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    • Fresno
      • Fresno City Council mulls opposing Fresno Co.’s marquee road tax
      • Fresno law enforcement cracks down on violent criminals, “ghost guns”
      • Will Fresno be an industrial jobs magnet or repellant? The answer lies at the southern end of town.
      • Faced with teachable moment at Bullard High, Fresno Unified leaders blew it.
      • Fresno Co. jail guards push off strike after month-long blitz
    • Clovis
      • Fresno law enforcement cracks down on violent criminals, “ghost guns”
      • Harris commits $1mil to Clovis Community Hospital for wound care
      • “Legislating for the criminals”: Clovis tees off on Calif. law unmasking police arsenal
      • Report: Clovis Unified teachers union effort may have to start over
      • Clovis City Council appoints 25 members to police committee
    • Bakersfield
      • Calif. officials blitz leaking idle oil wells in Bakersfield
      • Valley drivers get divine relief from hellish gas prices via unlikely source: a church.
      • Valley schools brace for later start times. One district is already making the switch.
      • Crime rate continues to soar, Bakersfield cops warn lawmakers
      • Bakersfield lawmakers urges Calif. to lift oil permit restrictions
    • Modesto
      • Modesto approves deal to launch sales tax measure for November ballot
      • Modesto mulling sales tax hike to provide budget boost
      • No Fly Zone: Valley city shoots down pitch to bring Bird scooters to town
      • Modesto sends newly-vacant Council seat to election
      • Modesto lawmaker resigns seven months early
    • Visalia/Tulare
      • Tulare looks to reap cash from weed shops, growers with tax push
      • Tulare County chafes over revealing Sheriff’s military equipment
      • Visalia to once again explore OKing cannabis retailers
      • Kaweah Health eyes its ticket to better doctor recruitment: housing
      • Kaweah eyes asking voters for OK on $500mil new hospital wing
    • Hanford
      • After FBI probe ensnares weed boss, Lemoore dispensary changes owner
      • Hanford approves outside lawyers for Brieno, Ramirez in harassment suit
      • Kings Co. firefighter tax measure attracts opposition ahead of primary election
      • Lemoore launches salvo against effort to swipe to Kings River floodwater
      • Sun Sound-Off: Kings Co. District Attorney’s Race
    • Madera
      • Madera Co. OKs incentives for new Oakhurst resort, groundwater policies
      • Another Valley county bemoans revealing law enforcement equipment
      • Madera Co. vocalizes support for biomass program to ease wildfires
      • Madera Co. to build new 9/11 memorial with a piece of solemn history
      • Third member of 1976 Chowchilla school bus hijacking recommended for parole on 18th attempt
    • Merced
      • Merced’s airport boasts new airline. Here’s where they’re flying.
      • After two-year break, Merced County Fair set for June return
      • Report: Hundreds cycled through jail via zero-dollar bail, crime soared in Merced in 2021
      • Merced Co. approves $34.7 million in American Rescue spending. Here’s where it’s headed.
      • Merced OKs firefighter “brownout” staffing contingencies amid COVID-19 shortages
    • Mariposa
      • Judge rejects environmentalists attempt to halt Sierra wildfire prevention efforts
      • One year after devastating Creek Fire, enviros seek to block efforts to prevent a repeat.
      • Yosemite to reopen Thursday with reservations
      • Mariposa Co. Supervisors bid for pay raise officially halted
      • Study: A coronavirus recession exposes Valley economy’s strengths and weaknesses
    • Modesto
      • Modesto approves deal to launch sales tax measure for November ballot
      • Modesto mulling sales tax hike to provide budget boost
      • No Fly Zone: Valley city shoots down pitch to bring Bird scooters to town
      • Modesto sends newly-vacant Council seat to election
      • Modesto lawmaker resigns seven months early
    • Stockton
      • Stockton OKs new policy for cops’ use of military equipment
      • North Valley city joins opposition to 2022 initiative limiting local tax hikes
      • Stockton changes location requirements for cannabis companies
      • Stockton airport gets a boost from San Joaquin Co. Supes, courtesy of COVID funding
      • Millennials are struggling to buy homes. Here’s which Valley community is short on young buyers.
  • Topics
    • Politics
      • Fresno City Council mulls opposing Fresno Co.’s marquee road tax
      • Modesto mulling sales tax hike to provide budget boost
      • Faced with teachable moment at Bullard High, Fresno Unified leaders blew it.
      • Kings Co. firefighter tax measure attracts opposition ahead of primary election
      • Fresno Co. Sheriff hopeful Zanoni leans Mims backing, internal knowledge to mold department
    • Agriculture
      • Calif. officials ban watering “useless” grass over drought worries
      • Newsom threatens mandatory water restrictions if Californians can’t cutback
      • Calif. lawmakers demand probe into hedge funds, Harvard buying up water rights
      • Lemoore launches salvo against effort to swipe to Kings River floodwater
      • Madera Co. OKs incentives for new Oakhurst resort, groundwater policies
    • Sports
      • Undrafted, Mosby joins Panthers with chip on his shoulder
      • Mountain West reportedly considering eliminating football divisions
      • Kevin Atkins “ecstatic” to join 49ers as undrafted free agent
      • Four former Bulldogs to get their NFL chance following 2022 Draft
      • Buzzy Cavinder twins bolted from Fresno State. Here’s where they landed.
    • Education
      • Faced with teachable moment at Bullard High, Fresno Unified leaders blew it.
      • CSU exec harassment cases headlined by porn on work computers, demeaning employees
      • SCCCD promotes from within, names new Fresno City College president
      • Patterson, legislators request audit into Fresno State, CSU over sex harassment claims
      • Valley schools brace for later start times. One district is already making the switch.
    • Business
      • Will Fresno be an industrial jobs magnet or repellant? The answer lies at the southern end of town.
      • Calif. officials blitz leaking idle oil wells in Bakersfield
      • California Screaming: Report hypes out-of-state “opposition” to Newsom flip to save Diablo Canyon
      • Poll: Calif. voters want to keep Diablo Canyon open
      • Tulare looks to reap cash from weed shops, growers with tax push
    • COVID-19
      • Newsom tries boosting vax rates with Kern Co. swing for second booster
      • Foster Farms, Valley staffing agencies fined $3.8mil over COVID sick leave
      • School vax mandate bill pulled amid mounting opposition, Calif. lawmaker announces.
      • Another Valley county joins choir against Calif. student COVID-19 vaccine mandate
      • Lawmaker pulls Calif. bill to mandate vaccines for all workers
  • Calif. & Beyond
    • California
      • California Screaming: Report hypes out-of-state “opposition” to Newsom flip to save Diablo Canyon
      • Poll: Calif. voters want to keep Diablo Canyon open
      • Newsom tries boosting vax rates with Kern Co. swing for second booster
      • Newsom seeks minor tax relief as Calif. surplus hits eye-popping $97bil surplus
      • Newsom rolls out $18bil in fresh spending to stop inflation
    • U.S.
      • McClintock flips on Ukraine stance following TV blowback
      • Ahead of Super Bowl, U.S. halts import of Mexican avocados over threat against inspector
      • McCarthy forces delay on $1.75tril social spending bill with record-breaking filibuster
      • Biden infrastructure package approved, focus turns to $1.75 reconciliation
      • McCarthy attacks Biden’s botched Afghan exit as embrace of “Weak Man Theory”
  • View
    • Commentary
      • Faced with teachable moment at Bullard High, Fresno Unified leaders blew it.
      • Sun Sound-Off: Kings Co. District Attorney’s Race
      • Is Diablo Canyon a problem – or the solution?
      • The drug supply chain needs transparency to reduce drug prices
      • Theft of Calif. water is occurring behind mountains of paperwork. Why we need to stop it.
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Calif. officials ban watering “useless” grass over drought worries

Brown lawns are on the horizon as California head into summer – but not all turf is on the chopping block.

The San Joaquin Valley Sun15 hours agoMay 24, 2022 Comments Off on Calif. officials ban watering “useless” grass over drought worries 745
Agriculture

Newsom threatens mandatory water restrictions if Californians can’t cutback

As drought worsens, Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened Monday to impose mandatory water restrictions if residents don’t use less on their own.

The San Joaquin Valley Sun1 day agoMay 23, 2022 Comments Off on Newsom threatens mandatory water restrictions if Californians can’t cutback 2106
Agriculture

Calif. lawmakers demand probe into hedge funds, Harvard buying up water rights

Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D–Bakersfield) joined a call for the Justice Department to review hedge funds’ mass-scale acquisition of water rights in California and the western U.S.

The San Joaquin Valley Sun5 days agoMay 19, 2022 Comments Off on Calif. lawmakers demand probe into hedge funds, Harvard buying up water rights 951
Agriculture, Hanford

Lemoore launches salvo against effort to swipe to Kings River floodwater

The pushback centers on efforts by a Kern County water agency to divert water from the Kings River.

Daniel GligichMay 17, 2022, 9:29 pmMay 17, 2022 Comments Off on Lemoore launches salvo against effort to swipe to Kings River floodwater 1369
Agriculture, Madera, Travel

Madera Co. OKs incentives for new Oakhurst resort, groundwater policies

A new, major hotel is coming to Oakhurst. 

Daniel GligichMay 17, 2022, 8:09 pmMay 17, 2022 Comments Off on Madera Co. OKs incentives for new Oakhurst resort, groundwater policies 1382
Agriculture, California

Newsom pleaded for water cutbacks amid drought. Californians stopped listening.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has begged Californians to cutback their water use, but March saw water use increase by 19 percent compared to 2020.

The San Joaquin Valley SunMay 11, 2022, 8:15 pmMay 11, 2022 Comments Off on Newsom pleaded for water cutbacks amid drought. Californians stopped listening. 1036
Agriculture

State water officials preach conservation as drought worsens

With California experiencing the driest year of record so far, state water officials are preaching conservation amid a bleak outlook as summer approaches.

Daniel GligichMay 10, 2022, 10:07 pmMay 10, 2022 Comments Off on State water officials preach conservation as drought worsens 732
Agriculture, Hanford, Political Fundraising, Politics

Seat for sale? Kings Co. Supervisor emerges as pricey proxy fight over water

Has a seat on the sleepy Kings County Board of Supervisors become a proxy fight for control of water flows in the southern San Joaquin Valley?

Daniel GligichMay 2, 2022, 6:30 amMay 1, 2022 Comments Off on Seat for sale? Kings Co. Supervisor emerges as pricey proxy fight over water 2532
Agriculture, Business, COVID-19

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.

The San Joaquin Valley SunApril 28, 2022, 6:30 amApril 27, 2022 Comments Off on Foster Farms, Valley staffing agencies fined $3.8mil over COVID sick leave 876
Agriculture

Valley’s ‘water blueprint’ makes splash with statewide push for $6.5bil in water funds

A coalition of Southern California, Bay Area, and trade groups joined the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley in pressing Sacramento for long-term water improvements.

Don WrightApril 27, 2022, 3:10 pmApril 27, 2022 Comments Off on Valley’s ‘water blueprint’ makes splash with statewide push for $6.5bil in water funds 1809

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