The Philharmonik won NPR’s career-catapulting Tiny Desk Contest in 2024. Now, the Sacramento singer-songwriter gets ready to ...

Best of the City 2021 If there’s one thing we’ve learned during the pandemic, it’s that the human spirit perseveres through the darkest times. The dozens of Sacramentans featured here—struggling like ...

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 ...

We’ve always thought the perfect end to a nightclub crawl in midtown’s Lavender Heights would be to grab a great big crispy, cheesy slice of New York-style pizza after closing down the drag show or ...

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 ...

It’s still hoodie and beanie weather on a spring morning at the 28th and B Street Skate Park near the American River when Deven Esquivel steps onto the surface of a skateboard for the first time in ...

HHis mother calls them “monstrously huge” hands. Universally, it is agreed they are massive and preternaturally strong—the kind usually dubbed mitts or hams. The fingers are the size of ballpark ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...