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Declaring Who is a ‘Journalist’ is No Easy Matter



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By Hank Plante, Special to Calbuzz: I sat at the “press table” at a recent California Republican Convention covering the event for my TV station, when I started making small talk with the “reporter” next to me. It turned out he was a dentist from Southern California who was writing a story about the… »

Top-Two Politics: Biz Plots, Back Stories & Backbiting


All the facts may never be known of how the California Chamber of Commerce, working last year through the Western Growers Association, ousted a couple of Democratic Assembly Speaker John Perez’s incumbent members and replaced them with Democrats more acceptable to business… »

Why Howie Kurtz is a Worse Person than Col. Kurtz


A quarter century ago, as then dewy-cheeked Calbuzzards fiercely focused on chronicling the historic campaign of President Bruce Babbitt, grizzled editors at the beloved Old Chronicle coped with a staff writer screw-up of monumental… »

Starr v Feingold: The Future of Political Reform


In his 1931 autobi- ography, San Francisco native and Calbuzz hero Lincoln Steffens recalled visiting many years earlier with Israel W. Durham, the boss of Philadelphia, who was near… »

Press Clips: Kudos to Difi on Weapons — and WCs


Amid the reeking heap of cowardice and disgrace that defined the U.S. Senate’s vote to kill gun control legislation last week, California’s senior solon offered the most trenchant commentary… »

Why Abel Maldonado Won’t Be the Next Governor


With the California Demo- cratic Party gathering in Sacramento this weekend and the Republican National Committee meeting in Los Angeles, it’s a good time for more normal human beings… »

Op Ed: Ban Fundraising During Legislative Sessions


By Dan Schnur, Special to Calbuzz: If you operate under the premise that it’s better to be one mile outside of Hell heading out than one hundred miles away… »

Calbuzz Sez: Panetta for Gov; More Honor for Us


Calbuzz joined in the festivities at Cal State Monterey Bay last week when a jovial Carmel Valley walnut rancher we’re lucky enough to know was honored by some 300… »

Mixed Salad: Dems, Old Saws, The Chron and Whites


While Chairman Jim Brulte and the California Republican Party are planning to “build a farm team” by concentrating on local non-partisan elections and moving Republican officeholders up to partisan… »

LA Gov. Bobby Jindal Kills at the Gridiron Dinner


I’m honored to be here tonight, and to have this opportunity to represent my people. As you know, my people are one of our nation’s most accomplished minority groups… »

Calbuzz Again Cited as Tops in CA Political Blogs


Once again, Calbuzz has been named among the top three political news web sites in California by the The Fix, written and produced by Chris Cillizza of the Washington… »

CA GOP’s New Strategy Meets Prince Gavin’s Curse


In politics, nothing concen- trates the mind like crushing defeat. Which is why what emerged at the California Republican Party convention in Sacramento last weekend is so potentially pivotal… »

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