REVIEW – Nomlas Cafe

By Michael P Coleman With the recent closing of Drip in Midtown, Sacramento, I was on the hunt for another independently-owned coffee shop in town. Today, I struck pay dirt not just in town, but in my own backyard, with Nomlas Cafe. They’ve been open since September of 2023, and they’re tucked away at the …

Gunshots Fired In My Neighborhood, and Lots of Lives Forever Changed

By Michael P Coleman In the hours after a dozen or so gunshots ran out in the middle of the night in my cozy neighborhood on the outskirts of Sacramento, more lives than the two taken by gunfire were lost. I was born and raised just outside of Detroit, a town that has struggled against …

EXCLUSIVE! Sacramento Finalist Was Robbed During ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight Premiere

“I am the kind of person who refuses to let obstacles like being legally blind stand in the way of me doing something.” By Michael P Coleman I am not a sore loser. If you know me well, you’re at least chuckling right now, because you know that I am a VERY sore loser. It’s …

Peace In The Midst Of The Storm, For Our Homeless Neighbors

By Michael P Coleman Several of us in northern California had a truncated night’s sleep a couple of nights ago, as we weathered a brutal winter storm that brought tree-toppling wind gusts to Sacramento. A friend of mine heard me call it a “storm” and insists that I’m losing touch with my Midwestern roots, but …

Reserve Your Spot At This Week’s Virtual Audience Chat on ACEs, Trauma and Resilience

By Michael P Coleman “Resilience” is a trait upon which we’ve all had to lean this year. If you’re lucky, “trauma” won’t be as familiar, but for many, techniques for mitigating the effects of trauma have been saving graces. If you’re tempted to say “amen” to any of that, you don’t want to miss ACEs, …

SHRA is a Jewel in Sacramento’s Crown

The agency is celebrating its 80th year of providing affordable housing opportunities to all of Sacramento’s residents. By Michael P Coleman I hopped out of bed early this morning, a handful of days into a summer heatwave that’s promising triple digit high temperatures for well over another week. I just couldn’t sleep. But it wasn’t …

Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center To Welcome Voters During November Election

It’s the first arena in the state of California to announce the provision of critical voter services. By Michael P Coleman I’ve long been a proponent for recycling, but this is taking that concept to a new level! Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections has partnered with the Sacramento Kings to have Golden 1 Center …

COVID CONVOS — As Coronavirus Cases Surge, Sacramento Shuts Things Down For July 4th

Private gatherings with people who don’t live with you are prohibited, and residents are asked to remain in their cars if they attend Independence Day fireworks shows. With coronavirus cases and related hospitalizations surging across the country, and California emerging as a new COVID-19 hotbed, Sacramento County is shutting things back down. Rarely have we …

COVID CONVOS — Restrictions Are Loosening, But The Virus Is Still Here

Along with states and counties nationwide, Sacramento County is loosening COVID-19 restrictions. They’ve just amended the Public Health Order that is related to coronavirus restrictions, effective at 11:59am Friday, June 12. The amended Health Order supersedes previous orders. Businesses like bars and wineries, hotels, campgrounds, gyms, pools, family entertainment centers (including zoos, museums, movie theaters, …