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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...

Weather

/ 1 week ago

$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...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

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...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

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...

Agriculture

/ 2 weeks ago

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...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

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...

Opinion

/ 3 weeks ago

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...

Elections

/ 3 weeks ago

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...

Opinion

/ 4 weeks ago

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...

Opinion

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Sacramento Region Gained People but Flubbed Economic Opportunities Over 50 Years

Sacramento Region Gained People but Flubbed Economic Opportunities Over 50 Years

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

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

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Demography Drives Destiny and Right Now California Is Losing

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How Three Trump Policy Decrees Could Affect California Farmers

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Let the Games Begin: 2026 Campaign for CA Governor Looms

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

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

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

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

/ 4 weeks ago

China Has a New Playbook to Counter Trump: ‘Supply Chain Warfare’

It’s Not Your Imagination. Airlines Are Padding Flight Times.

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

Collins Returns, but Bulldogs Lose Two in Tournament Action

My Brother Is Doing the Trump Dance

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

As Congress Feuds Over Farm Bill, Growers Are ‘Stuck in Limbo’

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

AMOR Wellness Delivers 300 Thanksgiving Meals to Mendota Families in Need

Wired Wednesday: What’s Fresno County Doing to Correct Election Ballot Error?

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Making Spirits Brighter: 31 Years of Community Supporting Children and Families

Community Unites at Fourth Annual One Table Fresno Event, Serving Thousands

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