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Are You Ready for the TikTok Challenge ?
BY Jeff Wilser PHOTO BY Debbie Cunningham
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” Are You Ready for the TikTok Challenge ?” by Jeff Wilser
Sacramento History Museum volunteer Howard Hatch spreads ink on the museum ’ s 1852 press . A TikTok video of him doing that , which was suggested by museum worker Jared Jones , right , went viral . The museum now has 1.6 million TikTok followers .
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SPORTS , ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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” Sports , Arts and Entertainment Reemerge in the Capital Region ” by Rachel Leibrock
REOPENING THE
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Sports , arts and entertainment industries reemerge to an eager audience
BY Rachel Leibrock
The Broadway musical “ Hamilton ” will make its Sacramento debut in September at the SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center . Nearby , the Golden 1 Center welcomed fans and NBA players for the California Classic , a two-day summer
ENVIRONMENT
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How stakeholders in the Sierra Nevada are confronting the lasting legacy of the gold rush
Sena Christian
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In January 1848 , six Mormon men bunked historians know with certainty the very together in a small wood cabin along the day , Jan . 24 , 1848 , that sawmill foreman South Fork of the American River in Cullumah , as the Nisenan named the land gold settled into the crevices of bedrock as
James W . Marshall spotted the glisten of
where they had lived for thousands of years , he and his workers dug a water channel . meaning “ beautiful valley .”
Many years later , in a recounting of his life ,
The men , part of the U . S . Army Mormon Marshall said this : Battalion , had traveled from Iowa to San Diego to fight in the Mexican-American
( T ) here , upon the rock , about six inches beneath the surface of the water , I
War , which , fortuitously or not , was close to an end upon their arrival . The war allowed DISCOVERED THE GOLD . I was entirely the victorious United States to acquire alone at the time . I picked up one or two more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican pieces and examined them attentively . territory from the Rio Grande to the Pacific … I then collected four or five pieces and Ocean . Undeterred , the men headed north went up to Mr . Scott ( who was working to become laborers at John Sutter ’ s sawmill at the carpenter ’ s bench making the mill in Coloma , which supplied lumber for a wheel ) with the pieces in my hand , and settlement Sutter was building called New said , “ I have found it .” Helvetia — present-day Sacramento — after
“ What is it ?” inquired Scott . having secured a 48,800-acre land grant “ Gold ,” I answered . from the Mexican government . “ Oh ! no ,” returned Scott , “ that can ’ t be .”
The men kept journals , taking meticulous notes of the days ’ events . That ’ s how nothing else
I replied positively — “ I know it to be .”
Shelly Covert ( left ) and Elizabeth “ Izzy ” Martin are working together on a project to build a new segment of the Deer Creek Tribute Trail in Nevada City , which already includes a suspension bridge in tribute to the Nisenan people who lived in the area for thousands of years . PHOTO BY KIAL JAMES
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” A Tarnished Past ” by Sena Christian
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” On the Rise ” by Terence Duffy and Carly Cornejo
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Meet 12 young professionals who are shaping their industries and the Capital Region
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The Power of Empathy
More companies are finding that caring brings more success
BY Jeff Wilser | ILLUSTRATION BY Melinda Arendt
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” The Power of Empathy ” by Melinda Arendt
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