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Tricky Eating

Local experts and retailers work to prevent food fraud

With as much as 10 percent of all food products sold around the world mislabeled, experts at UC Davis and elsewhere are working hard to ensure what’s on the label accurately represents what’s in the food.

Nov 6, 2019 Rich Ehisen

Testing the Future of Space Exploration

Work at McClellan Nuclear Research Center supports the national aeronautical industry

Built by the U.S. Air Force in 1986 for $20 million, the McClellan Nuclear Research Center is now owned and operated by UC Davis. Inside, scientists conduct high-tech experiments that affect the future of space exploration.

Oct 29, 2019 Judy Farah

Status Check: Playing the Long Game

Veteran games developer and former KlickNation owner Mark Otero resurfaces with hedge fund Alice Capital

Mark Otero left Electronic Arts and Capital Games, the subsidiary he helped found, with a strict noncompete agreement.

Oct 25, 2019 Graham Womack

California Health Care Companies Partner with Amazon to Bring Virtual Diagnoses via Alexa

Now that it’s upending the way you play music, cook, shop, hear the news and check the weather, the friendly voice emanating from your Amazon Alexa-enabled smart speaker is poised to wriggle its way into all things health care.

Jul 26, 2019 Janet Rae-Dupree, California Healthline

Status Check: Sacramento iHub

Local business and tech leaders continue to develop the local innovation hub

Brandon Weber stood in front of a group of Sacramento entrepreneurs and local leaders, including Mayor Darrell Steinberg, and confronted a truth: Efforts to support the regional chapter of the California Innovation Hub have slowed in recent years.

Jul 23, 2019 Graham Womack

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
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