
Daniel Weintraub has been the public affairs columnist for the editorial pages of the Sacramento Bee since November, 2000. His column appears Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday on the opinion pages of the Bee and is also printed in several other papers throughout California. His daily weblog, the California Insider, can be found at
www.sacbee.com/insider.
Weintraub has been covering California politics and public policy since 1983. He was a Capitol correspondent for the Los Angeles Times for eight years and the Capitol Bureau Chief for the Orange County Register for five years before coming to the Bee.
Weintraub has covered the careers of four governors and has written extensively on fiscal, education, energy and health care issues, among others. During the 2003 recall campaign he was a frequent guest on CNN and Fox News and was a political analyst for MSNBC. He often speaks about the relationship between the press and politicians and the future of the media.
He is a native Californian. The last of eight children in his family, he was born and raised in San Diego and graduated in economics from San Diego State University. He lives in Sacramento with his wife and two sons.
He can be reached at (916) 321-1914 or at
dweintraub@sacbee.com.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
"We tumbled and played for hours. My hands and feet were wrinkled, like raisins. An adult dolphin let me have a thrilling ride on his back. He skimmed over the rolling waves and then suddenly, went under. Giggling, laughing and occasional chirrups with hints of laughter were heard. We dove back under, like an airplane during turbulence. The females performed a beautiful underwater ballet."...
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