The San Joaquin Valley Sun
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Staff reports from The San Joaquin Valley Sun staff.
Dyer flips on Pride flag, will let it fly at Fresno City Hall
It took a single day for Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer to change his mind about flying the LGBT Pride flag at Fresno City Hall.
June 6, 2021
Cheers! Calif. to keep to-go cocktails beyond reopening
Alcoholic beverages and cocktails ordered with a to-go meal will not fade as a relic of the pandemic past.
June 3, 2021
Fresno lawmakers push back on Dyer budget with “Rebuild Fresno” plan
A trio of Fresno City Council members announced a five-year plan to turn the city's post-pandemic cash infusion into a citywide revitalization effort.
June 14, 2021
DA declining to pursue death penalty against Scott Peterson
Prosecutors and Peterson's legal team are fighting over a request for new trial. If no new trial is granted, Peterson will serve life without the possibility of parole.
May 31, 2021
Jurors convict Mexican national of murdering Mollie Tibbetts, Iowa college student with Fresno ties
An Iowa jury on Friday convicted farmhand Cristhian Bahena Rivera of first-degree murder in the 2018 killing of college student Mollie Tibbetts.
May 28, 2021
California voters to decide on sports betting at tribal casinos, race tracks in 2022
Sports betting and Vegas-style roulette and dice games could be headed to California's tribal casinos, but only if California voters give the OK in 2022.
May 27, 2021
We’ll stick with flying, thanks: Amtrak pitches 7 hour LA-to-Vegas train
Despite pitching a new rail route to convince Americans to utilize Amtrak, this proposed route is likely to have a backfiring effect.
May 27, 2021
One Valley prison is ground zero as Federal prisons lean on teachers, nurses to guard inmates
Nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to guard inmates, a report finds.
May 23, 2021
Knocked down twice, Jose Ramirez falls to Taylor in unification title fight
Josh Taylor used a pair of knockdowns and some crisp boxing to defeat Jose Ramirez and become the undisputed super lightweight champion
May 23, 2021
Newsom banned scanning his tax return. Now, he’s balking at reporter who hand-copied them.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's public disclosure of his 2019 tax return to a small cadre of Sacramento reporters came with one condition: no photos and no copies.
May 20, 2021