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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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Saving Diablo Canyon was once a non-starter. Study says plant is key to reaching Calif. climate goals.

Saving Diablo Canyon was once a taboo subject for California. With bold climate orders from Gov. Gavin Newsom, the nuclear plant’s closure looks ill-timed and problematic.

Daniel GligichNovember 16, 2021, 11:22 pmNovember 16, 2021 Comments Off on Saving Diablo Canyon was once a non-starter. Study says plant is key to reaching Calif. climate goals. 1508
California, Politics

Newsom’s wife heaps intrigue to curious absence from Scotland climate conference

In a now-deleted Sunday night tweet, Jennifer Siebel Newsom offered example reasons why her husband would skip a much-vaunted climate conference, telling detractors to “get a life.”

Reid StoneNovember 8, 2021, 10:00 amNovember 8, 2021 Comments Off on Newsom’s wife heaps intrigue to curious absence from Scotland climate conference 5924
California, COVID-19

Newsom joins prison guards in appealing vaccine mandate

Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking a federal appeals court to pause an order requiring correctional staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The San Joaquin Valley SunNovember 4, 2021, 10:45 pmNovember 4, 2021 Comments Off on Newsom joins prison guards in appealing vaccine mandate 2031
Business, California, Wildfires

PG&E agrees to $125mil settlement for 2019 Kincade fire damage

The agreement was reached after the regulators found fault with the maintenance and condition of a high-voltage PG&E transmission tower supporting a long inactive power plant.

The San Joaquin Valley SunNovember 4, 2021, 1:36 pmNovember 4, 2021 Comments Off on PG&E agrees to $125mil settlement for 2019 Kincade fire damage 815
California, COVID-19

Judge orders some Calif. prison guards to get vaxxed

A judge in California ruled Friday that state prison guards who work in and around facilities’ health care settings must be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The San Joaquin Valley SunOctober 22, 2021, 7:04 pmOctober 24, 2021 Comments Off on Judge orders some Calif. prison guards to get vaxxed 1145
Agriculture, Business, California, View

Valley – and California’s – family-owned businesses can’t take another tax

The Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion (STEP) Act will force Valley families to pay a huge tax bill on property or assets they didn’t own decades earlier, writes BizFed Central Valley chair William Bourdeau.

William BourdeauOctober 22, 2021, 6:28 amOctober 21, 2021 Comments Off on Valley – and California’s – family-owned businesses can’t take another tax 1992
Business, California

Closure with Fries: S.F. closes In-N-Out over joint’s refusal to demand vax proof

The California-based iconic fast food chain has steadfastly refused to comply with San Francisco requirements to demand proof of vaccination to enter its restaurant.

Les HubbardOctober 19, 2021, 3:52 pmOctober 19, 2021 Comments Off on Closure with Fries: S.F. closes In-N-Out over joint’s refusal to demand vax proof 2416
California, COVID-19

Newsom appeals ruling to resist court-ordered vax mandate for prison guards

Despite issuing a wide-ranging set of vaccine mandates for Californians, Newsom avoided ordering prison guards, owners of a powerful union, from getting vaccinated. Now, he’s appealing a court-ordered mandate governing them.

Reid StoneOctober 13, 2021, 2:17 pmOctober 13, 2021 Comments Off on Newsom appeals ruling to resist court-ordered vax mandate for prison guards 5964
California

Should Calif.’s bullet train be high-speed? That’s the $4bil question for Newsom, lawmakers.

The rail system, anchored in the Central Valley, has become a target of derision among Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento. Now, the core promise of high-speed rail is in jeopardy.

Reid StoneOctober 13, 2021, 1:51 pmOctober 13, 2021 Comments Off on Should Calif.’s bullet train be high-speed? That’s the $4bil question for Newsom, lawmakers. 1184
California, Politics

Sign and veto: Newsom seals fate to these must-watch bills of 2021

Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom completed signing and vetoing bills approved by legislators in the final day of the 2021 legislative session.

Alex TavlianOctober 10, 2021, 8:20 pmOctober 10, 2021 Comments Off on Sign and veto: Newsom seals fate to these must-watch bills of 2021 3957

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