Judy Farah

1 month ago | comstocksmag.com | Judy Farah

Plus all 23 awards we took home from the California News Publishers Association gala e, first-place feature photo in the statewide contest and more Back Web Only Comstock’s has been honored once again by the California News Publishers Association with its General Excellence award. This is an award we don’t take for granted, because even with the decline in media outlets around our region, state and nationwide, the competition is still fierce.

2 months ago | comstocksmag.com | Judy Farah

Back Article This story is part of our April 2025 issue. To subscribe, click here. My mother walked down the hall of our small apartment and poked her head into the living room. It was 10:30 p.m. on a weeknight. She looked at me and said, “Go to bed soon.” But she knew better. She knew I’d be up for the next three hours until 1:30 a.m., watching my New York Yankees play a California team on the West Coast.

2 months ago | comstocksmag.com | Judy Farah

My visit to the Women for Wolves sanctuary in Placer County was a moving experience Back Article This story is part of our April 2025 issue. To subscribe, click here. This article is a sidebar to a feature story from May’s issue. I drive along a winding, one-lane country road in Placer County for quite a while, twisting and turning until it turns into a dirt path, then a gravel one, bumping along until I come to an open, sprawling area surrounded by oak trees.

2 months ago | comstocksmag.com | Judy Farah

This story is part of our March 2025 issue. To subscribe, click here. I can’t remember the exact moment it happened, but ever since our mothers dressed us up in white, poufy chiffon dresses with inflatable petticoats underneath to recite a poem together at our Christmas kindergarten pageant, we became best friends. I was the lucky one. Brenda’s father owned the neighborhood deli around the corner in the tiny New Jersey town where we grew up.

Mar 7, 2025 | comstocksmag.com | Judy Farah

This story is part of our March 2025 issue. To subscribe, click here. Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Cynthia Larsen’s parents stressed education to all of their 10 children, and it paid off. Nine of the 10 achieved advanced degrees while the other became an athlete and physical education teacher. Larsen became a lawyer with an impressive career that includes being involved in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.