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Slow Progress for Fast Speeds

Two years after partnering with Verizon, few Sacramento neighborhoods have 5G availability

Sacramento boasted of being one of the first four test cities for Verizon’s 5G network, with officials calling it a major step toward the future. But nearly a year after launch, none of the city’s eight council districts have full 5G coverage — and it isn’t clear when any of them will.

Jun 4, 2019 Russell Nichols

Status Check: Community Choice Aggregation

Exit fees remain an unresolved issue for CCAs looking to compete in the energy market

In September 2018, a Davis-based Community Choice Aggregation option known as Valley Clean Energy offered to extend its service to Winters and West Sacramento, months after launching in Woodland, Davis and unincorporated Yolo County.

Feb 28, 2019 Graham Womack

From Bot to Burger

What does restaurant automation mean in the Farm-to-Fork Capital?

Nationally, large restaurant chains are automating aspects of their service as a cost-saving mechanism. How is this trend playing out in the Capital Region? 

Dec 18, 2018 Rich Ehisen

A New Lay of the Land

Entrepreneur and entomologist Pamela Marrone on biologicals in farming and the Capital Region’s innovation ecosystem

Pamela Marrone, CEO and founder of Marrone Bio Innovations, on biotech innovation. 

Dec 10, 2018 Sena Christian

The Doctor Is (Logged) In

The rise of telehealth targets rural patients and preventative medicine

Telehealth is on the rise throughout the Capital Region, with video visits that save patients and hospitals both time and money. But can it reach the patients who need it the most?

Dec 4, 2018 Russell Nichols

The Edtech Edge

Local edtech startups are less about disruption as they are about enhancing current models

Local edtech innovators aren’t trying to blow up traditional educational models. At a time when edtech funding models are on the decline, local founders are bootstrapping solutions to existing classroom needs. 

Nov 26, 2018 Steven Yoder

Power Politics

The growing number of publicly owned CCAs offer cheaper and cleaner electricity than for-profit utilities — so are they viable in the long-term?

Community choice aggregators are the latest test of whether local, publicly run ventures can deliver cheaper and cleaner power than their investor-owned counterparts. But electricity procurement can be a fickle industry.

Oct 30, 2018 Steven Yoder

We Need a Local Manufacturing Revolution

Manufacturing is too important to ignore, and the Capital Region needs to harness this sector for prosperity

Oct 29, 2018 Tracey Schaal

Sacramento Kings Leverage AI for Improved Sales and Outreach

Under Vivek Ranadive’s ownership, the Kings have become a leading tech-savvy sports franchise, primarily by building the Golden 1 Center, which is considered one of the highest-tech sports stadiums in the world.

Oct 11, 2018 Jordan Venema

Startup of the Month: STEMtrunk

Yuba City-based company launches subscription service for educational toys

In 2017, Aaron Watkins launched a rental service called STEMtrunk because he doesn’t believe educational toys should be left behind. He calls his Yuba City-based startup “Netflix for learning toys” because it works with the same subscription-based concept.

Oct 3, 2018 Russell Nichols
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