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 ...

Craig Reynolds, photographed on Sept. 24, is preparing for a November harvest at his agave farm in Woodland. He and others will use the sharp, long-handled coa de jima to slice away the plants’ ...

You’ve made a career out of being a particularly hard-working basketball player. Can you talk a little bit about your childhood and how that shaped your strong work ethic? I grew up on Bean Ranch ...

AA little more than a decade ago, it felt like the whole sports vibe around Sacramento, the idea of this area as a place where professional sports should be taken seriously, was circling the drain. It ...

FFirst comes the suave, polished Sacramento State marching band. Next, the Sacramento Soul Line Dancers shake and shimmy down Capitol Mall, drenched in spangles and bangles. Then comes the Pet Parade ...

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 ...

’Tis the season to be jolly—while shopping local. From Capitol-themed wallets that are right on the money to Sacramentoland onesies that are just aw-dorable, we bring you dozens of great locally ...

The braised vegan spareribs at downtown’s Vegan Deadly Sins. Bacon bits from coconut? Fried chicken and oysters from mushrooms? Indeed, creative innovations in plant-based food have led chefs around ...

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On April 29 this year, two recent college grads approached Boston’s Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), whose rapid transit trains are colloquially known as the T, with an eye-catching ...

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 ...

Then and now: The late Frank Fat (pictured at left) at his eponymous restaurant; his daughter-in-law Lina Fat, director of food at Fat’s Family of Restaurants, with Frank Fat’s new executive chef Mike ...