In the Spring of 2016, Ali Merchant, a recent graduate from the California State University of Chico, took a definitive step towards making a difference for the homeless community of Sacramento. By providing a nutritious lunch and heartfelt letter to each individual she encountered, Merchant set...
This last weekend at CRSSD Festival in San Diego, we had a chat with Sam Feldt after his set on the Ocean View Live Stage. The a 23-year-old Dutch music producer and DJ, who will be in San Francisco for a show on Oct. 7 on the California leg of his tour, just released a six song EP ‘Been...
Sacramento comic fans are geeking together as the Crocker Art Museum presents its fourth annual ArtMix: CrockerCon on Thursday, September 8. Beyond comic books, this year’s event will feature the works of independent game designers, live artist exhibitions, a character-themed karaoke and a...
It was a goal she set at the age of 16. And now, seven years later, team track cycler Ruth Winder is seeing her dream become a reality. In Rio right now, Winder can proudly and officially say she is an Olympic contender. Like many Olympians, the road to Rio has been long and arduous. Born in...
Dani Fernandez and Terra Lopez started writing music under the name Sister Crayon a year after Lopez graduated from Sacramento State. The electronic project served as a much-needed creative outlet, a rich learning experience, and an intense, grand – and definitely unorthodox – experiment. It still...
When Payam Fardanesh founded Silk Road Soda, his line of Mediterranean-inspired drinks, in 2012, he was selling one bottle at a time out of the trunk of his car. Four years later, he’s bringing the tastes of his childhood to the entire country. In the past year alone, Fardanesh has inked deals with...
David Garcia and Cuahutemoc Vargas were classic cases of small fish in a big pond when they arrived at Sacramento State, home to more students than the combined populations of their respective central valley farming hometowns. But Garcia and Vargas, the sons of migrant workers and owners of midtown...
Vanessa Guerra knows what it’s like to grow up in a dusty small town where a working bathtub is a luxury, where neighbors move in and out with the seasons, and where utility bills pile up on cash-strapped families like tumbleweeds along California Route 16. That made it all the more meaningful to...
Despite their name, the duo behind some of Sacramento’s biggest events is anything but “unseen.” Maritza and Roshaun Davis are the founders of Unseen Heroes, an events marketing company responsible for some of the capital regions’ most dynamic, popular and energetic community experiences. This...
Sacramento Comedy Spot founder and owner Brian Crall has pulled off some impressive marathons in his day: While still a theatre student at Sacramento State, Crall listened to 24 straight hours of ’90s rock band Chumbawumba as part of “Chumba for Charity,” risking his sanity but raising $2,000...
