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Staff reports from The San Joaquin Valley Sun staff.
Sun Sound-Off: Kings Co. District Attorney’s Race
The highly-contentious race to be Kings County's top cop has attracted strong opinions. Here are some takes on the race, submitted to The Sun.
May 9, 2022
Calif. grid officials buckle up for rocky summer of possible blackouts
California energy officials warned the state may be at risk of blackouts for the next three summers due to power supply shortages and extreme weather.
May 8, 2022
Calif. bullet train officials OK route between San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area
Environmental work behind the 90-mile connecting the Valley to the Bay Area is now done. Here's what comes next.
May 1, 2022
Valley drivers get divine relief from hellish gas prices via unlikely source: a church.
Hundreds of drivers in the south Valley lined up for a bit of relief from gas prices thanks to a local church.
May 1, 2022
Suspending Calif. gas tax returns – with bipartisan push in Sacramento
The campaign to suspend California's highest-in-the-nation gas tax (or 51-cents per gallon) faces stiff resistance from Democratic leaders in the Legislature.
May 1, 2022
Valley schools brace for later start times. One district is already making the switch.
A school district in the south Valley approved a plan Tuesday that would shift 21 of its schools — nearly half — to an 8:50 a.m. start.
April 27, 2022
Foster Farms, Valley staffing agencies fined $3.8mil over COVID sick leave
California's Labor Commissioner set down the seven-figure penalty following a two-year investigation into COVID-related sick leave policies.
April 27, 2022
Will Dyer tweet over fired cop cost taxpayers? A jury could answer the question.
Was a tweet by Mayor Jerry Dyer against a fired Fresno police officer libelous?
April 26, 2022
Will Biden Bucks convince Calif. to keep its lone nuclear plant open?
The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to rescue nuclear power plants at risk of closing. Will California take the help?
April 25, 2022
Who’s enforcing Calif.’s new ‘granny flat’ law? Housing activists.
Dozens of California cities launched ordinances to block a 2021 law allowing to split residential lots for multiple homes. California's hefty bureaucracy can't keep up.
April 25, 2022