Steinberg trying to convene local interests to buy Sacramento Bee

Mayor Darrell Steinberg wants the ownership of Sacramento’s hometown newspaper to remain local, and he wants to put a group together to buy the Sacramento Bee. Steinberg told the Sacramento Bee he is putting together a local ownership group to buy the paper, whose parent company, Sacramento-based The McClatchy Co. (AMEX: MNI), is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. “We’re talking to potential investors,” said Steinberg spokeswoman Mary Lynne Vellinga. “We are soliciting potential…