Today is National Technology Day! It is a day to recognize technological innovations of the past, how technology helps to change the world today, and how it can affect the future. Sacramento is home to a variety of technological innovations of the mid-1800s including telegraph, railroad, and municipal innovations. Sacramento is also home to the 4th newspaper published in California history (the Placer Times) and one of the longest running newspapers in California history (the Sacramento Bee firs

“People ask: 'Do you have a flag?' I say, 'I am the flag’." Linda Munn, Hiraina Marsden and Jan Dobson were the original designers of the Tino Rangatiratanga flag. Linda is the last surviving member of the trio and emphasises the flag was designed by kotahitanga, including the input of Te Kawariki, a Māori activist movement. “It came about by a collective, wasn’t by three artists. Hiraina Marsden came up with a doodle, that did the rounds and everyone kind of added their bit in and I just finish