Angela Knight
Grazing on the Job
Enormous clouds stood out against the spring sky as herders encouraged about 1,200 sheep (and a lone goat) to move from one grazing spot to the next via a suburban street in Elk Grove....
Bringing Back Del Paso Boulevard
Drive down Del Paso Boulevard in North Sacramento. Ignore that abandoned mattress, the guy yelling at no one, and all those empty buildings. Imagine instead a once-bustling section of Route 40, angled parking for...
SWISH’s Jason Vu
Stroll through the Sacramento Kings Team Store at Golden 1 Center and it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the lineup of jerseys, hats, sweatshirts, shorts and other sports apparel on offer—it’s nirvana for a...
Local Writer’s Job at Cacio
As a teenager, I bussed tables at a coffeehouse in the small coastal town where I grew up. I can still picture the greasy floors and sticky red booths that had been there for...
Mattone Ristorante – New Lease on Life
Pasta and pastry chef Penny Sheridan arrives at Mattone Ristorante in East Sacramento by 4 a.m. She’s the first one there, turning on lights and assessing what she needs to do in the next...
It’s Baaaack: Sam’s Hof Brau Reboots for a New Generation
In 1959, Sam Gordon opened Sam’s Hof Brau on Watt Avenue. It was the happening spot to have a drink and impress someone on a date, according to Gordon’s great-grandson, Mickey Schlesinger. Through a...
Date Me Sacramento
Cupid may have met his match in Caleb Fong. He’s a native Sacramentan and the co-founder of Date Me Sacramento, a company that crafts distinctive dates. Fong, who is also a personal trainer, started...
Sacramento's Rising Food Artisans
Some of our best artisanal food makers fly under the radar, meaning they are local stars rather than international sensations. But that could change at any minute. Don’t wait too long before discovering these...
Boomerang!
BOOMERANG KIDS. GROWING-UPS. FAILED FLEDGLINGS. Young adults who live with their parents have been called not-so-nice names over the past decade or so. Along with being somewhat derogatory, they don’t provide an accurate picture of...
