September 9, 2021 | Megan Manata | Vicki Gonzalez
With Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine approved by the FDA, some employers are looking to tie employment to vaccination requirements. However, things can get tricky with certain exemptions.
August 15, 2021
California businesses are responding to a labor shortage with social media pleas, hiring incentives, bonuses and new benefits. So far, workers, particularly in the service industry, are seeing wages rise.
August 14, 2021
Paragrary opened his first Sacramento restaurant, The ParaPow Palace, in 1969. Since then, he started a number of businesses in the city — including Centro Cocina Mexicana, R15, Cafe Bernardo and his namesake Paragary's.
July 30, 2021 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
The alt-weekly's 19,000 square foot space on Del Paso Boulevard will soon become a library and community hub for the North Sacramento community.
July 25, 2021 | Ed Fletcher
Fueled by concern about rising cases of the delta variant, some Sacramento business owners are adopting their own COVID-19 protocol, such as requiring masks or proof of vaccination.
July 22, 2021 | Megan Manata | Vicki Gonzalez
Common household items and other goods have seemed to become more expensive over the past few months. Why? Well, inflation is at the highest it’s been in 13 years. Five Star Bank President James Beckwith explains what this means for Californians.
June 17, 2021 | Chris Hagan
Workers will no longer need to wear masks or physically distance themselves at work if they are fully vaccinated except in certain situations or if there is an outbreak. The move comes two days after the state reopened its economy.
June 3, 2021
Even as the state prepares to lift coronavirus restrictions on June 15, some changes such as outdoor dining and to-go drinks will likely remain in many California cities. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced pandemic extensions through Dec. 31.
May 27, 2021
Chamba, a Spanish term for jobs, is a free employment search tool launched during the pandemic to help workers connect to employers. It’s available in English and Spanish nationwide.
May 21, 2021 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
Surveys show that younger African Americans are much more likely to be invested in stocks than older generations, in part due to greater accessibility.
April 5, 2021
The state’s unemployment agency has signed $236 million in private contracts as jobless workers await benefits. EDD says it needs the outside help.
March 16, 2021 | Kris Hooks | Chris Hagan
This is the first time Sacramento has been out of the most-restrictive purple tier under the state's regional stay-at-home order since Nov. 10. San Joaquin and Yuba counties were also expected to move into the red tier, but did not.
March 11, 2021 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
Government meetings always have their regulars. At City Hall, the owner of a local cheesecake business uses public comments as advertisement — and an opportunity to weigh-in on the big issues.
February 27, 2021 | Mike Hagerty
It marks a sign of optimism for downtown Sacramento after a year of pandemic-related challenges.
February 12, 2021 | Mike Hagerty
As the coronavirus pandemic has kept people indoors, many have turned to shopping online as a way to stay safe. According to the Sacramento Business Journal, the industrial sector is booming in Sacramento.
February 27, 2021
It marks a sign of optimism for downtown Sacramento after a year of pandemic-related challenges.
February 12, 2021
As the coronavirus pandemic has kept people indoors, many have turned to shopping online as a way to stay safe. According to the Sacramento Business Journal, the industrial sector is booming in Sacramento.
February 5, 2021
In their announcement, Arden Fair representatives said they've known this day was coming for more than five years.
January 29, 2021
Sacramento’s market for office space has declined for the first year in nearly a decade as the coronavirus pandemic has radically changed the way people work.
January 22, 2021
With the shifting coronavirus restrictions in California, many local restaurants have had to make the hard decision to close over the past year. But some have survived due to support from the community.
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September 23, 2021
According to the EU, 38% of consumers reported struggling at least once to charge their cell phones because they couldn't find a compatible charger.
September 23, 2021
A new analysis by Freddie Mac has found that only 7.4% of appraisals in majority-white census tracts came in below contract price, compared with 12.5% for Black areas and 15.4% for Latino ones.
September 23, 2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 701 on Wednesday. It aims to address the impact of speed quotas on warehouse worker injuries and health.
