In 1966, the paper was purchased by Copley Press, which brought in millions of dollars that resulted in improvements such as the 1967 construction of the publication’s Capitol Mall headquarters and a new long-run, photo-offset press. During those years it was the dominant morning newspaper in Sacramento. Then, in the mid-1970s, the "Bee," previously an afternoon newspaper, decided to go head-to-head with the "Union" as a morning newspaper and promised that the "Bee" would arrive on the doorstep by 6:00 a.m. The "Union" circulation department couldn't equal that service, and the "Bee" quickly became the larger of the two dailies. While the "Bee" had a much larger staff, the "Union" beat the "Bee" on a number of huge stories. Among them were the Dorothea Puente Victorian grave sites and the investigative reporting that led to the resignation of California Department of Education Superintendent Bill Honig.