He is the most prolific public artist in Sacramento, and now, J.M. Knudsen is expanding his vision for a more creative city.

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 ...

Physical distancing takes on a whole new meaning with this update of our 2014 guide to 10 great bike trails around the region. Whether you’re looking for a two-wheeled version of a lazy stroll or the ...

TThe epigraph that Greta Gerwig chose to open her solo directorial debut, Lady Bird, a semiautobiographical coming-of-age film set in her native Sacramento circa 2002, is a quote from her literary ...

As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “In the midst of darkness, light persists.” Through the fog of 2020, here are 25 people, places and things around the region—from our heroic health care workers fighting ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With California bracing for what could be a record-breaking wildfire season this summer, air quality is one of the most pressing issues facing our region right now. Alberto Ayala spent over 15 years ...

The Squeeze Inn's Squeeze With Cheese is justly famous for its cheesy skirt. (Photo by Ryan Donahue) Boy, are we full—of both nosh and nostalgia. That’s because we’ve spent the past two months ambling ...

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’ ...

Best Bagels with 50 Shades of Everything but Gray They beckon you from Instagram, doughy kaleidoscopic pinwheels—green and white for St. Paddy’s Day or red, white and blue for the Fourth of July, or ...