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Fresno Co. to declare emergency due to heatwave-driven cow carcass pile-up
Oddly enough, livestock deaths will take center state at the Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ special meeting Tuesday.
August 24, 2020
Calif. Supreme Court vacates death penalty for Scott Peterson
The Modesto-based murderer of his wife and their unborn son may be again sentenced to death after a second penalty phase trial.
August 24, 2020
Fresno Co. files injunction to shut down Immanuel Schools
Fresno County followed through Thursday with its threat to file an injunction to shut the private Christian schools down.
August 23, 2020
Cozy relationships landed Fresno BHC a $2mil COVID-19 deal, Bredefeld alleges
“She obviously supports burning healthy communities, not building them,” Garry Bredefeld said of Fresno Building Healthy Communities chief Sandra Celedon.
August 20, 2020
Resnick takes Pistachio War to Tulare, eyes halting another Assemi pistachio plant
The feud between two mammoth players in California pistachios – Stewart Resnick and the Assemi family – has turned to a new location with a familiar fight.
August 20, 2020
Calif. water agency wrestles 7,000-percent cost increase or state takeover
In the Mojave Desert, the long-awaited conflict between California's ambitious 2014 law to limit groundwater use and the people of California has arrived.
August 20, 2020
Merced City Council nixes proposed Black Lives Matter mural
Following rancorous debate, a proposed Black Lives Matter mural slated for downtown Merced was voted down by the City Council.
August 19, 2020
Tulare hospital starts accepting bids to complete unfinished tower
Several years after running out of money, the unfinished tower at Adventist Health Tulare is one step closer to getting back on track to completion.
August 19, 2020
Newsom’s strike force tallies up Valley rule-breakers
With California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to shut down indoor-dining for restaurants across the state amid the coronavirus…
August 18, 2020
Second Fresno Co. private school reopens against state coronavirus orders
A private school in Clovis is following in the footsteps of Reedley’s Immanuel Schools, reopening the campus for in-person instruction.
August 18, 2020