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    • Fresno
      • Amid controversy, Fresno lawmakers OK state’s $1mil grant to Planned Parenthood
      • Progressive Kingsburg Councilwoman will not seek second term
      • Cox’s Federal indictment “vindicates Granite Park” nonprofit, Terance Frazier says.
      • Bredefeld, religious leaders push city to oppose Planned Parenthood grant
      • Thousands of Kaiser workers strike, shaking up appointments
    • Clovis
      • Suit: Valley students allege anti-communist, pro-life posters muzzled by college
      • Clovis Mayor Flores announces retirement, kickstarting changing of guard
      • Fresno Co. Grand Jury argues Clovis Police coming up short on diversified police force
      • Fresno law enforcement cracks down on violent criminals, “ghost guns”
      • Harris commits $1mil to Clovis Community Hospital for wound care
    • Bakersfield
      • Kern Co. lawmakers clear path for Mojave to launch “inland port” to aid supply chain
      • Bakersfield inmate escaped from re-entry facility, CDCR says.
      • Rural Calif. is helping reach Newsom’s green goals. Now, he wants an end-run around them.
      • Kern Co. term limits proposal shoots for fresh blood, new ideas
      • Bakersfield bakery owner heads to trial over faith-based objection to cakes for gay weddings
    • Modesto
      • Foster Farms demands property tax refund from Valley county
      • Stanislaus Co. approves new property tax agreement with cities
      • Modesto approves deal to launch sales tax measure for November ballot
      • Modesto mulling sales tax hike to provide budget boost
      • No Fly Zone: Valley city shoots down pitch to bring Bird scooters to town
    • Visalia/Tulare
      • Adventist Health, Anthem Blue Cross agree to extra time to negotiate
      • First case of Monkeypox found in Tulare County
      • Contract war between Anthem, Adventist Health raises blood pressure over health coverage
      • COVID costs send Valley hospital into first-ever, $11.2mil deficit
      • Visalia amps up efforts to combat illegal fireworks use
    • Hanford
      • Kings Co. halts proposed inflationary hike in building fees
      • Rural Calif. is helping reach Newsom’s green goals. Now, he wants an end-run around them.
      • Faraday Future, Hanford-based EV automaker, delays car launch amid cash woes
      • Adventist Health, Anthem Blue Cross agree to extra time to negotiate
      • Contract war between Anthem, Adventist Health raises blood pressure over health coverage
    • Madera
      • Kahn set to depart as Madera Co.’s economic development czar
      • ‘Evil’: Final member of 1976 Chowchilla bus kidnapping paroled
      • Popular Madera brewery destroyed in blaze
      • Homelessness is up in Fresno, Madera – but not on the streets. Here’s why.
      • Madera Co. greenlights permanent extension of road tax, Measure T
    • Merced
      • Merced eyes options to boost market rate, low-income housing availability
      • ‘It’s an opiate addiction’: Pushback on police forces Merced to punt safety tax extension
      • Skunkworks icon, F-117 stealth fighter, debuts at Castle Air Museum
      • Merced advances permanent renewal of transportation and public safety tax
      • Former Merced cop sentenced for union embezzlement scheme
    • Mariposa
      • Highway 140 reopens as fire officials gain grip on Yosemite-based Oak Fire
      • Washburn Fire grows as suppression ramps up, blaze 25% contained
      • Judge rejects environmentalists attempt to halt Sierra wildfire prevention efforts
      • One year after devastating Creek Fire, enviros seek to block efforts to prevent a repeat.
      • Yosemite to reopen Thursday with reservations
    • Modesto
      • Foster Farms demands property tax refund from Valley county
      • Stanislaus Co. approves new property tax agreement with cities
      • Modesto approves deal to launch sales tax measure for November ballot
      • Modesto mulling sales tax hike to provide budget boost
      • No Fly Zone: Valley city shoots down pitch to bring Bird scooters to town
    • Stockton
      • $6k trip to Stockton? Company pitches pricey river cruise between SF, Valley
      • Scanning issues bring ballot counting to a crawl in San Joaquin County
      • On eve of Calif. primary, San Joaquin Co. tackles ballot issues amid unexpected passing of elections chief
      • Stockton OKs new policy for cops’ use of military equipment
      • North Valley city joins opposition to 2022 initiative limiting local tax hikes
  • Topics
    • Politics
      • Progressive Kingsburg Councilwoman will not seek second term
      • Paper backed TJ Cox in 2018. Now it claims he “never passed the smell test” amid arrest
      • Fresno St. stadium tax gets a letter – E – and kicks off with plug for academics
      • GOP pushes TJ Cox indictment – by selling t-shirts of him behind bars
      • Salas softens ties with Cox after Fed indictment
    • Agriculture
      • Haaland hits the Valley with clear focus: Drought, Dems
      • Newsom rolls out new water plan. What’s in it?
      • As drought deepens, focus of Calif.’s chief water officials is elsewhere: on race.
      • Desert-based water agency eyes multi-million dollar deal to buy water out of Kings County
      • UFW starts 335-mile march to press for elimination of secret ballot union elections
    • Sports
      • First Top 25 rankings out for college football season. Where does Fresno St. stand?
      • Report: Valley Children’s naming rights deal to cost Fresno State millions
      • Fresno State kicks off fall camp with high expectations, familiar faces
      • Prandini, U.S. women deliver stunning 4×100 relay upset for world track crown
      • Haener top ‘Dog in Mountain West, five Bulldogs named to preseason All-MW team,
    • Education
      • Suit: Valley students allege anti-communist, pro-life posters muzzled by college
      • Report: Antifa-aligned Sacramento teacher paid $190k by district to resign
      • Push to confiscate cell phones at Fresno high school has parents, students up-in-arms
      • More sexual misconduct cases emerge at Fresno State
      • In wake of school attacks, Fresno school districts seek to beef up campus security
    • Business
      • Man stole $4.8mil from Valley-based tractor dealer. He blew $1mil on iPhone app game purchases.
      • Kahn set to depart as Madera Co.’s economic development czar
      • Flex Alert issued for Wednesday, Calif. grid operator announces.
      • Merced eyes options to boost market rate, low-income housing availability
      • Newsom pitches $1.4bil loan to keep Diablo Canyon running through 2035
    • COVID-19
      • Distilleries who rescued U.S. from COVID sanitizer shortage face FDA wrath, fines over production
      • Beverly Hills won’t enforce imminently-returning LA County mask mandate
      • CDC recommends Valley return to masking up. The data? Not so much.
      • Researchers find a new way to track COVID-19 waves: wastewater
      • Newsom tries boosting vax rates with Kern Co. swing for second booster
  • Calif. & Beyond
    • California
      • Man stole $4.8mil from Valley-based tractor dealer. He blew $1mil on iPhone app game purchases.
      • ‘Evil’: Final member of 1976 Chowchilla bus kidnapping paroled
      • Flex Alert issued for Wednesday, Calif. grid operator announces.
      • Newsom pitches $1.4bil loan to keep Diablo Canyon running through 2035
      • Calif. lawmakers kill bill that would fine social media firms for hooking kids
    • U.S.
      • Oakhurst man sentenced for pepper-spraying U.S. Capitol Police officer amid Jan. 6 breach
      • Distilleries who rescued U.S. from COVID sanitizer shortage face FDA wrath, fines over production
      • Biden hints at Federal gas tax holiday
      • McClintock flips on Ukraine stance following TV blowback
      • Ahead of Super Bowl, U.S. halts import of Mexican avocados over threat against inspector
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    • Commentary
      • As drought deepens, focus of Calif.’s chief water officials is elsewhere: on race.
      • Calif.’s great water experiments have failed. It’s time for real solutions.
      • Kern Co. term limits proposal shoots for fresh blood, new ideas
      • Calif. small businesses are struggling with a new achilles heel: the legal system
      • Meet the new pandemic crushing Calif.’s small businesses: PAGA abuse.
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California, Energy, View

Is Diablo Canyon a problem – or the solution?

Simply put, California is far too behind in our production of energy to meet its lofty goals. It’s why our lone remaining nuclear power plant has returned to the forefront, writes Asm. Devon Mathis (R–Porterville) writes.

Asm. Devon MathisMay 5, 2022, 7:00 pmMay 5, 2022 Comments Off on Is Diablo Canyon a problem – or the solution? 2489
Business, Health, View

The drug supply chain needs transparency to reduce drug prices

Consumers “don’t realize that the price they pay for drugs at the pharmacy counter is determined by a complex process that includes their pharmacy, drug manufacturers, health insurers, and middlemen known as Pharmacy Benefit Managers.”

Jeffrey LewisApril 25, 2022, 2:00 pmApril 25, 2022 Comments Off on The drug supply chain needs transparency to reduce drug prices 1457
Agriculture, View

Theft of Calif. water is occurring behind mountains of paperwork. Why we need to stop it.

Three years after President Trump reversed the choking of water supplies to 25 million Californians, efforts to siphon even more water to the Pacific Ocean are beginning again.

Wayne Western, Jr.February 11, 2022, 6:00 amFebruary 10, 2022 Comments Off on Theft of Calif. water is occurring behind mountains of paperwork. Why we need to stop it. 4907
Agriculture, View

Calif. voters backed $7.5bil bond for dams. Here’s where things stand 7 years later.

Some ask, “Why have no new reservoirs been built in the seven years since?” Rest assured, there are projects in the works. All recently passed a key milestone and are moving forward.

California Water CommissionFebruary 10, 2022, 6:29 amFebruary 10, 2022 Comments Off on Calif. voters backed $7.5bil bond for dams. Here’s where things stand 7 years later. 2848
Fresno, View

Crime wave, recruiting woe leave Fresno’s police in a “pandemic of pain”

“It’s become harder than ever to recruit and retain officers in a city staring down heavy violent crime.” writes outgoing City Council President Luis Chavez

Luis ChavezJanuary 12, 2022, 9:34 amJanuary 12, 2022 Comments Off on Crime wave, recruiting woe leave Fresno’s police in a “pandemic of pain” 2682
Agriculture, View

Water, drought, and the supply chain crisis

This holiday season, every family is paying close attention to a topic no one ever expected would be a debate around the dinner table: the supply chain crisis.

William BourdeauDecember 23, 2021, 10:34 amDecember 23, 2021 Comments Off on Water, drought, and the supply chain crisis 4115
Fresno State Bulldogs, View

With Haener gone, Bulldogs have an opening with Fresno’s own Adrian Martinez

Nebraska didn’t work for Adrian Martinez. Maybe returning to his hometown college will spark a repeat of the success found by Marcus McMaryion.

Daniel GligichDecember 2, 2021, 5:31 pmDecember 2, 2021 Comments Off on With Haener gone, Bulldogs have an opening with Fresno’s own Adrian Martinez 3514
Fresno State Bulldogs, View

Tedford, Dilfer, or Coach Unknown? Fresno State faces big choices for its top gig

For a program that had two coaches – Jim Sweeney and Pat Hill – over a 31-year-span, the prospect of seeking a fourth head coach in six years is certainly a drastic change of pace.

Daniel GligichNovember 30, 2021, 6:21 pmNovember 30, 2021 Comments Off on Tedford, Dilfer, or Coach Unknown? Fresno State faces big choices for its top gig 2281
Agriculture, View

Water bonds failed bone-dry California. A 2022 initiative offers a different path.

On the 110th birthday of California’s initiative system, Don Wright asks: How about something different than bonds to fix California’s overworked water infrastructure?

Don WrightOctober 28, 2021, 6:29 amOctober 27, 2021 Comments Off on Water bonds failed bone-dry California. A 2022 initiative offers a different path. 3532
Fresno, View

Apkarian’s character, initiative, leadership stack up as Armenia’s Consul

“Armchair quarterbacking may be in season, but I’ll put up [Berj] Apkarian’s character, initiative and leadership up against any others,” writes Hrair Messerlian.

Hrair MesserlianOctober 22, 2021, 8:00 amOctober 21, 2021 Comments Off on Apkarian’s character, initiative, leadership stack up as Armenia’s Consul 2031

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