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Hurtado asks for analysis into potential $0.47 gas price increase
The Bakersfield Democrat is pushing the state to provide impartial analysis into a regulatory vote next week that could drastically raise gas prices in California.
Hanford ordered to pay $17.4 million to two women hit by a city vehicle
A Kings County jury sided with two elderly women, giving both of them multi-million dollar payouts.
Port of Stockton receives $110 million for clean energy project
Funding will allow the Port of Stockton to become the first small port with zero-emission terminal operations.
Fresno-Madera region tops Valley with $25 million in new homeless funding
Millions of state dollars are heading to the Central Valley to support housing and supportive services for the homeless.
Bakersfield City Council candidate faces calls to drop out over knife assault conviction
The race to replace Bakersfield Councilman Bruce Freeman has been turned upside down over a 19-year-old conviction against one candidate for a knife attack on a Bakersfield woman.
Prison contractor sues California, Kern County health officer over new state law
The contractor is suing the state over a law that it claims would supersede federal authority.
Fresno is set to get the nation’s largest Costco. Enviro advocates are suing to halt it.
The relocation of a Costco location to the Herndon Ave. corridor has sparked a fight with environmental activists.
Valadao, Costa push for government to recognize Sikh Genocide
Forty years after the Sikh Genocide began, Central Valley lawmakers are looking to have the United States formally recognize and commemorate the tragedy.
House Republicans push CARB to delay vote that could raise gas prices by $0.47 per gallon
Gov. Gavin Newsom also told CARB to hurry along its study of allowing a new fuel blend that could decrease the price of gas.
Former Fresno County Supervisor Doug Vagim dies at 81
Vagim, a Fresno native, was a longtime figure in local politics.
