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Is this campaign ad racist? Or just calling a candidate corrupt?
State Center Community College trustee Eric Payne says a campaign attack ad against him, mailed to voters, is racist.
September 27, 2020
In Fresno school board race, candidate’s tweets beat distance learning as issue of the day
The tweets come from David Paredes, a candidate for Fresno Unified School Board in the Fresno High School trustee area.
September 28, 2020
POLL: Valadao posts 11-point lead over Cox in hotly-contested Congressional seat
The results come from a new internal poll from the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), a top super PAC backing Republican House candidates.
September 20, 2020
Abuse and an amputated penis: Questions arise over Cox’s elder care partner
An elder care business owned by Rep. TJ Cox was partially led by a woman thrice prosecuted for elder abuse.
September 14, 2020
Harris set for Fresno visit one day after Trump’s Calif. fire briefing
The California Senator and Democratic VP nominee Kamala Harris is heading to Fresno on Tuesday wildfires ravage the nearby Sierra Nevadas.
September 13, 2020
McCarthy gets early morning wake-up call, courtesy of Bakersfield activists at his front door
The House Minority Leader received more than a dozen protesters at his front door at 4:30 a.m. on Friday.
September 7, 2020
Nunes pivots ad blitz toward Calif. loopholes on sex offenses, riots
With 60 days to election day, Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare) still hasn't uttered the name of his opponent on television.
September 3, 2020
Junior college race jolted with attack website aimed at Payne
State Center Community College District Trustee Eric Payne is facing some opposition in a new website that has sprung up.
September 1, 2020
Calif. man charged with harassing wife of Devin Nunes
The man was alleged to have sent "a series of threatening and lewd communications to Elizabeth [Nunes] aimed at her and her children."
August 31, 2020
Tom Berryhill, Valley legislator, passes at 67
Tom Berryhill, a Stanislaus County Supervisor, former state Senator and Assemblyman, died two days after his birthday.
August 30, 2020