Developer influence, fears of community disintegration woven into new Sacramento thriller
Local author June Gillam tackles a divisive time for the city in her novel ‘House of Hoops’ In 2014, a prolonged legal battle over Sacramento’s…
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Keith Lowell Jensen brings the joy in his new podcast
The podcast begins with an enthusiastic announcer: “Keith Lowell Jensen presents The Keith Lowell Jensen Show with Keith Lowell Jensen.” Our host immediately follows up:…
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A Davis institution launches a series of virtual concerts even as school closings hurt its bottom line.
Heart to Art with Kosono Okina
She began making art when she was five. Now in Sacramento, former Nintendo art designer Kosono Okina is showing what she’s really capable of. “It’s…
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