Sacramento Bee profiles Betz Storey, Delta Jazz Queen, Oakland native and first woman jet fighter
Story by Bee senior writer Stephen Magagnini As the the blue-eyed redhead in the red Stetson sashays into the Thursday Night Jazz Party at Sauce’d Cocktail House, she’s mobbed like a rock star. Betz Storey, the Jazz Queen of Sacramento, is in the house. The headliners at the club in El Dorado Hills – Rock ’n’...
Death Valley Trail Marathon: The body is not mechanical. The body is biomechanical.
“The body is not mechanical. The body is biomechanical. You don’t wear out like a machine, you break down muscle based on load and then build it back bigger than before. The body adapts,” said the man sitting next to me on the bus. He told me his name was Rob. We were chatting excitedly...
The unforgettable experience of climbing Mt. Shasta when you have no idea what you’re in for
“As lone as God and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts up suddenly from the heart of the great black forests of California. You would hardly call Mount Shasta a part of the Sierras; you would say rather that it is the great white tower of some ancient and eternal wall, with...
Murals in the San Francisco Mission
On my way to rehearsal last Sunday at the Red Poppy Art House in the Mission, I snapped pictures of a bunch of murals. I’m always looking for inspiration to paint — I’ve always painted the walls in my house. Enjoy!
How I survived in an improvised shelter in the shadow of Mt. Shasta
The rushing burble of water seemed soothing — just the thing to block out any hints of foraging predators (bears, cougars) or nocturnal visitors while I slept in a shelter of my own making. There was a flat clearing in the sandy soil, and I was four feet higher than the water, so barring a...
