SCOOP: Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law. by @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org

HUGE NEWS: ProPublica is launching a new investigative reporting hub in California, our sixth regional unit. Read more 👇

NEW: Lawmakers in Texas have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica.org and @texastribune.org found.

My colleague Aaron Parsley just won a Pulitzer for this story, written days after he survived the July 4 floods that killed his nephew. It's one of the most gutwrenching and memorable things you'll ever read. Please do.

More than 200 donors are seeking over $1.5M in refunds from Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign in the wake of allegations he sexually assaulted multiple women, according to an internal campaign document viewed by the Chronicle. @akoseff.bsky.social and I report: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

California is preparing to share with an outside organization detailed information about driver’s license holders, including immigrants who do not have legal authorization to live in the U.S. cal.news/4eaPJ0I 📸 Larry Valenzuela

“The fact that a police department is currently in violation of California state law is very disturbing. And in a way, that in particular puts their student population at risk,” said a researcher of surveillance technology.

We're hosting our April Board meeting next week at our headquarters in Sacramento. The meeting spans two days and will touch on several topics pertinent to our operation. Agendas are posted: https://bit.ly/41aTP21

A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell told the Chronicle she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Unionized journalists at the Sacramento Bee stand united against McClatchy’s latest AI “articles” initiative. We have withheld our bylines from these stories because we do not want the public to think this is being done in our name — it’s not. We think it’s disgusting.

In a story on ProPublica reporters’ fight for AI protections, WaPo highlights Bee journalists who stand against McClatchy’s AI “articles” initiative. I wonder why McClatchy has now twice declined to comment on this AI tool. Internally we have heard corporate executives say they’re very proud of it 🤔

Busy day in Sac today: First: California intends to reward a $19M contract burnishing its image nationwide to a company that helped Saudi Arabia rehab its image after the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

The judge who approved a request for Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to seize more than 650,000 ballots last month has political ties to Bianco, a candidate for governor who has used the investigation to raise his profile on the campaign trail www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

The oil company Valero, the prison guards’ union, and PG&E gave tens of thousands to a tiny party committee in Sutter County.

Janus was meant to be a huge blow for unions, but it provided some opportunities. "It has allowed some unions to have more ongoing conversations w/ represented workers...to demonstrate the value of being part of a union" said Brenda Muñoz. @sacbee.com @wfam.bsky.social www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

With strong market gains of recent years, CalPERS now is 84% funded -- way up from prior years. Passage of modified, lower pension benefits for new workers in 2012 also has helped improve the stability of my pension system.

About 60% of The Sacramento Bee’s reporters and photojournalists are white. But if you look at the pool of local reporters whose wages are so low they qualify for low-income housing, the ratio is flipped: 63% are people of color. Management offered a deal that would leave most of them low-income.

ICYMI: The Sac Bee Guild is urging McClatchy to raise salaries and give our lowest paid reporters fair pay. Currently, eight of our local news reporters (who are predominantly BIPOC + women) are underpaid so much that they qualify for low income housing. We deserve better.

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McClatchy wants you to invest in a Sacramento Bee subscription, but the company doesn’t want to invest in its reporters. Under management’s latest offer, seven local journalists would still make salaries low enough to qualify them for low-income housing.

California departments weren't ready to welcome state workers back offices last July, records show. It's not clear if agencies will be ready this summer. www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

NEW: President Trump has repeatedly threatened to bring federal agents, or even soldiers, to San Francisco to battle crime. His administration has actually done the opposite, quietly taking federal law enforcement away from the city to do immigration work instead. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Scoop: Park Service staff at 24 parks and offices are petitioning to unionize. Federal employees at a dozen including Grand Canyon filed for an election today, following staff at a dozen others including Joshua Tree who recently did same www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE. “They’re failing all of us,” his mom said. thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...

Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff arrested by FBI public corruption probe Scoop from Lia Russell, Sharon Bernstein www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

New: The family of a man who died after he was found unresponsive in the jail has filed a lawsuit. He died in August of a drug-related cause. The Sheriff's Office did not announce it to the public. With @emmahall.bsky.social www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

‘Worse than doing nothing’: Online safety advocates slam changes to AI chatbot bill, @katewolffe.bsky.social reports www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

My story about the ride-hailing drivers unionization bill that CA lawmakers have sent to the governor for his signature: calmatters.org/economy/2025...

Looks like Charles Munger Jr. is in for another $10 million, bringing his total contributions to California's Prop 50 opposition $30 million. So it's basically him and $5 million from a Republican SuperPAC cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfge...

We're doing the secession thing again

The incident Thursday morning in the store’s parking lot was the first high-profile enforcement raid in Sacramento County.

Trump wants to cut off funding for California. Newsom and legislative leaders want to cut off the federal government from our donor state tax dollars. @levisu.bsky.social reports on what's going on and actually possible calmatters.org/economy/2025...

@seiuca.bsky.social president David Huerta has been released from federal custody on a $50K bond. Members of SEIU are rallying nationwide, w/ SEIU CA set to rally later today outside the CA State Capitol to support him: apnews.com/article/immi...

Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Austin, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties

Life after California's death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance

All colleges across Sacramento State must reduce course offerings to accommodate funding cuts and cost increases, according to the university. www.sacbee.com/news/local/e...

California e-bike voucher drawing returns. What are your chances this time?

"Hundreds of drivers’ DMV records simply don’t list convictions for manslaughter or another crime related to a fatal crash...The apparent error means some drivers who should have their driving privileges suspended instead show up ... as having a valid license." calmatters.org/investigatio...

A scene from an alternative timeline...or 8 years ago. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with United Farm Workers president Arturo Rodriguez, speaks out against President Trump’s proposals to deport millions of illegal immigrants during a rally on Jan. 27, 2017 in Fresno, Calif.

In Gov. Newsom's first public comments on the return-to-office order, he said struggling downtown biz, a lack of mentorship and social media's influence played into his decision to call state workers back to offices. Listen to his comments (timestamped) here: youtu.be/LpMC6yHOV_4?...

In Gov. Newsom's first public comments on the return-to-office order, he said struggling downtown biz, a lack of mentorship and social media's influence played into his decision to call state workers back to offices. Listen to his comments (timestamped) here: youtu.be/LpMC6yHOV_4?...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has regularly taken side jobs running Bay Area nonprofits during his tenure as California’s elected schools chief, earning tens of thousands of dollars to supplement his income, financial disclosures show. calmatters.org/politics/202...

Josue Basto is one of the migrants sent to El Salvador. His sister says Basto's record is clean and that he was targeted for his tattoos, which include a clock marking the time of his son's birth. The Trump administration says he's Tren de Aragua. www.npr.org/2025/03/31/n...

1. There was no invasion. 2. The water that got "opened up" was in the San Joaquin Valley. 3. The water never made it to Los Angeles. If you care about the truth, read today's latest story from @ianjames.bsky.social for @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Questions about Gov. Newsom's RTO order? Tune in tonight at 6 pm as my colleague Stephen Hobbs and I share answers to state workers' questions about the return-to-office directive based on our reporting from the last week. www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Asm. Josh Hoover, R-Folsom, who requested a state audit of Newsom's return-to-office mandate last year, said the governor should wait to impose the directive until the State Auditor finishes his report. www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom calls state workers back to the office four days a week. www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

A Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Sunday on suspicion of driving under the influence and resisting arrest, authorities said. Dispatchers said he was standing in a homeowner’s backyard, according to archived dispatch calls reviewed by @sacbee.com. www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...

"I said to myself, 'I'm really going to die here.'" NPR spoke to immigrants sent to Guantánamo who allege they were mistreated by soldiers and blocked from contacting attorneys. One of them tried to harm himself twice during his detention in Guantánamo. www.npr.org/2025/02/25/n...