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Here’s how Valley schools will reopen this fall
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond announced guidelines Monday for public schools to reopen after being closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
June 8, 2020
Perez to face thousands more in fines over Kern Co. marijuana ban vote
The fines are the result of a January settlement over claims Leticia Perez voted against a marijuana ban while her husband lobbied for marijuana clients.
June 8, 2020
Maxwell, Esparza distance themselves from Young Dems’ Police Chief criticism
A Young Democrat statement criticizing Chief Andy Hall led Councilman-Elect Tyler Maxwell to walk a fine line between the two constituencies he serves.
June 8, 2020
John Loomis, San Joaquin College of Law founder, dies
In 1969, Loomis, the Hon. Dan Eymann and the Hon. Oliver Wanger founded the San Joaquin College of Law with 100 students in its initial class.
June 8, 2020
Prop. 13 faces partial repeal in November. Here’s what is at stake.
California’s longtime property tax rules from Proposition 13 – passed in 1978 – face a challenge on the November ballot from a so-called "split-roll tax."
June 8, 2020
West Nile Virus pops up in Fresno Co.
Amid reopening from coronavirus, the Fresno County Department of Public Health warns that West Nile Virus has been found in Fresno.
June 4, 2020
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks reopen for visitors
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are reopening on Thursday after being closed for over two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
June 3, 2020
Calif.’s first steps toward legal sports betting expose major battlelines
California must overcome the competing interests of three key players in the frenetic gaming industry – Indian casinos, card rooms, and horse race tracks.
June 3, 2020
River Park Stores Brace for Riot, Hoax or Not
Sierra Glass Co. was placing boards at the Nordstrom Rack at the Villagio Shopping Center — the first…
June 2, 2020
South Valley law enforcement deployed to Bay Area for riot response
As protests in the San Francisco Bay Area teeter into violent riots filled with looting, local law enforcement agencies are receiving new batches of relief.
June 1, 2020