Phillip Reese
The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento, CA, United States
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California, you’re doing a great job staying home, tracking data show. (Except these places)
Californians are mostly staying at home because of the coronavirus, particularly in wealthy cities. But rural areas, where workers perform essential jobs, continue to move, according data from Unacast. → Read More
California cities where Republicans, Democrats are losing the most voters Republicans, Democrats lose share of voters in CA cities
The political makeup of California’s cities has changed dramatically in the last decade: Far more residents decline to state a party preference, more declare themselves Democrats and fewer identify as Republicans. → Read More
Fewer students attending private, religious schools in California. Here’s why.
About 479,000 K-12 students attended private schools during the 2018-19 school year, compared to about 536,000 a decade prior and 636,000 in 2000, according to the California Department of Education. → Read More
Census citizenship question in limbo, but California isn’t letting guard down. Here’s why
The Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship question on the 2020 Census was thrown into limbo Thursday by the nation’s highest court. But California officials remain wary of a last-minute revival, saying the Golden State stands to lose both politically and financially if the question resurfaces. → Read More
Supreme Court puts citizenship question on hold, but threat remains to aggravate undercount in 2020 Census
Advocates for immigrants and non-citizens say the question is an attempt to intimidate those populations and keep them from filling out the census, thus improving the chances of creating more political districts that benefit Republicans. The Trump administration has said the federal government needs to know at the block level how many residents are citizens and how many are non-citizens in order… → Read More
Police departments are younger and less experienced. Why that matters in the field
The killing of two young Sacramento, California-area police officers — Natalie Corona, 22, and Tara O’Sullivan, 26 — has some law enforcement experts questioning whether they were adequately trained. → Read More
A silver wave? California braces for elderly boom that could overburden state
What major problems do senior citizens face in California? Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order to address issues with affording housing as rents rise, living on a fixed income and finding health care. → Read More
See how much it costs to live near each school in the Sacramento region
What does it cost to live near a good school in Sacramento, California? Find out with this map which elementary schools are near affordable housing. See real estate and median prices and student test scores. → Read More
Employment in this key Sacramento job sector has nearly doubled in last 8 years
Sacramento construction employment is booming, with 64,000 local workers employed in California housing industry, helping push the unemployment rate to historic lows and adding well-paying jobs to the economy. → Read More
As patients forced to wait longer in California ERs, more are leaving against medical advice
Emergency room patients increasingly leave California hospitals against medical advice, and experts say crowded ERs are likely to blame. → Read More
Trade war with China could hit California hard. Here’s how.
In response to President Donald Trump saying the United States would raise tariffs on Chinese imports, China announced it would raise taxes on American goods, which could affect California’s economy. → Read More
See which Sacramento schools had the most success on AP tests
The number of Sacramento-region Advanced Placement tests where students scored passing grades in the 2017-18 school year increased 20 percent, according to the California Department of Education. Scoring high on AP tests: Granite Bay, Oak Ridge and Folsom. → Read More
See California areas with the largest boom in ‘no party preference’ voters
About 5.5 million Californians registered as no party preference as of February 2019, up by about 930,000, or 20 percent, from October 2016, according to new state figures. That’s much higher than the rate of growth in no party preference voters seen during similar periods after the previous four presidential elections. → Read More
‘The weakest link’: Why your house may burn while your neighbor’s survives the next wildfire
Why did some Paradise, CA, homes survive, others burn in the Camp Fire? A 2008 housing regulation saved half of newer houses in neighborhoods mostly destroyed by wildfire. What’s next? Critics say retrofits. → Read More
What is the wildfire risk in your California city, neighborhood?
Communities throughout California are have high risks for wildfire destruction. Search this database to see how many homes are in a very high fire hazard severity zone where you live.. → Read More
Overtime pay soared at Cal Fire amid record wildfires
Cal Fire paid its workers about $855 million in 2018, up 12 percent from 2017, according to an analysis by The Bee. That included $207 million in overtime pay — the highest proportion of pay taken as overtime among state departments. → Read More
FBI report shows fewer murders in California last year. See the trend in your city
California police in cities with more than 100,000 people reported 488 murders in the first half of 2018, 67 fewer than the first half of 2017. The largest decline was in Fresno. What is the rate in your city? → Read More
See where California teachers have the toughest time paying rent, mortgage
California is suffering a persistent teacher shortage. One reason: As home prices rise, teachers in California struggle to afford to live in many of the areas where they work. This is especially true in San Francisco, San Mateo, Los Angeles, Contra Costa and other coastal areas. → Read More
Cal Fire damages your home or car? Good luck collecting money from the state
Cal Fire has denied millions of dollars in claims to California residents and businesses whose homes and cars were damaged during wildfires. Firefighters enjoy broad protection from lawsuits. → Read More
Stanislaus County ranks No. 2 in California in youth gun deaths. Is it a trend?
In California, Stanislaus County ranks second in the state in number of child deaths by firearm in a study of data compiled by Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit group, since the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting. → Read More