Media What the hedge fund strip mining Sacramento Bee discarded: 'endurance and values' As the brutal layoffs last week show, Chatham Asset Management bought the McClatchy name but had no use for the newspaper chain's soul. By Dan Morain / 22 Sep 2026
Education California’s future relies on community colleges. Rahm Emanuel has thoughts The former Obama chief of staff and Chicago mayor talks AI, jobs, vocational education and the "law of physics" in the 2026 midterm. By Dan Morain / 15 Sep 2026
Elections Sen. Alex Padilla and our most fundamental right The son of immigrants from the San Fernando Valley had a personal story to tell when we met 20 years ago. By Dan Morain / 20 Jul 2026
Homelessness What a cold night in Sacramento interviewing homeless people taught us We volunteered to count the unsheltered people in our community. Our conversations with those who agreed to talk touched our hearts and demonstrated why homelessness is so difficult to solve. By Mary Lynne Vellinga and Dan Morain / 3 Feb 2026
