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Will Soria Jump on High-Speed Rail Executive Position?

August 4, 2020

Last week, Caltrans announced it hired Diana Gomez as director for the region covering Fresno County and the Central Valley. Gomez left her position as the Central Valley regional director of the High-Speed ...

#MeToo Protests at Fresno State as Hearing in Alleged Rape Takes Place

David Taub

August 3, 2020

A woman who went public with her story about an alleged sexual assault at Fresno State sought justice on Monday. According to the victim and her mother — neither who wanted to be identified by the media desp...

Granite Park Lawsuit Accuses Fresno of Racism, Retaliation

David Taub

August 1, 2020

Terance Frazier, the Fresno developer who has had a long-running disagreement with the city over Granite Park, filed a federal lawsuit Friday night. In the suit, Frazier claims the city of Fresno — which own...

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2020 Election: Who’s Running for School Boards?

David Taub

July 31, 2020

While the November ballot will have a major race on top of the ticket — president of the United States — there will be no races for city or county elected offices. David Taub Politics 101 The F...

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For This Father, Protesting Child Trafficking Is Personal

David Taub

July 31, 2020

On all four street corners of Blackstone and Nees avenues, near the River Park shopping center in north Fresno, demonstrators gathered to bring awareness about the dangers of child trafficking. Marilyn Jolle...

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Bredefeld Leads Call for School Reopenings. Hospital Urges Caution.

David Taub

July 30, 2020

Fresno City Councilman Garry Bredefeld says schools should reopen based on the data. Valley Children's Hospital says schools should remain closed, based on the data. In fact, "data" was uttered at least 3...

Calls to Defund Fresno Police Continue as Commission Seeks More Time

David Taub

July 29, 2020

The Fresno Commission on Police Reform resumed business with a public meeting on Monday night that included more calls to defund the department. As it gets closer to the deadline for issuing its reform recommen...

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Fresno County Spending COVID Funds Faster Than City

David Taub

July 29, 2020

In the 1985 movie "Brewster's Millions," Richard Pryor's character had a hard time spending $30 million in 30 days. His reward if he did would be $300 million. The city and county of Fresno are taking a slow...

Some Still Not Satisfied After Joint City-County COVID Meeting

David Taub

July 28, 2020

A Fresno assemblyman said the county isn't spending COVID funds fast enough, nor being transparent about their decisions. Elected officials from Fresno County disagreed. That dynamic was part of the large...

Cluck, Cluck, N’Yuck. No Hens in Clovis for Now.

David Taub

July 24, 2020

Despite a strong push from city councilman Bob Whalen, backyard chickens will not be legally allowed in Clovis for at least a year. David Taub Politics 101 Also in Politics 101: Milton...

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Border Wall Challenge

Big Creek Has Essential Workers, a Closed School, and No Child Care Center for Kids

Vehicle Access Plan for San Joaquin River Gets Conservancy OK

Valley Hospitals Get Two More Weeks of Military Help

Are COVID Death Counts Accurate? Here's How Fresno County Makes the Call.

Duke Study: One Mask Type Spreads COVID-19 Faster. Will MLB Take Note?

Saint Agnes’ ‘Pledge to Protect’ Campaign Needs Your Photos

Send Us Help, Vohra Says, As Feds Tag Valley COVID Hot Spot

McDonald's Is Giving Out Totally Free Fries Today for National French Fry Day

College Football in the Spring: When? How Much? Who Plays?

Kamala is Dead. The Wrestler, Not the VP Nominee.

No Football for Fresno State Until Spring 2021 at the Earliest

COVID-19 Exposes Why Postal Service Needs to Get Back Into Banking

Walters: An Official Crusade Against Proposition 22

Kamala is Dead. The Wrestler, Not the VP Nominee.

Walters: State Tech Failures Hit Home Again

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Dead People May Yet Get Their Stimulus Checks

Valley Dems Excited by Harris Pick. Local GOP Leader Says It Helps Trump.

FiveThirtyEight: Biden Has a 71 Percent Chance of Winning the White House

Need a Job? Fresno County Is Hiring Hundreds of Election Workers Right Now

David Taub

Will Soria Jump on High-Speed Rail Executive Position?

#MeToo Protests at Fresno State as Hearing in Alleged Rape Takes Place

Granite Park Lawsuit Accuses Fresno of Racism, Retaliation

2020 Election: Who’s Running for School Boards?

For This Father, Protesting Child Trafficking Is Personal

Bredefeld Leads Call for School Reopenings. Hospital Urges Caution.

Calls to Defund Fresno Police Continue as Commission Seeks More Time

Fresno County Spending COVID Funds Faster Than City

Some Still Not Satisfied After Joint City-County COVID Meeting

Cluck, Cluck, N’Yuck. No Hens in Clovis for Now.

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