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Dyer flips, opening taxpayer funds for gang program paying off shooters
Last week, Advance Peace was set to lose funding over a staffer's arrest and threats made against lawmakers. Monday, Mayor Jerry Dyer changed his tune.
August 8, 2022
Bakersfield councilman to vacate seat after two terms
Bakersfield City Councilman Chris Parlier is hitting the exits at the end of 2022. His work has extended a hand, and now a Council seat, to Bakersfield's Sikh community.
June 19, 2022
Fresno Co. averts strike at jail, inking tentative deal with corrections officers
Heading into Father's Day weekend, it looked as if Fresno County's jail could be severely understaffed due to strike.
June 19, 2022
Late-arriving ballots deliver lead changes in Valley election results
Ballots from last week’s primary election continue to trickle into county elections offices as a result of California’s vote-by-mail system, shaking up results in some key races.
June 16, 2022
Valley officials speak out against tribal sports betting initiative
Local officials are urging voters to shoot down one of the three competing November initiatives seeking to legalize sports betting in California.
June 16, 2022
Fresno could finalize acquisition of Tower Theatre next week, judge says
An attempt by Fresno's Adventure Church to halt the sale of the Tower Theatre to Fresno taxpayers is likely to come up short, based on a tentative ruling issued Wednesday.
June 16, 2022
Former Merced cop sentenced for union embezzlement scheme
A former Merced Police officer underwent sentencing on an embezzlement scheme targeting the city's police union.
June 15, 2022
Report: Fresno Unified expels student who took racist photograph
Fallout continues from the Bullard High School incident involving a student who was photographed wearing a KKK-style hood in the school’s weight room in early May.
June 15, 2022
Fresno pulls support of Advance Peace over staff arrests in gang sweep, threats against lawmakers
Advance Peace, which pays would-be gang shooters to stop gun violence, has been controversial for years. Gang arrests and threats against lawmakers by staffers led the City of Fresno to pull its backing.
June 15, 2022
Initiative to impose term limits on Kern Co. Supes set for November ballot
Kern County voters will have the chance to weigh-in on a union-funded effort to cap Kern County Supervisors at two four-year terms of service.
June 14, 2022