Lifestyle Picks

By Rachel Smith and Laura Braden How did a 33 year-old, single mother and local artist become a lighting rod over artistic expression, censorship, double standards, gender roles and feminism? Here’s what happened: Friday, June 7 – The Capitol Morning Report included a blurb on the opening of Vanguard 1415 – and Maren’s art...

June 11, 2013 - As schools wind down for the year, things are just revving up at Squaw Valley. Families can look forward to a summer full of mountain adventures and incredible activities. New this summer, Squaw Valley is opening a Wanderlust yoga studi...

Richard started sharing his Bucket List on Caregiving.com(he actually calls it his 55 Gallon Drum List because, well, just because my husband is goofy sometimes).  It’s fun to read about his dreams and to see if there is any wish I didn't know a...

Young women and girls had the chance to hear from the head of a national organization on Tuesday who wanted the third- through eighth-grade girls to be joyful, healthy and confident. "I like to exercise because it keeps you staying healthy, and it is...

By Lisa Murphy The other day I found myself at a Trader Joe’s in East Sacramento wearing Toms, a Yoga Seed Collective sweatshirt and a sterling silver lotus charm around my neck. It occurred to me that at the ripe old age of 27 I had become that woman I used to make fun of; the...

Occasionally I come across a blog post saying something like this “So all my friends are having babies and I just really don’t understand why they’ve all lost themselves. I mean does having a baby mean the end of life? Of adulthood? Why do they put their kids first all the time? Why can’t...

We had such a good weekend. On Sunday, we decided to take a trip to Richmond. It is only about an hour and half from us, and I was there recently to visit the Sabra Headquarters. When I was there, I knew that I wanted to bring my family back to...

Sacramento is awesome – otherwise we wouldn’t live here. But there have been a LOT of changes over the last 5, 10, 15 years, and we hope the positive growth continues after the development of the arena and entertainment complex. Some of grew up here – others moved to Sacramento recently. So today we...

The advent of the mobile phone, along with the Internet is makes it easier for tweens and teens to keep secrets and abuse drugs and alcohol; it creates a perfect storm for the modern drug addict to look like your child. In June 2011, the Center for Addition and Substance Abuse at Columbia...