Sunday, January 4 2009 - 12:00 am
As a new year begins in troubled times, eight Californians search for what may lie ahead.
By Melanie Sill -
Sunday, January 4 2009 - 12:00 am
Years ago, when I was a reporter, a woman named Carol wrote to let me know how distasteful she found a passage in one of my stories.
Monday, January 5 2009 - 6:47 pm
There were no champagne corks flying when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget team held a dour briefing on New Year's Eve to unveil his budget proposal for 2009-10.
Monday, January 5 2009 - 6:48 pm
A week after a gas explosion shook a Rancho Cordova neighborhood and blew up a house, killing one man and critically injuring his daughter and granddaughter, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. finally released its rule book for handling gas leaks. Incredibly, the public still can't see it.
Monday, January 5 2009 - 6:48 pm
Sacramento dodged a bullet, barely, with the city's first New Year's ball drop at 10th and K. This uncontrolled crowd situation was marred by pockets of disorder. If Mayor Kevin Johnson and event organizers want people to come back a second time, they need to do a post-event analysis and much, much better planning for 2010.
By David Holwerk, Editorial page editor -
Sunday, January 4 2009 - 12:00 am
I'm not much on New Year's resolutions, perhaps because I've never managed to stick to one for more than the first few days of a new year. But I'm going to make one in public and see if that helps.
Sunday, January 4 2009 - 12:00 am
Earlier this month, The Bee's editorial board repeated its call for the state to eliminate the Integrated Waste Management Board, calling it a "patronage plum" for termed-out legislators, such as former state Sen. Carole Migden.
By Mary K. Snyder -
Sunday, January 4 2009 - 12:00 am
Members of the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District are glad to read that The Bee acknowledges that science should drive policy concerning the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. We have been advocating the same point for years with little traction.
By Stuart Leavenworth -
Sunday, December 28 2008 - 12:00 am
California lawmakers are skilled at issuing resolutions. In the last session, the Assembly alone issued 267 resolutions, ranging from Take Your Dog to Work Day (ACR 103) to other important proposals, such as new postage stamps.
By Edward Wasserman -
Sunday, December 28 2008 - 12:00 am
The world has bigger problems than the media's current miseries, so you may have missed these reports from two days last week: Macmillan Publishing eliminating 64 jobs, New York magazine announcing its first layoffs, top-level execs getting the ax at CBS, Crain Communications dumping 6 percent of its work force, a pay freeze at the New York Times, eco-themed magazines succumbing to slumping advertising, National Public Radio laying off 64 staffers, Detroit's two dailies cutting home delivery to three days a week.
By Melanie Sill -
Sunday, December 28 2008 - 12:00 am
When I speak to community groups, I usually begin by describing new or improved Bee coverage, and here at year's end the list is pretty long.
By Dan Lang -
Sunday, December 28 2008 - 12:00 am
Once again the Sacramento Bee has used cheap, sensational headlines to drive a wedge between the government employees on whom so much of our local economy depends, and private-sector employees. While the Dec. 21 story on the amount of overtime earned by firefighters in the Sacramento Fire Department was well written and factual, those facts were not seen by anyone who was too infuriated to read beyond the charts and first few sections of the story.
By J.J. Jelincic -
Sunday, December 28 2008 - 12:00 am
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to furlough and lay off state workers is counterproductive and extremely shortsighted. It is unfortunate that The Bee supports his plan.
Sunday, December 28 2008 - 12:00 am
President-elect Barack Obama will inherit an agenda of staggering uncertainty as the nation struggles with a fading economy while stuck in two wars overseas.
By Maria Elena Salinas -
Sunday, December 28 2008 - 12:00 am
The end of the year means the end of a cycle. It's a time to look back at what we accomplished and where we came up short. That is so not only on a personal basis, but also as a country.
By Melanie Sill -
Sunday, December 21 2008 - 12:00 am
Here's a question: Why don't we remember the good news?