Tulare eyeing sizable downtown investment with rescue funds
The south Valley community received $18 million of the $1.8 trillion American Rescue Plan relief package.
COVID-19, Visalia
Politics
San Joaquin Supe Tom Patti announces run for Congress
The former boxer who trained with Mike Tyson is entering a different ring, taking a plunge for Congress.
Bakersfield
Court Docs: Ex-Kern Co. Fair maintenance supervisor pocketed cash from illegally recycled scrap metal
The man, who was charged with three counts of grand theft by prosecutors, was one piece of a scathing, wide-ranging state audit report of Kern County Fair management and its board of directors.
California Redistricting
Calif. mapmakers hear earful from Valley residents over draft Congressional lines
Advocates for the Dolores Huerta Foundation attempted to assuage concerns of packing minority-majority district while south Valley residents sought to distance themselves from the City of Fresno.
Cannabis, Madera
Madera’s cannabis push stalls out at the one-yard line
Once again, Madera’s future pot shops are kept waiting as lawmakers could not muster up enough support Wednesday evening to pass the city’s cannabis business permits ordinance.
Politics
TJ Cox abandons 2022 rematch with Valadao, throws support behind Salas
The Fresno Democrat will not run against Rep. David Valadao (R–Hanford) for the third-straight election.
Modesto
Handing inmates to ICE went from controversial to snoozer. Stanislaus Co. Sheriff explains why.
Out of over 16,000 bookings into the county jail, ICE requested that 224 of those inmates have a detainer placed on them, Stanislaus County Sheriff Jeff Dirkse said.
Agriculture, Fresno
No. 1 again: Fresno Co. leads nation in crop production for third-straight year, report says.
Despite a global pandemic, farm production in Fresno County is humming and leading the U.S., according to the county’s 2020 crop report.
Cannabis, Hanford
Hanford hikes recreational marijuana tax to legal maximum
Shortly after deciding to add a third recreational pot shop, Kings County’s largest city is looking to leverage legal pot’s financial benefits quickly.
Stockton, Travel
Stockton airport gets a boost from San Joaquin Co. Supes, courtesy of COVID funding
Stockton’s airport is receiving a nice chunk of federal COVID-19 stimulus funding for three projects.
