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Sacramento Region Gained People but Flubbed Economic Opportunities Over 50 Years

Fifty years ago this month I moved to Sacramento and a few months later, just after Jerry Brown became governor, began covering politics for...

Sacramento Region Gained People but Flubbed Economic Opportunities Over 50 Years

Fifty years ago this month I moved to Sacramento and a few months later, just after Jerry Brown became governor, began covering politics for...

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Northern California Gets Record Rain and Heavy Snow. Many Have Been in the Dark for Days in Seattle

FORESTVILLE, Calif. — A major storm continued to drop heavy snow and record rain Friday as it moved through Northern California, closing roa...

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$165 Billion Revenue Error Continues to Haunt California’s Budget

History will — or at least should — see a $165 billion error in revenue estimates as one of California’s most boneheaded political act...

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Demography Drives Destiny and Right Now California Is Losing

Kamala Harris could count on winning California’s 54 electoral college votes as she campaigned for president, and the state’s vo...

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How Three Trump Policy Decrees Could Affect California Farmers

Voters in California’s farm belt, stretching more than 400 miles from Kern County on the south to Tehama County on the north, delivere...

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Let the Games Begin: 2026 Campaign for CA Governor Looms

California has a lengthy — very lengthy — list of critical economic, social and policy issues that are very likely to remain unresolved when...

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Newsom Uses a Stunt to Position Himself as a Leader of Anti-Trump Resistance

Two days after the nation’s voters gave Donald Trump another term as president, Gov. Gavin Newsom staged a publicity stunt to position...

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In Deep Blue California, Voters Don’t Always March to Dem Drums

In the parlance of politics, “ticket-splitting” refers to someone who votes for candidates of both major parties. It bedevils po...

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California’s Transition Off Carbon Fuels Could Be a Monumental Disaster

California motorists buy and consume a billion gallons of gasoline each month and are very sensitive about pump prices, which are markedly h...

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Newsom Provides Welfare to the Wealthy, Skimps on Anti-Homelessness Programs

Gov. Gavin Newsom has played Santa Claus for the last week, promising bigger state subsidies to Hollywood’s film and video industry an...

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The home of Skydio, an autonomous drone maker, in Redwood City, Calif., Feb. 8, 2018. Skydio’s supply-chain vulnerabilities came into sharp focus days before the 2024 election, when Chinese authorities imposed sanctions and severed the company’s access to essential battery supplies. (Laura Morton/The New York Times)
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China Has a New Playbook to Counter Trump: ‘Supply Chain Warfare’

Planes on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport, July 19, 2024. Why do today’s flights arrive early more often, even though they’re slower? Airlines have extended their scheduled flight durations even more than the flights have lengthened in actual duration. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
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It’s Not Your Imagination. Airlines Are Padding Flight Times.

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Stock Market Today: Stocks Gain as Wall Street Closes Out Strong November

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Collins Returns, but Bulldogs Lose Two in Tournament Action

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My Brother Is Doing the Trump Dance

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‘Misinformation Is an Attack on You’: Research Shows Alarming Increase in Social Media Manipulation

Customers shop for groceries at Whole Foods in Harlem on May 31, 2024. Congress is feuding over a new farm bill, making lawmakers likely to punt the matter for another year and leave American farmers and families on food assistance without an update to the legislation that controls how much federal support they receive. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)
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As Congress Feuds Over Farm Bill, Growers Are ‘Stuck in Limbo’

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Border Patrol Trains More Chaplains as Job and Polarizing Immigration Debate Rattle Agents

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