Dr. David Lehman’s medical practice is on the third floor of a J Street office building in East Sacramento. Melodies from a piano lesson business across the hallway greet visitors. Other doors in the drab corridor have placards without names.
But enter Lehman’s office and the small waiting area becomes a portal to the physician’s work. He’s a beacon, patients and staff say.
Lehman is the keeper of an estimated 400 lighthouses. Every wall, shelf, cabinet and exam room is adorned in a watchtower motif. Every bric-a-brac, figurine, painting, poster, tapestry and tchotchke has its own beacon.
For Margaret Kane, the story of Sacramento’s Music Circus isn’t just history. It’s something that needed capturing before it slipped away.
Her new book, “Broadway Sacramento: 75 Years of Theater Magic,” is the result of that urgency. What began as an idea in 2023 grew into a two-and-a-half-year labor of research, writing, design and production.
“I felt a real urgency to preserve these stories while the people who lived them were still here to tell them,” Kane says.
Jeffrey Mason thinks everyone has an amazing life story.
His belief led the Elk Grove resident and retired state employee to build a $12 million-a-year business that started from a personal place.
“I took for granted that my mom and dad would always be in my life,” Mason says. “We would visit a couple times a year and talk on the phone a lot, but distance still happens. I was in my 50s when my dad started feeling the effects of Alzheimer’s.”
Sotiris Kolokotronis will be honored May 7 with The Salvation Army Spirit of Giving Award, a recognition of the developer’s four decades of community-first construction and philanthropy.
Born in Greece, Kolokotronis came to the U.S. for education and opportunity. After studies in economics at University of Athens and UC Berkeley, he founded his company, SKK Developments, in 1987. The company quickly became a force in land development, mixed-use projects and urban revitalization.
Under Kolokotronis, SKK delivered thousands of residential units—single-family homes to multifamily apartments—and commercial space. His portfolio spans billions of dollars in projects, with an emphasis on sustainability, design and socially responsible development.
