California Local Newsletters

Let’s face some hard facts—and still be able to celebrate the beginning of the best season of the year.

You probably know that The Newsletter goes out only to California Local members and subscribers. Today I am writing to bring the good news that we have just been given two big awards.

The state’s most important industry relies on workers who are not given a chance to obtain legal status.

How the SF state senator was changed by California; how our great state spawned a cultural phenomenon; how many Californians are being denied life's most basic necessity.

Richard Nixon's hypocrisy; TV's favorite presidential historian's contempt; and Richard von Busack's weird job history.

In this episode of The Newsletter, we celebrate food. The star of this week’s show is none other than Alice Waters, the Queen of California Cuisine.

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It's Global Volunteer Month, and National Volunteer week is right around the corner. Here’s some good news about people who are working to make their communities better, and how you can help them.

In which we consider informed civic participation.

Greetings from Midtown Sacramento, where this morning broke bright and cold for the second day in a row. Don’t know about you but I’m ready for the warmth of spring. And trying to feel good about the rain that’s still …