Archives

This is the archive area for February 1999.

To read the issue in which you're interested, click on its date.

  • Volume 2, Number 30: February 1, 1999
      Ostensibly, newly elected Gov. Gray Davis' three-day trip to Mexico this week is an exercise in friendship between California and Mexico, focusing on trade issues and reaffirming the bonds between the state that was once part of Mexico and its neighbor to the south.

  • Volume 2, Number 31: February 8, 1999
      Newly elected Gov. Gray Davis' handling of the press is becoming a touchy topic indeed among the Capitol press corps, many of whose members are giving the Democratic governor remarkably low marks for his ability to communicate his message to the public.

  • Volume 2, Number 32: February 15, 1999
      Environmentalists who appeared pleased at the election of Democratic Gov. Gray Davis after 16 years of Republican rule may be having second thoughts.

  • Volume 2, Number 33: February 22, 1999
      For political junkies, the virtual disappearance of television coverage of the state Capitol is sad indeed. One would think that the hard-fought issues that come together in Sacramento -- health care, smog inspections, water disputes, welfare, education, prison reform, to name just a few -- would hold sufficient interest for news directors across the state to devote coverage to them on their nightly newscasts.