Alex Tavlian
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Alex Tavlian is the Executive Editor of The San Joaquin Valley Sun and Executive Director of Valley Future Foundation. You can reach Alex at alex.tavlian@sjvsun.com.
Flying out of Fresno? Two changes are heading your way.
Parking at Fresno-Yosemite International Airport is about to get a whole lot easier, thanks to a new four-floor garage. But there's more on the horizon.
June 21, 2021
Vaccinated Californians can go to work maskless, state rules say.
After a lengthy meeting on Thursday, California regulators have shifted the rules for mask-wearing in the workplace for…
June 17, 2021
Calif. facing labor shortage, mandates unemployment recipients start looking for work
As the Golden State stares down an historic labor shortage, the Employment Development Department will require unemployed Californians to be looking for work to receive benefits.
June 17, 2021
As drought worsens, Valadao rolls out new bill for water flexibility, storage projects
Valadao's bill aims to tackle immediate water needs as state and Federal water officials halted water deliveries, while also building off of five years of progress on water storage projects.
June 17, 2021
Southwest network issues leads to cancelled, delayed Fresno flights
Southwest Airlines flights out of Fresno-Yosemite International Airport have been affected by a two-day national outage and FAA groundstop issued Tuesday.
June 15, 2021
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott gifts millions to Porterville College, UC Merced, West Hills Lemoore
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced she was giving a $7 million gift to Porterville College on Tuesday.
June 15, 2021
Newsom, Faulconer kick off TV ad blitz
Gavin Newsom and former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer hadn't spent a nickel on television ads – until this week.
June 14, 2021
Biden reverses Trump, agrees to send $929mil for Calif. high-speed rail
Two years after funding was cancelled by Trump officials, the Biden administration announced Friday that it is set to restore nearly $1 billion in funding for the bullet train project.
June 11, 2021
Feds push back on Calif. ban on private ICE holding facilities
A showdown over the Federal government's ability to outsource detention facilities of illegal immigrants was on full display before the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
June 8, 2021
Madera hospital temporarily shutting down ER on Wednesday
Madera's lone general-use public hospital is shuttering its emergency room for 34 hours this week, the hospital announced Tuesday morning.
June 8, 2021