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Valley homeowners seeing large gains amid scorching market after pandemic
The dynamic real estate market in the Fresno-Clovis area has resulted in sizable gains for home owners in just a single year.
June 3, 2021
Calif. Senate advances legalization of psychedelics – including date rape drug
The bill, narrowly approved by California's Senate, would legalize not only so-called "magic mushrooms" and LSD, but also MDMA, DMT, ibogaine, mescaline, and ketamine.
June 1, 2021
Medi-Cal agency slept on 13 years of payments from Tulare’s hospital. Now it lost out on $5.5mil.
An eleventh-hour attempt to seek a $5.5 million creditor claim as Tulare's public hospital seeks to wrap up its Chapter 9 bankruptcy was squashed by a Federal judge. Here's how State of California officials fell 13 years behind.
May 25, 2021
Fuego FC to make public pitch to buy Selland Arena property
Central Valley Fuego’s attempt to purchase prime land in downtown Fresno for a new stadium is taking center stage at Thursday’s City Council meeting.
May 25, 2021
Bredefeld, Dyer seek local control over mobile home parks
The death of a Fresno man at a mobile home park that was supposed to be shuttered by the state has prompted the City of Fresno to wrest oversight control from California officials.
May 25, 2021
Pushback grows over Calif. mandating Uber, Lyft drivers switch to electric cars
The decision by California's air board mandating gig economy drivers move to electric vehicles during the 2020s is drawing heavy criticism for the financial crunch on middle class drivers.
May 21, 2021
Clovis appeals ruling mandating plan for 4,400 high-density housing units. Here’s the lay of the land.
Clovis has become the collision point for California's lofty low-income housing goals, uneven government regulations, and the grim realities of land development amid the state's hotter-than-ever housing market.
May 18, 2021
Showtime! Regal reopens more Valley theaters, including one major remodel
Regal Cinemas announced Friday that three of its once-closed San Joaquin Valley theatres are reopening.
May 14, 2021
Now is the time for California to create jobs, not drive them away
With major employers leaving the state during 2019 and 2020, a law like Asm. Lorena Gonzalez's AB 701 will only make matters worse at a time when Californians want and need to get back to work, writes Joe Denham.
May 14, 2021
Fresno City Council OKs eviction lawyers for tenants – with no cash to pay them
A San Francisco program that guarantees lawyers for tenants registered an average success rate of 52% of residents staying in their homes, leading to some heartburn among Fresno lawmakers.
May 13, 2021