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    • Fresno
      • Fresno State stadium tax measure headed to November ballot
      • Despite staffers’ arrest, Fresno’s Advance Peace picks up six-figure grant from taxpayers
      • Push to confiscate cell phones at Fresno high school has parents, students up-in-arms
      • Feds indict ex-Sanger Police officer over on-the-job sexual assaults
      • Oakhurst man sentenced for pepper-spraying U.S. Capitol Police officer amid Jan. 6 breach
    • Clovis
      • Clovis Mayor Flores announces retirement, kickstarting changing of guard
      • Fresno Co. Grand Jury argues Clovis Police coming up short on diversified police force
      • 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
    • Bakersfield
      • Kern Co. lawmakers clear path for Mojave to launch “inland port” to aid supply chain
      • Bakersfield inmate escaped from re-entry facility, CDCR says.
      • Rural Calif. is helping reach Newsom’s green goals. Now, he wants an end-run around them.
      • Kern Co. term limits proposal shoots for fresh blood, new ideas
      • Bakersfield bakery owner heads to trial over faith-based objection to cakes for gay weddings
    • Modesto
      • Foster Farms demands property tax refund from Valley county
      • Stanislaus Co. approves new property tax agreement with cities
      • 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
    • Visalia/Tulare
      • Adventist Health, Anthem Blue Cross agree to extra time to negotiate
      • First case of Monkeypox found in Tulare County
      • Contract war between Anthem, Adventist Health raises blood pressure over health coverage
      • COVID costs send Valley hospital into first-ever, $11.2mil deficit
      • Visalia amps up efforts to combat illegal fireworks use
    • Hanford
      • Kings Co. halts proposed inflationary hike in building fees
      • Rural Calif. is helping reach Newsom’s green goals. Now, he wants an end-run around them.
      • Faraday Future, Hanford-based EV automaker, delays car launch amid cash woes
      • Adventist Health, Anthem Blue Cross agree to extra time to negotiate
      • Contract war between Anthem, Adventist Health raises blood pressure over health coverage
    • Madera
      • Popular Madera brewery destroyed in blaze
      • Homelessness is up in Fresno, Madera – but not on the streets. Here’s why.
      • Madera Co. greenlights permanent extension of road tax, Measure T
      • Garbage rate hikes, massive new housing development take center stage for Madera Co. Supervisors
      • Madera Co. preps for Fall showdowns to fill Supervisor vacancies
    • Merced
      • ‘It’s an opiate addiction’: Pushback on police forces Merced to punt safety tax extension
      • Skunkworks icon, F-117 stealth fighter, debuts at Castle Air Museum
      • Merced advances permanent renewal of transportation and public safety tax
      • Former Merced cop sentenced for union embezzlement scheme
      • Merced’s airport boasts new airline. Here’s where they’re flying.
    • Mariposa
      • Highway 140 reopens as fire officials gain grip on Yosemite-based Oak Fire
      • Washburn Fire grows as suppression ramps up, blaze 25% contained
      • 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
    • Modesto
      • Foster Farms demands property tax refund from Valley county
      • Stanislaus Co. approves new property tax agreement with cities
      • 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
    • Stockton
      • $6k trip to Stockton? Company pitches pricey river cruise between SF, Valley
      • Scanning issues bring ballot counting to a crawl in San Joaquin County
      • On eve of Calif. primary, San Joaquin Co. tackles ballot issues amid unexpected passing of elections chief
      • Stockton OKs new policy for cops’ use of military equipment
      • North Valley city joins opposition to 2022 initiative limiting local tax hikes
  • Topics
    • Politics
      • Fresno State stadium tax measure headed to November ballot
      • ‘It’s an opiate addiction’: Pushback on police forces Merced to punt safety tax extension
      • Fresno State stadium tax backers submit signatures. Will voters get a chance to weigh-in?
      • Local, state candidates report fundraising hauls ahead of Fall blitz
      • Dem poll hopes to raise Salas’ fortunes against Valadao
    • Agriculture
      • As drought deepens, focus of Calif.’s chief water officials is elsewhere: on race.
      • Desert-based water agency eyes multi-million dollar deal to buy water out of Kings County
      • UFW starts 335-mile march to press for elimination of secret ballot union elections
      • Calif.’s great water experiments have failed. It’s time for real solutions.
      • In exit, Calif. water official calls for “permanently reducing agriculture”
    • Sports
      • Fresno State kicks off fall camp with high expectations, familiar faces
      • Prandini, U.S. women deliver stunning 4×100 relay upset for world track crown
      • Haener top ‘Dog in Mountain West, five Bulldogs named to preseason All-MW team,
      • ‘Dogs picked to win MW division. Here’s who Tedford’s crew would face for crown.
      • Valley stars get plenty of love from MLB clubs during draft
    • Education
      • Push to confiscate cell phones at Fresno high school has parents, students up-in-arms
      • More sexual misconduct cases emerge at Fresno State
      • In wake of school attacks, Fresno school districts seek to beef up campus security
      • Calif. set aside $115mil for free college textbooks. This top bureaucrat is holding it up.
      • CSU, UC begin to fast-track supplying abortion pills to campuses
    • Business
      • Kern Co. lawmakers clear path for Mojave to launch “inland port” to aid supply chain
      • Foster Farms demands property tax refund from Valley county
      • Kings Co. halts proposed inflationary hike in building fees
      • Rural Calif. is helping reach Newsom’s green goals. Now, he wants an end-run around them.
      • Distilleries who rescued U.S. from COVID sanitizer shortage face FDA wrath, fines over production
    • COVID-19
      • Distilleries who rescued U.S. from COVID sanitizer shortage face FDA wrath, fines over production
      • Beverly Hills won’t enforce imminently-returning LA County mask mandate
      • CDC recommends Valley return to masking up. The data? Not so much.
      • Researchers find a new way to track COVID-19 waves: wastewater
      • Newsom tries boosting vax rates with Kern Co. swing for second booster
  • Calif. & Beyond
    • California
      • In surprise move, GEICO sheds offices throughout Golden State
      • Calif. Supreme Court chief justice won’t run for second 12-year term
      • Calif. labor group gets two additions: AB5 author as boss, UFW as member
      • Audit: Calif. bureaucrats don’t move fast enough to clean up water for Valley towns
      • Truckers hate AB5. Now, they’ve shut down a Calif. port to protest it.
    • U.S.
      • Oakhurst man sentenced for pepper-spraying U.S. Capitol Police officer amid Jan. 6 breach
      • Distilleries who rescued U.S. from COVID sanitizer shortage face FDA wrath, fines over production
      • Biden hints at Federal gas tax holiday
      • McClintock flips on Ukraine stance following TV blowback
      • Ahead of Super Bowl, U.S. halts import of Mexican avocados over threat against inspector
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    • Commentary
      • As drought deepens, focus of Calif.’s chief water officials is elsewhere: on race.
      • Calif.’s great water experiments have failed. It’s time for real solutions.
      • Kern Co. term limits proposal shoots for fresh blood, new ideas
      • Calif. small businesses are struggling with a new achilles heel: the legal system
      • Meet the new pandemic crushing Calif.’s small businesses: PAGA abuse.
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Business, California

In surprise move, GEICO sheds offices throughout Golden State

One of California’s major insurance companies appears to be bringing in-person operations in the state to a grinding halt.

Daniel GligichAugust 1, 2022, 2:10 pmAugust 1, 2022 Comments Off on In surprise move, GEICO sheds offices throughout Golden State 3850
California

Calif. Supreme Court chief justice won’t run for second 12-year term

Appointed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California Supreme Court’s chief justice said Wednesday that she will not seek a second 12-year term.

The San Joaquin Valley SunJuly 27, 2022, 7:45 pmJuly 27, 2022 Comments Off on Calif. Supreme Court chief justice won’t run for second 12-year term 976
Business, California, Politics

Calif. labor group gets two additions: AB5 author as boss, UFW as member

California’s largest labor lobby is hoping to give the battered United Farmworkers a leg-up, despite less-than-friendly relations with Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Reid StoneJuly 27, 2022, 5:00 pmJuly 27, 2022 Comments Off on Calif. labor group gets two additions: AB5 author as boss, UFW as member 1484
Agriculture, California

Audit: Calif. bureaucrats don’t move fast enough to clean up water for Valley towns

Nearly 1 million Californians receive unsafe drinking water from their taps – most of it in the Central Valley – and state officials aren’t acting fast enough.

The San Joaquin Valley SunJuly 27, 2022, 2:45 pmJuly 27, 2022 Comments Off on Audit: Calif. bureaucrats don’t move fast enough to clean up water for Valley towns 1213
Business, California

Truckers hate AB5. Now, they’ve shut down a Calif. port to protest it.

The controversial California labor is crushing small, independent trucking companies. Now, truckers are bringing a stop to port operations in northern California.

The San Joaquin Valley SunJuly 21, 2022, 11:20 amJuly 21, 2022 Comments Off on Truckers hate AB5. Now, they’ve shut down a Calif. port to protest it. 1166
California

Patterson calls for state audit into Bonta’s CCW data breach

“I don’t trust them,” Asm. Jim Patterson said of Attorney General Rob Bonta and California’s Department of Justice. “And that’s why I think we have to have an audit.”

Daniel GligichJuly 19, 2022, 4:10 pmJuly 19, 2022 Comments Off on Patterson calls for state audit into Bonta’s CCW data breach 1083
California, Education

Calif. set aside $115mil for free college textbooks. This top bureaucrat is holding it up.

More than a year after California lawmakers OK’d the nine-figure sum for textbooks, it remains unspent.

The San Joaquin Valley SunJuly 18, 2022, 7:10 pmJuly 18, 2022 Comments Off on Calif. set aside $115mil for free college textbooks. This top bureaucrat is holding it up. 1043
California, Education

CSU, UC begin to fast-track supplying abortion pills to campuses

A state law passed in 2019 sought to bring medicated abortions to public colleges. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on abortions, implementation is in overdrive.

The San Joaquin Valley SunJuly 17, 2022, 3:50 pmJuly 17, 2022 Comments Off on CSU, UC begin to fast-track supplying abortion pills to campuses 782
California, Politics

Ex-Calif. Rep. Katie Hill files for bankruptcy after failed revenge porn suit

The one-time Democratic star was ousted from Congress after engaging in a sexual relationship with one of her staffers. Now, she’s declaring bankruptcy.

The San Joaquin Valley SunJuly 13, 2022, 11:35 amJuly 13, 2022 Comments Off on Ex-Calif. Rep. Katie Hill files for bankruptcy after failed revenge porn suit 882
California, Politics

Sacramento lobbyist alleges Valley lawmaker engaged in multiple extramarital affairs

A late-night storm of tweets from a lobbyist for the powerful California Medical Association alleged that a Valley lawmaker was engaged in multiple extramarital affairs.

Reid StoneJuly 12, 2022, 2:32 pmJuly 12, 2022 Comments Off on Sacramento lobbyist alleges Valley lawmaker engaged in multiple extramarital affairs 7646

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