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    • Fresno
      • With backing from Fresno’s outgoing City Attorney, Bredefeld pushes to dismiss suit from Esparza
      • Fresno lawmakers pitch ballot measure for veterans facilities, services
      • Dyer’s budget proposal heavy on public safety, surprising Measure P funds
      • Fresno City Council mulls opposing Fresno Co.’s marquee road tax
      • Fresno law enforcement cracks down on violent criminals, “ghost guns”
    • 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
      • Leaky Bakersfield oil wells spew explosive level of methane, state inspectors find.
      • 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
    • 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
      • Newsom signs off on 25-year deal for Valley tribe to run local casino
      • 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
    • 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
      • In battle against Valadao, Chris Mathys gets a big lift – from Nancy Pelosi
      • Fresno lawmakers pitch ballot measure for veterans facilities, services
      • Dems reject effort to force vote to suspend Calif. gas tax
      • Fresno City Council mulls opposing Fresno Co.’s marquee road tax
      • Modesto mulling sales tax hike to provide budget boost
    • 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
      • Facing must-pass deadline, GOPers, Moderate Dems to try one last shot at suspending gas tax
      • Calif.’s ADA abuse has jumped from ramps to cyberspace. Why it’s posing greater danger.
      • Leaky Bakersfield oil wells spew explosive level of methane, state inspectors find.
      • Dems reject effort to force vote to suspend Calif. gas tax
      • Addicted to TikTok? Calif. parents could soon sue tech firms for hooking kids.
    • 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
      • Facing must-pass deadline, GOPers, Moderate Dems to try one last shot at suspending gas tax
      • Addicted to TikTok? Calif. parents could soon sue tech firms for hooking kids.
      • Dems reject effort to force vote to suspend Calif. gas tax
      • California Screaming: Report hypes out-of-state “opposition” to Newsom flip to save Diablo Canyon
      • Poll: Calif. voters want to keep Diablo Canyon open
    • 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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      • Calif.’s ADA abuse has jumped from ramps to cyberspace. Why it’s posing greater danger.
      • 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
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Archive, Fresno

The challenges in regulating, cleaning up Fresno's underground housing market

Michael Flores showed me how hard it is to clean up underground housing in Fresno. The Downtown library showed me how easy it is to fall into the trap of underground housing.

George HostetterFebruary 14, 2017, 12:23 pmMarch 14, 2019 0 1059
Archive, Fresno

Fresno capitalizes on wet winter, takes on water from Friant Dam

Now water bigwigs are begging us to take the stuff off their hands. That’s what a wet 2016-2017 season does to water policy.

George HostetterFebruary 10, 2017, 9:45 amMarch 14, 2019 0 898
Archive, Fresno

With Brand's housing initiative OK'd, key piece of Brandau-Olivier proposal gets axed

The Landlord-Tenant ombudsman doesn’t appear to long for this world.

George HostetterFebruary 9, 2017, 10:43 amMarch 14, 2019 0 886
Archive, Fresno

Dyer eschews sanctuary drama, keeps focus on police expansion and engagement

Chief Dyer spent 2016 pushing cops to avoid caving to pressure from political opponents in 2016, now he’s focused on the department’s growth and activity.

George HostetterFebruary 6, 2017, 6:54 pmMarch 14, 2019 0 3139
Archive, Fresno

Delays on recycled water project puts City Hall bureaucracy on hot seat

A reckoning is coming over delays regarding Fresno’s recycled water program. At stake: whether City Hall can manage its bureaucracy beyond water issues.

George HostetterFebruary 3, 2017, 11:48 amMarch 14, 2019 0 903
Archive, Fresno

Auditor: Fresno PD misconduct investigations at 5-year low in 2016

Dyer explains that the trend is being driven by “…increased positive interactions occurring between police officers and citizens.”

George HostetterJanuary 31, 2017, 8:24 amMarch 14, 2019 0 999
Archive, Fresno

Brand's rental housing inspection plan resets the battle lines at City Hall

With Mayor Lee Brand’s newly-pitched Rental Housing Improvement Act, Fresno’s rental housing market may never be the same.

George HostetterJanuary 29, 2017, 11:17 pmMarch 14, 2019 0 910
Archive, Fresno

Brand launches search for new City Manager to replace retiring Rudd

Mayor Lee Brand met with a consultant to jump-start the national search for Fresno’s next city manager, eyeing a fiscal conservative and strong communicator.

George HostetterJanuary 26, 2017, 10:44 amMarch 14, 2019 1 822
Archive, Fresno

Newest Downtown parking lot deal a sign of shifting tides at City Hall

The $420k sale pushed aside the Fresno Housing Authority, a key Swearengin ally, and opens the door for public-private partnership to aid revitalization.

George HostetterJanuary 25, 2017, 10:25 amMarch 14, 2019 0 1332
Archive, Fresno

Housing Authority, HSR Authority prepare bidding war for Downtown parking lot

Two public agencies are going toe-to-toe to drive up a sale price and burn taxpayer money in the process. Regardless, City Hall has its hand on the scale.

George HostetterJanuary 24, 2017, 8:10 amMarch 14, 2019 0 815

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