Reid Stone
651 posts
Reid Stone is a contributing reporter for The San Joaquin Valley Sun. Email him at news@sjvsun.com.
Sacramento lobbyist alleges Valley lawmaker engaged in multiple extramarital affairs
A late-night storm of tweets from a lobbyist for the powerful California Medical Association alleged that a Valley lawmaker was engaged in multiple extramarital affairs.
July 12, 2022
Kern Co. goes on offense in fight over solar tax revenues
A tax loophole is helping massive solar farms pop up in the Central Valley without paying full property taxes. One county is fighting back.
July 12, 2022
Feds bump up supplies for Friant water users
Three months after Federal officials OK'd diverting water for San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors, Valley communities under the Friant umbrella will see a boost in resources.
July 11, 2022
Newsom, legislators agree to $4.2bil deal to finish Valley portion of bullet train
The sharpening knives of Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) aren't going to slice and dice the bullet train project now.
June 30, 2022
CDC recommends Valley return to masking up. The data? Not so much.
As the CDC recommends communities to return to masking, have recently-enacted mandates even accomplished their basic goals?
June 30, 2022
Data breach with Calif. DOJ exposed personal information of all CCW permit holders
California's Attorney General Rob Bonta touted a new portal to increase firearm transparency. Instead, it briefly exposed the identification of California concealed carry permit holders.
June 28, 2022
Is Calif.’s “jungle primary” facing extinction? One lawmaker hopes so.
Has California seen enough of its Jungle Primary to dump it? One California lawmaker argues it's time to make a change – again.
June 23, 2022
Calif. Dems answer to July 1 gas tax increase? Form a committee.
Despite the continued urgency of high gas prices, the California Assembly Select Committee on Gasoline Supply and Pricing won't hold its first meeting for "a number of weeks."
June 20, 2022
Fresno Co. averts strike at jail, inking tentative deal with corrections officers
Heading into Father's Day weekend, it looked as if Fresno County's jail could be severely understaffed due to strike.
June 19, 2022
Prayer to “Queering One” raises eyebrows over Fresno Pride flag-raising ceremony
Heated comments over the religious tenor of an invocation at Friday's Pride Flag ceremony in Fresno take aim at one local leader: Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer.
June 12, 2022