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Show your quads what you’re made of at the third annual Quad Crusher, NorCal’s premier uphill event, at the Sugar Bowl ski resort on Saturday, March 9. The course will cover all four of the resort’s peaks, and there are tier levels of Elite, Team and Citizen. Tickets are $75–$90…

I’m a big fan of trivia. I’ve even started listening to a trivia podcast, but that’s another story. Winter nights can be intimidating and lonely, but grabbing friends and heading to the local pub quiz is the perfect way to eliminate your winter blues. Sacramento’s trivia scene is surprisingly popular,…

As the closest major ski resort to Sacramento, over the years Sierra-at-Tahoe has become a favorite amongst visitors and Tahoe locals alike, with its laid back, independently owned mom-and-pop vibe (a rarity in Tahoe these days, with giant corporations buying up many of the resorts), not to mention their absolutely…

Sacramento and roller derby go together like a foot fit snugly into a roller skate. For more than a decade, our region has played host to two different, well established roller derby teams, the Sacred City Derby Girls and the Sac City Rollers. Last year, in a major move unforeseen…

A wise and very brave woman once said, “Me Too is a movement, not a moment.” That woman is Tarana Burke, the civil rights activist and “servant leader,” according to her Twitter page, that started the whole #MeToo movement, which, in case you’ve been living under a rock the last…

Ah, Valentine’s Day. The day when we act a little more mushy-gushy toward our significant others, spouses or anyone on the receiving end of one of those little cardboard cutout valentines with candy attached (I’m convinced you’re never too old to give these to everyone around you). The tradition may…

The emergence of rock climbing in popular culture has become extremely apparent in the past year. As a climber of almost two decades, I have watched the sport become discovered by the world outside of climbing. The sport has always had athletes “living on the edge,” but with the ease…

If all of this rain and dreary weather are making you go stir crazy and if, like us, you’re always looking for new areas to get outside and take a hike in the area, you’re in luck. The Sacramento Valley Conservancy is opening up access to Deer Creek Hills Preserve,…

One of the most promising young local acts in my (well-educated) opinion is a three-piece pop-punk/emo/indie band called Hi, Mom. Their songs are well-written and catchy as all hell, and their debut full-length album is being released on Thursday, Jan. 17 with a show at Holy Diver. If you check…

Peanut butter and jelly. Cigarettes and coffee. Middle-aged white people and the Nextdoor app. All natural and organic pairings that complement each other nicely. The only other element necessary was the imagination to put them together. But cannabis and yoga? It might sound like a stretch. I tried it on…