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Raimond Irimescu: Addicted to Tick Tock
Photo by Gabriel Teague. Watches are a way of life for Irimescu, who began apprenticing in horology at age 11 and today runs Paul’s Watch...


Day Trip: Mokelumne Hill
This little—very little—Calaveras County Gold Rush town beckons with history and haunts. Mokelumne Hill is a small town in Calaveras...


Made From Grass and Flowers
Imagine someone DMing you on Instagram, asking if you would be interested in selling hand-woven baskets. Imagine the person was from...


Things That Go Boom
Fireworks are fun, but is the environment celebrating? Fireworks do a bang-up job of entertaining us, but they also have an explosively...


How to Be More Sustainable in Sacramento
Becoming greener doesn’t have to be about living a life of denial. Here are some easy, fulfilling ways to do better for the planet. Photo...


We’re No. 9! We’re No. 9!
Sustainability-wise, we’re worse than San Francisco and a lot better than Fresno. OK, so corporate-generated city rankings are not going...


Street Soccer Homeless World Cup
Sacramento is the first city in the United States to host the STREET SOCCER HOMELESS WORLD CUP . More than 100,000 people are expected to...


It Started with Hot Wheels
Twenty-seven-year-old engineer Quan Tran got a thrill from racing Hot Wheels as a kid, but he says cars “really became an obsession when...


Sober Sundays at Revival
Photo by Gabriel Teague Whether you’ve bucked alcohol all together or identify as sober-curious, a zero-proof cocktail (booze-free) may...


Love and Skateboarding
A local filmmaker pays tribute to N-Men in a new documentary. Documentary filmmaker James Sweigert grew up skateboarding in Sacramento....


Impound Comics
Brent Trayce Sands shows off his comic books in his store, Impound Comics. Photo by Kevin Gomez Jr. Hidero Yamasuki considers himself a...


Compost it. It’s the law.
Don’t trash it Hey, Sacramentans, those used tea bags and coffee filters that up until now you have been putting in the trash? Become an...


Say YES To Help Youth
PRIDE Industries has long prided itself on working with underrepresented populations, helping create career pathways for those with...


The Soigné Side of Costume Jewelry
A chance find at a garage sale in the ’90s turned Hector Lopez into a devoted collector of Chanel costume jewelry. Co-owner of the...


Mother Hen for Hire
For many youngsters, babysitting is a time-honored starter job. Sacramento teen Savannah Story is getting her first work experience in a...


Mad Dog Market
A new East Sac market celebrates local creators. When space became available in East Sacramento’s Sutter Park new-home development in...


Big Day of Giving: Building a Better Sacramento
The Big Day of Giving on May 4 is your chance to put your stamp on the region’s future. Mark your calendar. Sacramento’s 11th annual Big...


18 Reasons to Love Sacramento
Artwork by Lily Therens A couple of decades ago, if you were to walk into any room in Sacramento, approach the nearest local and ask them...


In Search of the Superbloom
Take a flower-themed field trip to experience the true vibrance of springtime. Superblooms are the result of a rare botanical phenomenon...
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