![Rain, a Beatles tribute band, rocks the Harris Center’s 851-seat main stage in June. In the past year, the center has held more than 400 events, attracting about 75,000 people.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0719_blog_photoessayrockin_05.jpg?1577874530)
Photos: Rockin’ the Suburbs
There’s a nice payoff for music fans willing to explore outside the city of Sacramento — and it doesn’t have to be a long trek. Photojournalist Steve Martarano takes us inside suburban entertainment gems in the Capital Region.
![Guests on the “Indigenous Walk” on Deer Creer, which is a guided adventure offered on Outlandish Experiences. (Photo courtesy Arrow Flora)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1118_blog_tourism_outlandish2.jpg?1577874530)
Won’t You Be My Guide?
New adventure tourism platform connects visitors to locals
For a typical day trip to Nevada County, a tourist might visit a few wineries, do some window shopping and then call it a day. But when Robert X Trent launched Outlandish Experiences in August, he wanted to use unique, unforgettable experiences to help visitors fall in love with the area he’s called home for 20 years.
![Recreationists enjoy the American River, near Sunrise, in Rancho Cordova. (Photos courtesy Rancho Cordova Travel & Tourism.)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1018_blog_tourism_rancho1.jpg?1577874530)
Getting Personal
Rancho Cordova turns to AI for a more individualized tourism experience
Rancho Cordova’s identity as one of the region’s best-kept secrets frustrates Marc Sapoznik. As executive director of Rancho Cordova Travel & Tourism, his job is to promote the city’s assets tor both out-of-towners and locals alike.
![From left: Tom and Holly Cooper with daughter Carrie
Bendick and son-in-law Josh are the family members
behind Holly's Hill Winery in El Dorado County.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/1017_feat_wine_lead_joancusick.jpg?1577874530)
A Good Vintage
In the Capital Region, wine is truly a family affair
In the wine industry, families must often handle the unique dynamics of their arrangement while running several operations at once — growing grapes, producing wine, and marketing and selling the final product. It’s not always easy. But these four wine-industry families wouldn’t have it any other way.
![From left: Erica Henderson and Katie White co-own Gather & Mill in Grass Valley. (Photo courtesy Lydia Photography)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0817_blog_launch_gather1.jpg?1577874530)
Gather & Mill, a Boutique and Gathering Space, Opens in Grass Valley
As the sun rises on Mill Street in Grass Valley, Erica Henderson starts the opening routine in her new store Gather & Mill. She rolls out a decorative bicycle and sets up sandwich boards indicating to customers that they are welcome. The sounds of Amos Lee drift through the space as she slips kaftan-style dresses on hangers. When everything is perfectly in place, she opens the coral-colored French doors.
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Forget Napa, Book a Trip to California’s Central Coast Right Now
It’s time to really pay attention to the Central Coast, a region that spans roughly 250 miles, from Santa Barbara up to Monterey Bay, including the Santa Ynez Valley and San Luis Obispo County, among other regions.
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The House Raises
A look at four new developments tied to local casino operations
Gaming facilities across the capital region are booming with expansions and new construction. Here’s a look at four new developments tied to local casino operations.
![Eugene Phillips, owner of Miyazaki Bath House and Gallery in Walnut Grove, fills two tubs with hot water in preparation for a two-hour soak. Guests first wash themselves with soap using a bowl of water and a ladle, while sitting on a stool, before entering the tubs. “The tubs are not for cleaning,” Phillips says. “They’re for soaking.”](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0717_dept_snap_embed1_kj.jpg?1577874530)
Soaked
A little piece of Japanese culture can be found in Walnut Grove
At Miyazaki Bathhouse in Walnut Grove, guests first wash themselves with soap using a bowl of water and a ladle, while sitting on a stool, before entering the tubs. “The tubs are not for cleaning,” Phillips says. “They’re for soaking.”
![Andy Stone, head mechanic for Team Novo Nordisk, prepares a bike during training camp for the Amgen Tour of California’s Sacramento stage in May.](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0617_snap_lead_kj.jpg?1577874530)
Fix ‘Er Up
Andy Stone, head mechanic for Team Novo Nordisk, prepares a bike during training camp for the Amgen Tour of California’s Sacramento stage in May. A Sacramento native, Stone attended Encina High School where he took a Regional Occupation Program bicycle mechanic class. He worked at bike shops for several years before getting into race mechanics.
![(Photo by Terence Duffy)](https://www.comstocksmag.com/sites/main/files/imagecache/tile/main-images/0117_feat_housing_lead_terenceduffy.jpg?1577874530)
Unsettled
Housing crunch in Truckee and north Tahoe leaves workers with a long commute home
The housing crunch is a problem affecting both the working class and the professional class. Workers move to the area lured by lucrative resort jobs, then find themselves stuck when the cost of housing nearly outstrips their pay.