COVID-19

The dungeon master

Sacramento’s sheriff logged the most jail deaths the same year he stopped telling the media about them Sacramento’s jail system is supposed to be a…





Journey to Scovidria

After months at home, Luna Steele makes a strange discovery that brings her to the kingdom of Scovidria This is the story of a Dungeons…


Adventure in place

How Dungeon & Dragon’s fantasy world has carried people through the pandemic You’re standing in front of a simple wooden door with a brass handle….


Sacramento arts roundup

Abstract, photo-realistic and ceramic art exhibitions opened this month. Plus, new grants for artists. Even with COVID-19 forcing businesses to close again, some local art…


From Tupperware, with love

And so I bake. I bake as an excuse to leave the house, if only briefly. If my friends are home, we’ll talk through screen doors, catch up a bit. If they’re working, or if their health doesn’t allow it, I’ll send a text in advance so the food doesn’t languish in Sacramento’s summer heat. However the food gets delivered, I’ve made a real, human connection with someone I love in a time when I—we—need it so much.


Going to seed

The nation’s largest organic garden supply company tries to keep with pandemic-fueled demand Patricia Boudier realized early on that 2020 would be a year like…




Culture shock

Axis Gallery is among the arts institutions across Sacramento finding ways to face financial difficulties from COVID-19 closures When Richard Gilles first stumbled across Axis…



This is your moment

2020 is showing us that progress doesn’t trickle down from the top—it’s carried upward by the many at the bottom The deepest civil unrest in…


Big fail behind bars

A new report says that states are not doing nearly enough to stop COVID-19 in prisons and jail Every state in America is failing in…