Sacramento’s 2026 calendar year began the same way the old one ended — with a discouraging loss and few obvious signs of a turnaround. The Kings fell 120–106 to the Boston Celtics on Thursday night, ...

I admired my late father’s skills as a tinsmith. I was amazed at what he could do with sheet metal, aluminum and copper. I took a different path, but in my teens, I was his “helper” in his sheet metal ...