By Justin Gregg | Sacramento Solons Revival 04/04/2026 Introduction There is a certain irony in the fact that California's seat of government has spent the better part of a century watching baseball happen somewhere else. Los Angeles. San Francisco. Oakland. For decades, the state's major-league geography has traced the coast, bypassing the Central Valley entirely and the region that contains the state's capital, its agricultural spine, and roughly 2.5 million people within c

Compiled April 2026. All URLs verified at time of research. SECTION A: Sacramento MLB Expansion Bid & Mayor McCarty **Claim:** Mayor McCarty announced Sacramento is "making a real push" for an expansion franchise and plans a May 2026 press conference. - Hoodline (March 2026): https://hoodline.com/2026/03/sacramento-power-play-as-city-mounts-high-stakes-bid-for-mlb-team/ - CBS Sacramento (October 2025): https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/sacramento-west-sacramento

Justin Gregg 04/03/2026 The door is locked. All the lights in the house are out except for the faint amber glow bleeding from around the corner of the kitchen wall. My girlfriend and the dog have retired to the bedroom for the night. A still hum radiates through the house in a quiet, hypnotic way. I sit at the edge of the dining room table, while above me, the exposed filaments on the bulbs overhead spill yellow light that feels comfortable, warm, and soft. I look around the

Justin Gregg 03/18/2026 Thesis Over time, we’ve optimized life for efficiency, profit, and growth — and in doing so, we quietly removed permanence, ownership, and shared social meaning. What we gained in convenience, we lost in stability, identity, and connection. Introduction Have you ever noticed how nothing you own feels permanent anymore? Your phone slows down just as the new model drops. Your newest sweatshirt unravels after just a few washes. Even the “fresh” grocerie

Justin Gregg 03/18/2026 I’ve always struggled with the idea of meaning. Not in the abstract, philosophical sense, though that comes into play - but in the everyday, pressing question: Why do we keep going? Life is messy, unpredictable, often overwhelming, and it’s easy to feel like we’re just drifting from one obligation to the next. In those moments, it’s tempting to look for answers in productivity, in optimizing every aspect of ourselves, or in achieving milestones that so