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Valley consumers have options – even in a tight car buying market
A number of factors have made car-buying harder for Valley consumers. But buyers still have plenty of options, writes the President of California's New Car Dealers Association.
June 1, 2022
Facing must-pass deadline, GOPers, Moderate Dems to try one last shot at suspending gas tax
Supporters of a gas tax holiday said they have more Democratic support for the measure and may try again to force a floor vote before a Friday deadline.
May 26, 2022
Calif.’s ADA abuse has jumped from ramps to cyberspace. Why it’s posing greater danger.
California laws designed to protect the disabled are being hijacked by scammers looking for a quick payday by targeting the websites of businesses from Bakersfield to Redding.
May 26, 2022
Leaky Bakersfield oil wells spew explosive level of methane, state inspectors find.
State and regional inspectors found concentrations of methane in the air around some of the east Bakersfield wells at levels considered potentially explosive.
May 26, 2022
Addicted to TikTok? Calif. parents could soon sue tech firms for hooking kids.
Big tech firms that run Instagram and TikTok could find themselves facing a litany of lawsuits from California parents over the addictiveness of their services.
May 25, 2022
Dems reject effort to force vote to suspend Calif. gas tax
Two Valley lawmakers vying for a seat in Congress are taking decidedly different approaches to the priciest issue on voters' minds.
May 26, 2022
Will Fresno be an industrial jobs magnet or repellant? The answer lies at the southern end of town.
Will a set of two-decade-old industrial buildings in south Fresno continue to flourish the city's booming job magnets? Or are they headed for an activist-led scrapheap?
May 23, 2022
Calif. officials blitz leaking idle oil wells in Bakersfield
State regulators found a pair of idle wells had "pinhole-sized leaks," causing alarm for neighbors in east Bakersfield.
May 22, 2022
California Screaming: Report hypes out-of-state “opposition” to Newsom flip to save Diablo Canyon
Despite a renaissance of support from voters and state lawmakers, reports of bubbling opposition to saving California's lone nuke plant have an odd wrinkle.
May 22, 2022
Poll: Calif. voters want to keep Diablo Canyon open
The future of California's last – arguably most critical – nuclear plant is in flux. Californians, however, are decidedly in support of keeping it open, a new survey finds.
May 19, 2022