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As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

A couple of weeks ago, the California Water Resources Control Board put five agricultural water agencies in Kings County on probation for fa...

As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

A couple of weeks ago, the California Water Resources Control Board put five agricultural water agencies in Kings County on probation for fa...

Opinion

/ 17 hours ago

More California High School Students Want Career Training. How the State Is Helping

A school without steers? Unthinkable, said Mason Tucker, a 10th-grader at Madera South High School north of Fresno. Carolyn Jones CalMatt...

Education

/ 2 days ago

California Legislation Wants to Uncover the ‘Hidden Homicides’ of Domestic Violence

A state senator says there’s a “hidden homicide” epidemic of killers making domestic violence murders look like suicides or accidents. Her b...

Crime

/ 4 days ago

Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

The must-follow website this month among California’s politicians, bureaucrats, and interest group lobbyists is the “California Personal Inc...

Opinion

/ 5 days ago

Newsom Criticizes Local Response to Homelessness. He Should Look in the Mirror.

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom reiterated one of his favorite complaints — that local government officials aren’t doing enough to reduce Calif...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

Judge Rejects Changing the Name of California’s Trans Youth Ballot Measure

A group working on a fall ballot initiative that would limit the rights of transgender students lost a round in court Monday when a judge si...

Education

/ 1 week ago

California Leaders Take Sides in Monumental Supreme Court Case on Homelessness

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear the biggest case about homelessness in decades, and it seems like everyone in California has an opin...

Housing

/ 2 weeks ago

Will State AG Rob Bonta Jump Into 2026 Race for CA Governor?

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been busy lately, or so it would seem from the never-ending stream of news releases from the Depar...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

Vital Climate Tool or License to Pollute? The Battle Over CA’s First Carbon Capture Project

In western Kern County, where rolling hills are punctuated by bobbing rigs, the state’s largest oil and gas producer is betting that a novel...

Environment

/ 2 weeks ago

How the Saga of California’s Contentious Income-Based Utility Charge Began

A year ago, California’s three big investor-owned electric power utilities – Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San ...

Opinion

/ 4 weeks ago

Politics /

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Dems: We Will Save GOP Speaker Johnson’s Job if Republicans Try to Oust Him

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Angels Star Mike Trout Needs Knee Surgery. Will He Return This Season?

Local Education /

12 hours ago

Will Fresno Unified Voters Agree to Raise Their Taxes in November?

Politics 101 /

13 hours ago

Politics Killed Deal for Vacant Fresno Building. Now, Who Wants to Move In?

Housing /

14 hours ago

Campaign to Build New California City Submits Signatures to Get on November Ballot

Crime /

14 hours ago

Scammers Stole More Than $3.4 Billion from Older Americans Last Year, an FBI Report Says

Local Education /

14 hours ago

Principal Makes Case for Bullard High Fence: It Will Keep Students, Staff Safe

Healthcare /

14 hours ago

Mammograms Should Start at 40 to Address Rising Breast Cancer Rates at Younger Ages, Panel Says

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Local Education /

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Principal Makes Case for Bullard High Fence: It Will Keep Students, Staff Safe

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Students, Faculty Call for University of Texas President to Resign Over Handling of Gaza Protests

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Trion Supercars Partners with Fresno Schools to Develop Groundbreaking Nemesis Supercar

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Video Shows Alleged Porchfest Anti-Palestinian Hate Crime

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Angels Star Mike Trout Needs Knee Surgery. Will He Return This Season?

Will Fresno Unified Voters Agree to Raise Their Taxes in November?

Politics Killed Deal for Vacant Fresno Building. Now, Who Wants to Move In?

Campaign to Build New California City Submits Signatures to Get on November Ballot

Principal Makes Case for Bullard High Fence: It Will Keep Students, Staff Safe

Is the ‘Scholasticide’ in Gaza Spreading to the United States?

How Did Watchdog Respond to Arias Ethics Complaint on DA Smittcamp?

Filmmaker Jeff Aiello Is Leaving Valley PBS. Station Is Seeking New CEO/President.

Students, Faculty Call for University of Texas President to Resign Over Handling of Gaza Protests

Why Is Fresno Unified Holding a Rare Wednesday Morning Special Meeting?

As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

/ 17 hours ago

More California High School Students Want Career Training. How the State Is Helping

/ 2 days ago

California Legislation Wants to Uncover the ‘Hidden Homicides’ of Domestic Violence

/ 4 days ago

Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

/ 5 days ago

Newsom Criticizes Local Response to Homelessness. He Should Look in the Mirror.

/ 1 week ago

Judge Rejects Changing the Name of California’s Trans Youth Ballot Measure

/ 1 week ago

California Leaders Take Sides in Monumental Supreme Court Case on Homelessness

/ 2 weeks ago

Will State AG Rob Bonta Jump Into 2026 Race for CA Governor?

/ 2 weeks ago

Vital Climate Tool or License to Pollute? The Battle Over CA’s First Carbon Capture Project

/ 2 weeks ago

How the Saga of California’s Contentious Income-Based Utility Charge Began

/ 4 weeks ago

Dems: We Will Save GOP Speaker Johnson’s Job if Republicans Try to Oust Him

Angels Star Mike Trout Needs Knee Surgery. Will He Return This Season?

Will Fresno Unified Voters Agree to Raise Their Taxes in November?

Politics Killed Deal for Vacant Fresno Building. Now, Who Wants to Move In?

Campaign to Build New California City Submits Signatures to Get on November Ballot

Scammers Stole More Than $3.4 Billion from Older Americans Last Year, an FBI Report Says

Principal Makes Case for Bullard High Fence: It Will Keep Students, Staff Safe

Mammograms Should Start at 40 to Address Rising Breast Cancer Rates at Younger Ages, Panel Says

Principal Makes Case for Bullard High Fence: It Will Keep Students, Staff Safe

Students, Faculty Call for University of Texas President to Resign Over Handling of Gaza Protests

Trion Supercars Partners with Fresno Schools to Develop Groundbreaking Nemesis Supercar

Video Shows Alleged Porchfest Anti-Palestinian Hate Crime

Blockchain Expert Unravels Misconceptions and Realities of Bitcoin Documentaries

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