Cover Artist Shu Fen Chen

Cover Artist Shu Fen Chen

Inside Pocket January 2020

Shu Fen Chen was one of the winners selected from the 2019 California State Fair Fine Art Show.

Cover Artist Judy Knot

Cover Artist Judy Knot

Cover Artist Judy Knot Inside Arden January 2020 This painting by Judy Knott was selected from the 2019 California State Fair Fine Art Show. Cecily Hastings chose it for one of her 2019 Publisher’s Awards. Knott has exhibited her work extensively throughout the...
Vinyl Guy

Vinyl Guy

Steve Messinger, owner of Fly HiFi in East Sacramento, services, restores and sells vintage high-end stereo electronics, amplifiers, receivers and speakers made in the U.S. and Japan from the 1960s to the 1990s.

Messinger graduated from UC Davis with an English degree and began his business after catching the audiophile bug. His initial step on that path was as a consumer.

You Decide

You Decide

Three local ballot measures are poised to grab a share of the limelight in the 2020 election cycle. One is certain to appear on the March 3 primary ballot. Two others may work their way into the Nov. 3 general election. None should be overlooked.

Small But Mighty

Small But Mighty

The East Sacramento bungalow, built in 1949, had the original kitchen, original bathroom, original flooring and no insulation. There was even the old knob and tube wiring when Nar Bustamante purchased the home in 2018.

“As pretty and cute as the house was, it was just done,” says Bustamante, who looked at numerous homes before finding the two-bedroom, one-bath house on a quiet street off Elvas Avenue.