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SACRAMENTO COUNTY AIRPORT SYSTEM

PUTTING PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF EVERY TRIP, EVERY EXPERIENCE, EVERY DAY

Dotted throughout the Greater Sacramento region are four airports that play a major role in the economic development and international connectedness of the area.

May 31, 2023

Hometown High School Sweethearts Bring Cajun Cooking to Benicia

Lines often form for their homemade cooking

The story of The Workshop, the popular 600-square foot Cajun-Creole walk-up restaurant in Benicia, starts with a teen romance between Danny Glassmaker and Naomi Buskirk more than 30 years ago. 

May 26, 2023 Steve Martarano

Neighborhood Favorite: Stand Up Kabob

A Persian restaurant at a Davis car dealership aims to support the Iranian women’s revolution

There are many clues that Stand Up Kabob, a Persian restaurant literally welded onto the side of a used car dealership on the outskirts of Davis, is no ordinary kebab shop. 

May 24, 2023 Jennifer Fergesen

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ACRES OF HOPE

BREAKING THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Established in 2006, Acres of Hope provides a safe family environment and a healthy living program for women with children striving for a new way of life. This faith-based renewal center’s balanced approach through a two-year program sets the foundation of change and breaks the cycle of homelessness.

Apr 30, 2023

Neighborhood Favorite: Kind Bean Cafe and Ethiopian Cuisine

This cafe serves ceremonial Ethiopian coffee — and breakfast burritos

The coffee ceremony at Kind Bean Cafe and Ethiopian Cuisine unfolds like a sacrament, each tool imbued with significance like objects on an altar. The beans, roasted and ground throughout the day, steep in a jebena, an ebony-colored earthenware vessel developed more than 800 years ago.

Apr 27, 2023 Jennifer Fergesen

Bok Kai Temple in Marysville Preserves Centuries of Culture

The temple is one of the oldest Taoist places of worship in the country

The temple and museum is usually a quiet respite for visitors, open by appointment only. But during one weekend, the serenity is replaced by bursts of firecrackers and thousands of visitors attending the Bok Kai Festival weekend, honoring Bok Eye.

Apr 13, 2023 Steve Martarano

Off the Beaten Track: A Retreat in the Forest

Sugar Pine Lodge much more than just a B&B to isolated Placer County communities

Inspired by its proprietor Brynn Wooden — known to all as Miss B — and Woody, her husband of 40 years, the lodge is a beacon in the tight-knit Gold Rush communities of Colfax, Iowa Hill and Foresthill.

Mar 28, 2023 Steve Martarano

The Venue Makes Its Debut

Thunder Valley Casino Resort’s $100 million entertainment showcase opens with blockbuster President’s Day Weekend

The 4,500-seat facility held a ribbon cutting celebration on Feb. 14 and then opened three days later with a sold-out, three-day President’s Day weekend run of the Eagles, Bruno Mars and Santana.

Feb 22, 2023 Steve Martarano

It’s All About the Mead

New Penn Valley establishment fills a niche

Nevada County Mead Company is one of the few places in the Capital Region that produces and serves mead, which the ancient Greeks called “nectar of the gods.”

Feb 16, 2023 Steve Martarano

Trust the Sushi Chef

Local chefs bring high-end omakase tradition to the Capital Region

From Japanese, omakase translates roughly to “I leave it up to you.” It is a covenant in which the diner cedes all decision-making power to the chef.

Feb 15, 2023 Jennifer Fergesen
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