Joyce Terhaar - From the Editor

In today's Bee you'll find two new sections to replace Living Here Sunday as we introduce California Traveler and a&e, an arts and entertainment tab.

Almost three-quarters of people who attended a Sacramento Kings game in the past year read The Bee in print or online.

How many of you opened a gift this morning to discover a new iPad, Kindle Fire or Nook inside?

Just more than two months after Occupy Wall Street burst into our collective consciousness, it's become a serious force in this region and California.

A few months back Charles Piller and his editor, Scott Lebar, wandered into my office to tell me Piller had discovered concerns about the safety testing on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Grace Rubenstein joined The Bee's newsroom last week to cover community health, our first significant step into something becoming increasingly common in our profession – journalism funded by nonprofit foundations.

A reader emailed me this week to talk about values, how The Bee's differed too much from his, for his taste.

Years ago The Bee asked readers which celebrity was most like the personality of the newspaper. You picked Tom Hanks.

Who would be surprised to hear that the digital media technology most used by teens today is texting?

Even within the newsroom, most people don't know the details of the work that goes into a particular story, photograph or investigation.

I didn't realize we were making history when The Bee and Los Angeles Times joined forces to sue the state Assembly to force disclosure of documents detailing its spending.

"What's this thing I keep seeing everywhere?"

The shadow of the McMartin Preschool fiasco hung over Sacramento law enforcement and media last week.

Lilly Manning came to The Bee because she wants to know her story.

If you are a reader of bylines, you've noticed some new ones in The Bee. We have nine interns with us this summer. They're the kind of young journalists who make me confident about the future of news gathering.

How many times last week did you hear someone say, "What the heck was he thinking?" when the latest update about New York Rep. Anthony Weiner came out?

The state's two major pension systems – the California Public Employees' Retirement System and the California State Teachers' Retirement System – readily release details about pensions paid to retired public employees.

It seems the entire country has weighed in about whether President Barack Obama ought to release pictures proving Osama bin Laden is dead.