Covey, whose simple but direct point for businesses and individuals was to focus on “the main thing.”

Surveys show record numbers of Americans saying the country is off track, and the future feels bleak. And yet, beneath it, the impulse to kindness keeps flickering.

For most of us who live and work here, Sacramento, the once-called “cow town,” has grown with the region into a thriving but manageable metropolis.

For children of the ‘80s and ‘90s the mall was the church of our youth, but for later generations the mall is just an inconvenient vending machine. What happened to the mall, will happen to each of us. And like the mall, ultimately, we will simply be forgotten. 

I could, I felt, either wallow in sadness at this state of affairs or, with my wife, chart our own course and go to places that we had never previously visited, using the strangeness of new locales to ask myself a series of questions on, broadly speaking, what it all meant.

Denmark has built 7,000 senior cohousing homes so far, and they’re preparing to build many thousands more. It’s time to get a senior cohousing built in Sacramento — it’s doable, it’s necessary, and it’s a heck of a lot more fun than being alone in your home.

The biggest, most bumbling elephant in the room these days may be summarized in that famous line from “Jerry Maguire,” the 1996 Tom Cruise movie: “Show me the money!”

In 2024, California was the state with the highest number of ADA cases filed, and this is a common theme for California nearly every year. Here’s how Senate Bill 84 could protect business owners from shakedowns.

For 175 years, from California’s admission into the U.S. until now, it sits as the fourth largest economy in the world. More than 220 attempts have been made to divide our state into two, three and even six states. The various reasons have included its sheer size and its presumed ungovernability.

Following an uncomfortable pause after the officiant asked if anyone knew a reason why these two shouldn’t be joined in matrimony, Monty, a comedian, stood up and loudly objected. Once the giggling started, the entire crowd realized we were in for another performance.