From low-yield to high reward
The mPower Placer program gives affordable loans to commercial building owners for water- and energy-efficiency improvements.
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Short shorts and shorter patience
How can a father convince his teenage daughter to dress more modestly?
Busting emotional blackmail
Advice on how to recognize emotional blackmail.
We need to make decisions now so our great-great-grandchildren will have food to eat
Sacramento’s Rural-Urban Connections Strategy balances urban growth with farmland preservation.
The ex files
How to keep an ex-husband from dating your friends and an ex-wife from trespassing in your house.
Vacation!
Tithes from Sacramento Habitat for Humanity build houses in Nicaragua.
Cap-to-cap trip yields dysfunction, not dollars
The Sacramento Metro Chamber’s trip to Washington, D.C., gave locals a firsthand view of gridlock.
Public intervention
If you witness verbal child abuse, do you have a responsibility to speak up?
Men don high heels to raise sexual-assault awareness
WEAVE’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event challenges Sacramento men to trek a mile in spike heels.
Too much time off
Is your sister’s husband lazy, or are you jealous of his freedom?
Rotary Club of Sacramento highlights hero volunteers
Nontraditional heroes get rewarded for their good works.
It does take a village
How can you help your neighbor be a better parent?
Catch basins become havens for mosquitoes
Sacramento yard waste is swept into sewer drains, creating mosquito breeding grounds.
Time to leave the nest
Saying goodbye to a mentor is never easy. This is Joey’s advice.
Fairy godmothers provide donated dresses to high-school girls in need
WEAVE’s Cinderella’s Closet to the rescue; high-school girls go to the prom.
When a friend is dying
Advice on what to say when you don’t know what to say.
Stressful neighbors and sexy interns
A child-free married couple faces constant pressure to procreate.