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You’ve Been Named California’s Homelessness Czar. What’s Your First Move?

January 27, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken grief for failing to fulfill what seems like a pretty achievable campaign promise: appointing a homelessness “czar” to help the 150,000 Californians living in shelters and on the str...

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Opinion: California Must End the Plague of Human Trafficking. This Proposal Can Help.

CalMatters

January 23, 2020

Ending the plague of human trafficking is one of my top legislative priorities. Sadly, California is prime hunting ground for pimps and gangs to exploit human trafficking. There are a number of reasons f...

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Voters Beware of Our Populist Threat From Right and Left

CalMatters

January 22, 2020

We stand at the precipice of a significant tectonic shift in our political system. Similar to the profound disruptions the newspaper, music and transportation industries underwent some years ago, our democra...

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Injuries at Fresno’s Amazon Warehouse Are Triple Industry Average

CalMatters

January 21, 2020

Amanda Caballero wishes she could go back to work at Amazon. She made $15 an hour at the Fresno fulfillment center — several dollars more than the state’s minimum wage — and received more than three months o...

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Lyme Disease Led to My Daughter’s Death. Join the Fight Against Tick-Borne Disease.

CalMatters

January 17, 2020

My cause is personal, and my goal will not be deterred as I, and those joining with me, work to see that no other person suffers the way my daughter did. A small tick bit her. That eventually led to her deat...

Next Stop for Free College: Cal State University?

CalMatters

January 15, 2020

In yet another push to make higher education more accessible in California, a bill filed in the state Legislature last week would extend the state’s tuition-free college guarantee to four years — and beyond com...

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Why One County Might Give $1,000 a Month to Youth Aging out of Foster Care

CalMatters

January 13, 2020

When Dontae Lartigue left foster care right before his 19th birthday in 2009, finding housing in Santa Clara County was one of his biggest obstacles. He struggled to find places he could afford on his $12 an ho...

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GOP to Newsom: You’re Failing the People You’re Supposed to Serve

CalMatters

January 11, 2020

In his inaugural address one year ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom said of California, “This is where America’s future is made. This is our charge. That is our calling.” Gov. Newsom has had a full year, and a supermaj...

Nearly Half of California Students Can’t Read at Grade Level. Here’s What We Must Do About It.

CalMatters

January 11, 2020

The number of California students who cannot read is shocking. Results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress show that only 32% of fourth-graders are reading proficiently. These results p...

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‘Not the Golden State Anymore’: Middle- and Low-Income People Leave California

CalMatters

January 9, 2020

In 2017, Susanna Cardenas-Lopez left her home in Salinas to visit her brother in Idaho. Three days into her trip, she called her husband and told him they needed to move there. Back in Salinas, Cardenas-Lope...

Supreme Court Declines Review of Homeless Anti-Camping Laws

Fresno PD Officer-Involved Shootings at Record Low, Dismissals Go Up

Jury Finds That Fresno Man Killed Two by Providing Fentanyl

Auschwitz Survivors Warn of Rising Anti-Semitism 75 Years On

California’s Homelessness Crisis — and Possible Solutions — Explained

You’ve Been Named California’s Homelessness Czar. What’s Your First Move?

Salty Water Spat Erupts Over ‘No Man’s Land’ of Mendota Pool

Injuries at Fresno’s Amazon Warehouse Are Triple Industry Average

California Gorilla Treated for Cataract

Fresno Basketball Team Was Set to Play Kobe Bryant’s Daughter in Game on Day of Crash

Bulldogs Suffer a Wipeout Home Loss to Boise State

Billie Eilish, a Voice of the Youth, Tops the Grammy Awards

Risks, Rewards, and Robots: The Future of Work in California

You’ve Been Named California’s Homelessness Czar. What’s Your First Move?

Walters: The Pardon Power, for Good or Ill

Walters: California’s Big Educational Dilemma

Video: Alonzo vs. Maxwell in GV Wire City Council Forum

Video: Dyer vs. Janz in GV Wire Mayoral Forum

Rabbi Rosove: Two-State Solution Only Road to Peace for Israel, Palestine

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Anti-Dyer Video Is Out. What Does Former Police Chief Say?

Early Voting Means 2020 Primary Is Already Here for Millions

The Janz-Dyer Mayoral Battle Is Tight: GV Wire Poll

Money Piling Up to Elect, Oppose Dyer for Mayor

CalMatters

You’ve Been Named California’s Homelessness Czar. What’s Your First Move?

Opinion: California Must End the Plague of Human Trafficking. This Proposal Can Help.

Voters Beware of Our Populist Threat From Right and Left

Injuries at Fresno’s Amazon Warehouse Are Triple Industry Average

Lyme Disease Led to My Daughter’s Death. Join the Fight Against Tick-Borne Disease.

Next Stop for Free College: Cal State University?

Why One County Might Give $1,000 a Month to Youth Aging out of Foster Care

GOP to Newsom: You’re Failing the People You’re Supposed to Serve

‘Not the Golden State Anymore’: Middle- and Low-Income People Leave California

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