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Calif. spent millions on new housing. Is Valley homelessness down? We’re about to find out.
The starting point in finding out the impact of government pandemic cash on homelessness rates begins with point-in-time counts, which began this week.
February 24, 2022
Developer committed to building Northstar Courts, behavioral health housing in Hanford
“We don’t have a single project where someone’s disability has ruined the neighborhood," said Jessica Hoff Berzac, co-owner of project developer UPHoldings.
February 23, 2022
Hanford-based behavioral health housing project takes heat from residents. Here’s how local officials are reacting.
With state funding secured and a property that requires no additional bureaucratic hurdles to open a behavioral housing project, residents are venting at Hanford and Kings County officials.
February 22, 2022
Averting election, Tulare Co. Supervisors fill vacancy for Tulare hospital board
Coming off a few months of turnover, the Tulare Local Healthcare District board is once again complete.
February 22, 2022
Sources: Hurtado set to move into open South Valley Senate seat
The titanic clash of two of the Valley's Democratic lawmakers – Sens. Melissa Hurtado (D–Sanger) and Anna Caballero (D–Salinas) is, apparently, off.
February 21, 2022
Mims eyes retirement as Fresno Co. Sheriff, backs Zanoni in 2022
Margaret Mims, Fresno County's second-longest serving Sheriff, will announce she will not run for re-election, sources told The Sun.
February 21, 2022
Fresno looks to rein in booming number of smoke shops
Fresno’s smoke shops could soon face a set of rules, heralding a major shift in the previously unregulated industry city-wide.
February 17, 2022
Astronaut Hernandez eyes challenge to Harder in north Valley Congressional seat
Jose Hernandez, an astronaut who travelled to the International Space Station with NASA, is eyeing a second run for Congress in the span of a decade.
February 17, 2022
Fresno Co.-based Sierra Unified votes to ditch masks for students
School trustees for Fresno County's Sierra Unified School District voted to nullify Gov. Gavin Newsom's statewide student mask mandate in public schools.
February 18, 2022
Fresno lawmakers reject another pot shop. Officials eye a “reset” of cannabis licensing.
Fresno's first cannabis appeal hearing last October was high drama. Wednesday's? Not so much.
February 16, 2022