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Andrew Zahler
Newsperson turned jr softwareperson. Intermittent runner. Baseball enthusiast.
Mike McPhate
Mike McPhate writes the California Sun newsletter. (Sign up! californiasun.co). Formerly of the New York Times and Washington Post.
Mike McPhate
Writer at the California Sun. Hit me up: mike@californiasun.co.
Latest Posts
Humboldt County’s sculpture race is the ‘triathlon of the art world’
Blend Burning Man and Nascar and you might get something like the art sculpture race held every Memorial Day weekend in Humboldt County.
A cathedral of capitalism on California’s Central Coast
William Randolph Hearst not only ruled over a sprawling media empire. He wielded power as a congressman, a Hollywood heavyweight, and a…
6 fascinating facts about California: hero orangutan and dirtbag dope edition
An orangutan at the San Diego Zoo once gained national fame as a serial escape artist. Born at the zoo in 1971, Ken Allen outwitted…
How California’s newspapers line up on the June 5 ballot
On June 5, Californians will face a ballot posing some crucial questions about the future of the state.
California’s last volcanic eruption
With floods, wildfires, and earthquakes, Californians have plenty to worry about. But don’t forget the raining lava.
6 fascinating facts about California: therapy pig and peach king edition
1. San Francisco International Airport has a therapy pig. It’s become fairly common for volunteers to walk therapy dogs around terminals as…
A California high school where students pretty much run the show
Tucked in a grassy canyon along the Central Coast is a high school where students chop wood and tend livestock between their history and…
Snowshoe Thompson was the Paul Bunyan of the Sierra Nevada
Two centuries ago, delivering mail across the icy Sierra Nevada was virtually impossible during the winter — until the arrival of a…
What happened to the California drive-in?
There was a time in California when pretty much everybody went to the drive-in movie theater.
6 fascinating facts about California: Glass Beach and gay marriage edition
San Francisco and Oakland are the nation's capitals of same-sex marriage. According to figures released in 2016, San Francisco had the…
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