15 Minutes: Shalin Butterworth, doula
A doula talks about what it’s like providing pregnancy support during a pandemic
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A slice of Americana
The desire to save Pancake Circus goes beyond city limits
Dairy-free fromage
Fake cheese is one of those topics on which vegans love to evangelize: “You can’t taste the difference!” It’s usually spoken to a non-vegan friend,…
Planet V: Contamination conundrum
It’s unlikely you’re eating a lot of fast food these days. But as a vegan, choices were always limited, so were you ever? Those choices…
Walking the tightrope
Pancake Circus, a Sacramento institution, could close down for good
Stopped in their tracks
Amid COVID-19, Sacramento Roller Derby’s permanent home is on hold.
15 Minutes: David Bain, executive director of NAMI Sacramento
A local mental health organization offers resources and advice for managing stress and anxiety in tough times.
Do-gooder doughnuts
Milk Money returns with a three-day pop-up with first responders in mind Before the COVID-19 pandemic slowed or shuttered a good portion of Sacramento’s dining…
Big Day, daily need
When nonprofits need cash now, what’s the incentive to wait for Big Day of Giving? Each year on the first Thursday in May, roughly 600…
Vegan comfort food when we need it most
A new restaurant opens in East Sac during the pandemic. And it’s succeeding. This is a strange time to be opening a restaurant, let alone…
The land before ‘Lady Bird’
For better or worse, there’s more to Sacramento movies than Lady Bird. I saw Greta Gerwig’s 2017 Lady Bird at the Tower Theater with a…
A GoFundMe is fast relief for some Sac restaurants
On St. Patrick’s Day, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg shared a “virtual beer” with a group of friends, including journalist Sasha Abramsky. As stay-at-home orders limited…
Fixing up cabin fever
Hardware stores are essential businesses, but customers are visiting them for non-essential tasks. My friend is predicting a coronavirus Baby Boom: close quarters, minimal contact…
Psychics project positiveness
In uncertain times, local intuitives give their advice on how to get by, from a distance If any profession is suited to the adaptability needed…
Dinner (and a movie) at a distance
Isolating physically without isolating socially Seven screens are active, and the audio is a jumble as we decide between trying to sync time codes, or…
15 Minutes: Augie Maravilla, owner of Rocket Records
It’s safe to say nearly every music lover has dreamed of owning a record store. Rocket Records opened three years ago in a low-visibility storefront…
Fitting large community in a tiny box
Rose Cabral is on her second round of Little Free Library stewardship. Her original Little Free Library—technically two, a robot-shaped one for kids’ books and…