Visalia Unified shuts down operations for two weeks
Due to the recent increase of coronavirus cases in Tulare County, Visalia Unified School District has decided to close all district sites for two weeks.
Education, Visalia
Fresno
Brand announces search for new Fresno Police Chief to resume July 1
Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall, who serves as interim chief, is set to retire in mid-2021 under the City’s deferred retirement program.
Fresno
Concerns over leadership, progress rankle Fresno’s police reform panel
After three meetings, Fresno’s Commission on Police Reform spent most of its time debating its own procedures than generating reforms to police procedure.
Bakersfield
Kern County approves preliminary budget that sees pandemic-related hits
The county’s firefighters arguably saw the biggest hit, with their overtime pay being pared back to meet the minimum requirements of Federal labor laws.
Fresno
Police aren’t defunded as Fresno OKs 90-day stopgap budget
“…This is the year from hell, but we’ve all done a remarkable job and all the pressure of working together,” Fresno Mayor Lee Brand said.
Fresno
Preparing for “tragic” July, Fresno Co. retools coronavirus response
While case counts grow, Fresno health officials provided a blunt look at the impact of policy changes – including bar shutdowns – and its current response.
Merced
Merced Co. joins state’s coronavirus watch list
The designation means the county will receive extra targeted engagement from the state to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Education, Visalia
Visalia Unified to pull Black Lives Matter posters from high school fence
Black Lives Matter posters placed along the fence of El Diamante High School are officially coming down, Visalia Unified School District officials announced.
California, Politics
Seventeen-year-olds voting? Could arrive to Calif. in 2022.
Voters will have the opportunity to decide if teen voters should be able to vote in primary and special elections if they turn 18 by the general election.
Bakersfield, Business, Clovis, Fresno, Hanford, Highlight, Merced, Visalia
Newsom orders last call, shuts down bars in Valley counties
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared closing time for the San Joaquin Valley’s bars on Sunday. Citing a swell of coronavirus cases, …
