Crane's Corner Ed Crane

Sacramento County is going to be looking for a new Sheriff in 2022 as current Sheriff Scott Jones seeks a Congressional seat. After 12 years as Sheriff and 33 years with the force, he's looking for something different. His endorsed replacement is Jim Barnes, a 22 year veteran with the Sacramento County Sheriffs department. Join our conversation as I talk with Jim about his motivation for the job, his interests and what he thinks he brings to the table. Why is he a grea...

Listen in as today's discussion is with long time Real Estate Agent, Terry Knight. We'll be talking about the market in general, some of the historical challenges real estate has faced and a look forward about what to expect in the near future. Will our children or our grandchildren ever be able to get to the point where they can own a home as we know it today? What could it possibly look like? Is there a home buying challenge in our near future be it interest rates, i...

I suppose every state has its problems. Michigan lives and dies by the auto industry, which is now at a crossroads. Production is being hampered by shortages of computer chips while prices are putting new vehicles out of the hands of many would-be buyers. New York’s governor jumped before he could be pushed out of office and crime in New York and other big cities like Chicago remains out of control. Covid’s comeback is hitting the deep south hard.Maybe it’s because we live here and are t...

It started before the Pandemic. I began working from home in January 2020, doing the morning news on a local radio station, and later other broadcast related work including writing and recording this Crane’s Corner Podcast.I continue working from home, not because of Covid 19, but because the equipment I need is right here---so why pay the expense of an office, not to mention the travel time. It’s tough to goof off when the radio broadcast schedule demands content of a certain length at a cer...

What was the big takeaway from Tuesday’s resounding defeat of the Recall Governor Newsom petition? That Gavin Newsom is a terrific Governor? That the recall never had a chance? Those visits from the President and Vice President made all the difference.No. The big takeaway is that Democracy prevailed. Democrat voters outnumber republican voters by about 2-1 in California, the recall efforts were primarily but not exclusively republican, so the outcome, a landslide vote to keep Democrat Newsom ...

It was a vicious crime spree. A senseless crime spree. Awful as it was, the murder of a quiet animal loving Land Park woman may wind up being more than just a crime statistic in a state governed by people who tire of keeping them, blaming everyone and everything but the criminal for his assault on Mary Kate Tibbits and human decency.Police say the woman was sexually assaulted and murdered by a homeless drug addict with a significant criminal record. 51 year old Troy Davis had a serious ...