Opinion

Scott Wilk | Sacramento’s Shroud of Secrecy

Transparency is a vital necessity at every level of government. But in California, government transparency seems to be falling by the wayside as the state burdens its taxpayers with expensive

SCV Voices: Guest Commentary

Emma Sowl | A Tale of Two News Stories

If the urban legend website Snopes.com were to write up the following two news stories (one false, one true), their page might look something like this: CLAIM No. 1: In

Noah Peterson | Is it Time for School Choice?

California has a history of voting down school choice initiatives. Proposition 174 in 1993 and Prop. 38 in 2000 — both forms of school choice voucher programs — failed. But

Maria Gutzeit | Beginning with the End in Mind

Recently I got the chance to see “Poverty, Inc.” (povertyinc.org, available for streaming.) In the season of giving, it was quite eye-opening. A winner of over 60 film festival awards,

Letters to the Editor

Kevin Eliason | Happy Trails, 41

To the media he was known simply as 41. He was way much more than a number. He was a Naval World War II hero, statesman, vice president, president, loving