Jul 28, 2026
Clay bowls, cups, vessels and vases crowd open shelving. Some of the ceramic pieces are finished with swirling earth-toned glazes. Others await their turn in a kiln.
Buckets of home-mixed glazes line one wall from top to bottom. Ceramicist tools and art supplies fill plastic bins. Pottery wheels sit side by side, adjacent to long high-top working tables.
23C Studio is a ceramic arts cooperative tucked away in a warehouse at 23rd and C streets in Midtown. The space is dusty and rustic, open to the weather, no air conditioning and limited heating. But the studio is fully equipped for wheel throwing and hand building, creating and collaborating.
Jul 28, 2026
I used to take yellow-billed magpies for granted. In my younger years, flocks were everywhere in and around Sacramento.
Then West Nile Virus hit. By 2007, the gregarious black and white bird with the golden beak was decimated. Bird counts in the Central Valley declined by 80%.
Magpies, crows, ravens and jays—all in the corvid family—are susceptible to West Nile Virus. “They all crashed,” says Dan Airola, a local research wildlife biologist who has studied feathered species for decades.
Jul 28, 2026
This post has been sponsored by Well Together Community artist honors Spanish-speaking elders By Cathryn Rakich August 2026 They are the Manitos, Spanish-speaking elders who laugh together, cry together, share their pasts and embrace their futures. Their stories... Jul 28, 2026
When Warren Truitt and his family arrived in Sacramento in 1981, his 15-year-old son jumped on his bike and discovered the American River Parkway.
“He came home and was so excited,” Truitt recalls. “He said, ‘Dad, you have to ride with me.’”
That launched Truitt’s passion for biking. He rode for 38 years, covering 222,000 miles. “Almost to the moon,” he says.
Riding the bike trail also sparked his interest in conservation efforts to protect the American River Parkway.
Jun 28, 2026
Clay bowls, cups, vessels and vases crowd open shelving. Some of the ceramic pieces are finished with swirling earth-toned glazes. Others await their turn in a kiln.
Buckets of home-mixed glazes line one wall from top to bottom. Ceramicist tools and art supplies fill plastic bins. Pottery wheels sit side by side, adjacent to long high-top working tables.
23C Studio is a ceramic arts cooperative tucked away in a warehouse at 23rd and C streets in Midtown. The space is dusty and rustic, open to the weather, no air conditioning and limited heating. But the studio is fully equipped for wheel throwing and hand building, creating and collaborating.
Jun 28, 2026
Most city residents never heard of Matt Hertel. Yet sooner or later, many will interact with the department he runs, the Community Development Department.
Want to build an addition to your home? Community Development.
Opening a restaurant or small business? Community Development.
Reporting a nuisance property? Community Development.
Looking to adopt a pet? Community Development.
