
Phillip Reese
Data Reporter at The Sacramento Bee
Journalism prof at @sacstate. Numbers guy at @sacbee_news. Freelance at @KFFHealthNews. Backpacker; proud dad; Pulitzer finalist; Polk Award winner; nice fellow
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1 week ago |
sacbee.com | Phillip Reese
Will this weekend’s heat wave usher in another record-breaking summer? Sacramento has experienced extraordinarily hot summers for most of the last decade, the latest federal data show. The average temperature in the city from June to August of 2024 was 77.3 degrees, the hottest summer on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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2 weeks ago |
sacbee.com | Phillip Reese
Thousands of Sacramento-area high school seniors apply every year to attend one or more of the University of California’s 10 campuses, and students at some schools get accepted more often than students at others. To see which local high schools had the most success during the fall 2024 cycle, The Sacramento Bee calculated: ▪ The percentage of all graduates who were admitted to a particular University of California campus.
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1 month ago |
sacbee.com | William Melhado |Phillip Reese
Since 2019, California has been on a hiring spree. Under Gov. Gavin Newsom, the size of the state’s workforce has grown by roughly 20,000 employees, according to California’s human resources department — but that growth hasn’t happened uniformly across the classes of civil service. While the number of rank-and-file employees has increased by 4% from 2019 to 2024, according to annual payroll data, the number of supervisors rose about 10% and the number of managers has grown by 32%.
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2 months ago |
fresnobee.com | Phillip Reese
La cantidad de migrantes detectados por las fuerzas del orden en las fronteras de California disminuyó drásticamente durante el primer mes completo de la administración Trump, según nuevos datos federales. Aproximadamente 4300 personas fueron detenidas al intentar entrar ilegalmente a California durante febrero, lo que representa una disminución del 85 % con respecto a diciembre, el último mes completo de la administración Biden, según la Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de EE. UU..
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2 months ago |
sacbee.com | Theresa Clift |Phillip Reese
Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email [email protected]. The arrival of the Oakland A’s this spring is not likely to have a major impact on the West Sacramento real estate market, though it could if the team stays for good, experts say.
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Latest Sac Mayor results: Further gains for Cofer. City is clearly split. McCarty has 51% of the vote. May not be enough runway left for Cofer to catch up. https://t.co/NffpVrvcCs

Sacramento Mayor Early Returns Map - McCarty winning most of city. Cofer ahead in downtown, Oak Park, Meadowview and parts of Valley Hi and Del Paso Heights. https://t.co/Ru4qgnHXcm

Chart from my latest for @KFFHealthNews . Full story: https://t.co/aLuKM1PxbE https://t.co/XXsh1XbTiy