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How California’s Wildfire Crisis Is Burning Through Your Wallet

For years, we’ve known that California is a kindling box, waiting for the next spark to ignite another catastrophic fire. Assemblymember ...

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A Tale of Two Local Districts: Implementing the CA Classroom Cell Phone Ban

People behave in different ways, and the same can be said about school districts. Consider how Madera Unified and Fresno Unified have respon...

/ 3 weeks ago

A Troubling Ruling by a Tulare County Judge on Abortion

A judge in Visalia ruled that a group of physicians in Tulare cannot prevent an abortion clinic from opening in their office complex. The ru...

/ 2 months ago

What Sacramento Still Doesn’t Get About UC Merced

The misleading and misguided op-ed “UC Merced turns 20 years old yet remains California’s awkward stepchild” details a recent report from Sa...

/ 2 months ago

Welding is a Way Back to School for California Kids Who Regularly Ditch Classes

Brent Tuttle has taught welding for 24 years to more than 3,000 students. He says California high schools should offer more classes like his...

/ 2 months ago

Did You Know Fresno County Doesn’t Have a Tax Assessor?

In this festive season, as I gather with friends and acquaintances, discussion inevitably centers on what I do not do as Assessor, which is ...

/ 2 months ago

Congress Can Give Us Clean Affordable Energy in 2025

Lighting up the darkness and giving gifts to children are beloved parts of most of our winter holiday traditions. We have the opportunity to...

/ 2 months ago

Photo of California farmers rallying to protest water plan

Trump Victory Will Lead to New Battles in California’s ‘Water Wars’

California has been lately in the business of blowing up dams. So a decision to actually raise one is big news. Kerry Jackson Opinion In ...

/ 3 months ago

DOGE Is a Promising Step Toward Federal Efficiency: Fareed Zakaria

The proposed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) by Donald Trump, to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, has spark...

/ 3 months ago

How About an Honest Conversation About the Range of Light Monument Proposal?

It sometimes seems that we have lost the ability to truly communicate with one another. It is not so much what we say to one another, but ho...

/ 3 months ago

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