A park-sized canvas and 1,000 pounds of chalk? Sounds like the recipe for a masterpiece, or in this case, 240 of them. That’s how many sidewalk squares frame midtown’s small but mighty Fremont Park, ...

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With the onset of the annual Sacramento swelter, the rattle and rumble of archaic air-conditioning units all over the city compose a kind of struggling symphony—the sound of survival, if you ask us.

If you only have one crisp fall day to spend in the rolling hills and orchards surrounding Camino, we’ve got you covered. With more than 40 spots on the official Apple Hill Growers map (and dozens of ...

Darrin Bell has asked to meet me where he does most of his work these days—at a picnic table overlooking a lily pond in a leafy Sacramento park. I recognize him, bent over an iPad working on a cartoon ...

In March, Ariel Wolansky, owner of Nevada City’s Choquiero Cacao Cafe, held the grand opening for his newest venture, downtown Sacramento’s Cafe Xocolatl, (pronounced sho-co-lottel). Dubbed a ...

Mike Henderson is the only one at the $750-a-plate gala wearing blue jeans—and he’s the guest of honor. The guests take their seats at tables inside the Manetti Shrem for the 6-year-old institution’s ...

Lowriding has been an intrinsic part of Latinx culture since the practice got off the ground in Los Angeles in the 1940s and spread throughout the western U.S. But for decades, lowriders were often ...

In early 2021, when pandemic-induced global isolation was still keeping people apart, Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys took an innovative step toward bringing the world closer. He debuted ...

Interior designer Whitney Johnson at Shady Lady, her first restaurant project, which was completed in 2009 (Portrait by Jeremy Sykes) I“I am the Daniel Day-Lewis of design,” says Whitney Johnson with ...

Portrait by Max Whittaker Stephen Kaltenbach at the Crocker Art Museum on Dec. 12 backdropped by his painting "Portrait of My Father" SStephen Kaltenbach stands in front of a portrait he painted of ...

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 ...