He is the most prolific public artist in Sacramento, and now, J.M. Knudsen is expanding his vision for a more creative city.

June 12-15 One word can describe this venerable fair that’s been going strong since 1859—and that word is racy. Not in the va-va-voom sense, but the vroom-vroom one. Whether powered by four wheels or ...

Interior designer Whitney Johnson at Shady Lady, her first restaurant project, which was completed in 2009 (Portrait by Jeremy Sykes) I“I am the Daniel Day-Lewis of design,” says Whitney Johnson with ...

Physical distancing takes on a whole new meaning with this update of our 2014 guide to 10 great bike trails around the region. Whether you’re looking for a two-wheeled version of a lazy stroll or the ...

Mike Henderson is the only one at the $750-a-plate gala wearing blue jeans—and he’s the guest of honor. The guests take their seats at tables inside the Manetti Shrem for the 6-year-old institution’s ...

TThe epigraph that Greta Gerwig chose to open her solo directorial debut, Lady Bird, a semiautobiographical coming-of-age film set in her native Sacramento circa 2002, is a quote from her literary ...

As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “In the midst of darkness, light persists.” Through the fog of 2020, here are 25 people, places and things around the region—from our heroic health care workers fighting ...

In the summer of 2020, when Elyse Benson and her husband Andrew Lebov stumbled upon a scruffy 1957 ranch house in Auburn with bedrooms the size of postage stamps and beige shagadelic carpet, they knew ...

Darrin Bell has asked to meet me where he does most of his work these days—at a picnic table overlooking a lily pond in a leafy Sacramento park. I recognize him, bent over an iPad working on a cartoon ...

With California bracing for what could be a record-breaking wildfire season this summer, air quality is one of the most pressing issues facing our region right now. Alberto Ayala spent over 15 years ...

Dumplings to die for, a mistress of disguise, toothsome tacos, culinary classes paired with cinematic classics, health-forward push-pops, dance-powered lemonade purveyors, and much more. Here’s our ...

Deforestation has been an increasingly major contributor to climate change, as trees and other plants, as well as the birds and insects that live among them, have been decimated at alarming rates. In ...