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    • Fresno
      • Zero-dollar-bail led to Fresno’s viral daytime smash-and-grab. Now, suspects are behind bars.
      • Planned Parenthood preps Fresno stop in Supreme Court pushback tour
      • Fresno City Council President sues Garry Bredefeld alleging defamation over “extortion” claims
      • Mailer claims Fresno City Council candidates hold opposing rent control views. New audio tells a different story.
      • Was Fresno City Attorney’s exit forced by “extortion” attempt? Here’s what he had to say.
    • Clovis
      • 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
      • Clovis woman named to NASA’s newest class of astronauts
    • 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
      • Kern Co. lawmakers excoriate Salas-led efforts to strip map-making power
    • Modesto
      • 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
      • Another Valley county joins choir against Calif. student COVID-19 vaccine mandate
      • Save Mart Companies acquired by L.A.-based private equity firm
    • 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
      • 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
      • Fagundes, Hacker trade jabs in Kings Co. DA debate
    • 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
      • 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
      • Another Valley county joins choir against Calif. student COVID-19 vaccine mandate
      • Save Mart Companies acquired by L.A.-based private equity firm
    • 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
      • Kings Co. firefighter tax measure attracts opposition ahead of primary election
      • Fresno Co. Sheriff hopeful Zanoni leans Mims backing, internal knowledge to mold department
      • Mailer claims Fresno City Council candidates hold opposing rent control views. New audio tells a different story.
      • Fresno Co. Sheriff hopeful Salazar’s priorities: prevention, intervention, enforcement.
      • Sun Sound-Off: Kings Co. District Attorney’s Race
    • Agriculture
      • Lemoore launches salvo against effort to swipe to Kings River floodwater
      • Madera Co. OKs incentives for new Oakhurst resort, groundwater policies
      • Newsom pleaded for water cutbacks amid drought. Californians stopped listening.
      • State water officials preach conservation as drought worsens
      • Seat for sale? Kings Co. Supervisor emerges as pricey proxy fight over water
    • 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
      • 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.
      • Calif. public school enrollment sinks below 6mil kids
    • Business
      • Tulare looks to reap cash from weed shops, growers with tax push
      • Visalia to once again explore OKing cannabis retailers
      • All brakes, no gas? Calif. preps ending gas appliances in new homes
      • Judge OKs sale of troubled Fresno trailer park to planned buyer
      • Report: Gas rebate could be delayed for months
    • 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
      • 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
      • All brakes, no gas? Calif. preps ending gas appliances in new homes
      • Calif. law banning gun sales to under-21 residents invalidated, court rules
    • 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”
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    • Commentary
      • 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.
      • Calif. voters backed $7.5bil bond for dams. Here’s where things stand 7 years later.
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COVID-19

COVID-19, Health

Valley hospitals issue desperate plea as COVID hospitalizations pile up

The impact of soaring coronavirus hospitalizations are taking a toll on health care institutions running the length of Highway 99.

Les HubbardJanuary 17, 2022, 2:44 pmJanuary 17, 2022 Comments Off on Valley hospitals issue desperate plea as COVID hospitalizations pile up 2413
California, COVID-19

Newsom sends in National Guard to ramp up COVID testing

More than 200 members of the California National Guard were activated by Gov. Gavin Newsom to aid in coronavirus testing efforts across the state.

The San Joaquin Valley SunJanuary 7, 2022, 10:52 pmJanuary 9, 2022 Comments Off on Newsom sends in National Guard to ramp up COVID testing 821
California, COVID-19

As Newsom’s new mask mandate arrives, one region scores exemption: the Bay Area.

Wednesday marked the return of a statewide universal mask mandate for Californians, unless you’re working in the office or a gym in select Bay Area counties.

Reid StoneDecember 15, 2021, 9:54 amDecember 15, 2021 Comments Off on As Newsom’s new mask mandate arrives, one region scores exemption: the Bay Area. 1617
California, COVID-19

Newsom institutes universal indoor mask mandate ahead of holidays

California’s relaunched mask mandate starts six months to the day after Gov. Gavin Newsom hosted a rally at Universal Studios Hollywood to celebrate the state’s “full reopening.”

Daniel GligichDecember 13, 2021, 4:21 pmDecember 13, 2021 Comments Off on Newsom institutes universal indoor mask mandate ahead of holidays 1509
California, COVID-19

Appeals court temporarily halts Calif. prison vaccine mandate

A federal appeals court on Friday issued a temporary stay of a coronavirus vaccine mandate for prison workers.

The San Joaquin Valley SunNovember 28, 2021, 8:06 pmNovember 28, 2021 Comments Off on Appeals court temporarily halts Calif. prison vaccine mandate 1699
COVID-19, Visalia/Tulare

Tulare eyeing sizable downtown investment with rescue funds

The south Valley community received $18 million of the $1.8 trillion American Rescue Plan relief package.

Daniel GligichNovember 18, 2021, 9:50 pmNovember 18, 2021 Comments Off on Tulare eyeing sizable downtown investment with rescue funds 2172
COVID-19, Fresno, Health

Fresno Co. halts all non-emergency ambulance uses

Fresno County officials are asking residents to stop calling for an ambulance for non-emergency medical woes as worries of another coronavirus surge are growing.

Daniel GligichNovember 10, 2021, 7:30 pmNovember 10, 2021 Comments Off on Fresno Co. halts all non-emergency ambulance uses 1783
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 2025
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 1136
COVID-19, Education

Watch: Valley parents rally against vax mandate in Monday school walkout

Pushback to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first-in-the-nation vaccine mandate for California’s school children hit a fever pitch on Monday.

The San Joaquin Valley SunOctober 18, 2021, 7:54 pmOctober 19, 2021 Comments Off on Watch: Valley parents rally against vax mandate in Monday school walkout 1172

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