Feb 28, 2026
For two decades, it’s been a familiar visual as motorists enter the underpass at H and 57th streets headed to Fair Oaks Boulevard. It’s a community billboard with an interesting history and a bright future.
Former East Sacramento City Council member Steve Cohn orchestrated the billboard’s placement. The 4-by-12-foot frame featured changeable vinyl banners, mostly to promote the Pops in the Park concert series.
The letters said, “GREAT ART MAKES A GREAT COMMUNITY.” In 2016, new Councilmember Jeff Harris expanded the billboard’s reach to include other nonprofits and neighborhood events.
Jan 28, 2026
Thirty years ago, when we printed the first issue of Inside, I had no grand plan. I had an idea, a belief and the drive to create something that didn’t exist, a publication that celebrated the city neighborhood by neighborhood, story by story, in a way that felt authentic.
We started small and grew organically. Today we’re the largest circulation print publication in Northern California.
What I didn’t know was how this work would shape my life.
When people ask why I’m still committed to print, I think back to the time someone told me print would soon be obsolete. It was the mid-1990s. The internet was barely a toddler. Smartphones were a decade away. “Everything will be online,” they said. “Print is old news.”
The prediction felt shortsighted. Sacramento is a city of neighborhoods, relationships, families, parks, small businesses, porch conversations and traditions. To me, print was—and is—the ideal medium for capturing the city’s spirit.
Jan 28, 2026
On a stretch of 46th Street, a stately white clapboard home stands with the confidence that comes from having lived a good life.
Built to last and clearly loved, the home has a rich history. When Joslyn and Grant Inderbitzen bought it in 2020, their goal wasn’t to erase that past but layer their own story onto it.
They knew the house was a good fit: the right size for a family of five, nice layout, anchored by spaces that encourage people to gather.
The home flows from a large formal living room to a relaxed family room that opens to the kitchen and backyard. It’s a classic East Sac configuration.
Dec 28, 2025
Perched on the north side of the Woodlake neighborhood is a majestic brick Tudor Revival home. It was built in 1921 by Carl Edward Johnston, who lived on the property until he died in 1953. His wife stayed until 1972.
The house was owned by the North Sacramento Land Company, founded by Johnston and his brother D.W. in 1910. The firm controlled more than 4,000 acres from the Rancho Del Paso land grant and helped shape North Sac.
Grandson Bob Johnston Slobe manages the land company with his sister. Slobe bought the house from the estate in 2023. He was president of the Sacramento Valley Conservancy from 1990 to 1997, working on park, wildland and open space acquisitions.
Dec 28, 2025
Five decades ago, Joseph DeAngelo brought terror, rape, torture and murder to Sacramento and California neighborhoods from San Ramon to Irvine. His arrest in 2018 was national news and an emotional reckoning with shadows from our past.
In his new book, “The People vs. the Golden State Killer,” Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho offers a vivid and humane account of a predator who hid in plain sight.
The book isn’t a sensational true-crime chronicle. Ho delivers a thoughtful narrative about justice and the process of restoring dignity to survivors.
Dec 28, 2025
Officials responded with extraordinary speed when the pandemic struck in 2020. Schools shut down. Businesses closed. Church services were banned.
The goal was to reduce viral transmission and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. People were dying, especially older ones.
Now studies show many of the measures designed to limit virus spread had serious negative outcomes for health, education and the economy.
In the years since 2020, much public framing has followed a familiar path: “We didn’t know what to do.” At the time, professional voices who advocated for less radical reactions were censored or defamed.
