
HERO OF MANY: Colonel Robert Miller Penn, in his service days
Like many Americans who honor, give thanks, and show recognition to those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces on Veterans Day and year round, I want to express gratitude to my dad, Colonel Robert Miller Penn.… Read More
You could say Dee Rouse Huth has struck gold with her approach to building the California Institute of Jewelry Training (CIJT) in Fair Oaks, Calif. Her school is the first in the nation to offer a formalized jewelry program, and it has trained some 2,500 goldsmiths, silversmiths, jewelry designers, stone setters, gemologists, and appraisers internationally since 1979.… Read More
Next up in our series of StoreFront posts, we are featuring Mountain Mike’s Pizza—a pizza chain along the West Coast. What started as a single pizza restaurant with a casual, family-oriented atmosphere has grown into a leading pizza brand with more than 150 restaurants in California, Oregon, Nevada, and Utah.… Read More
2013 was an important year for health and fitness retailers. Consumers remained highly focused on taking control of their health as reflected in a USA Today study that found that our national obesity epidemic has finally begun to level off.… Read More
With more than 42 million children under the age of five classified as overweight, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proclaimed childhood obesity to be one of the biggest public health challenges of this century. In the United States, the adult obesity rate hit nearly 28 percent by May 2014 — the highest number ever measured by Gallup and Healthways since the two organizations began tracking this data in 2008.… Read More
The Sacramento area is about to raise a pint for the new British gastropub opening in Kimco’s Madison Plaza this weekend, Stirling Bridges. Owner Andy Wylie, who hails from Scotland, is ushering in a new take on the British gastropub experience with his Carmichael, Calif., restaurant.… Read More