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Opinion: We Can’t Rely on the ‘Important People’ to Cut Carbon Pollution

April 20, 2021

Happy Earth Day! April 22 is the 51st Anniversary of what has become the largest secular civic event in the world. According to the Earth Day Network, about 1 billion people around the world participate in Ea...

Opinion: Legislative Staff Right to Unionize: What Could Go Wrong?

Opinion

March 19, 2021

After handing unions a brightly wrapped gift in 2019 with Assembly Bill 5, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez is putting the bow on another present, Assembly Bill 314, which would allow legislative staffers to organ...

His Son Was Killed by a Speeding Driver. Fresno Dad Now Working for Safer Streets.

Opinion

March 8, 2021

On June 5, 2013, my life would be forever changed. On that summer night, my 21-year-old son Paul Martinez was struck by a speeding driver. I rushed to the hospital after receiving a phone call that my only s...

Opinion: California Vaccine Rollout and the Failure of Government

Opinion

February 16, 2021

A pundit could almost make a career out of pointing out how California routinely lands in last place or just a few spots from the bottom on various lists. From the state’s miserable business climate to its wors...

Editorial: Biden Needs to Make the First Move to Revive the Iran Nuclear Deal

Opinion

February 11, 2021

The Los Angeles Times Subscription One of Donald J. Trump’s greatest blunders as president was to repudiate the 2015 international agreement in which Iran accepted significant limitations on its nucle...

Opinion: The Emperor Has No Vaccines!

Opinion

February 11, 2021

Governor Newsom showed up Wednesday for a dog-and-pony show at the Fresno Fairgrounds. In his entourage was a gaggle of sycophants gathered under the twin banners of increasing vaccination and “unity.” Servi...

Opinion: Open the Economy. It’s Almost Too Late.

Opinion

February 8, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent decision to lift the regional stay-at-home order that kept many Californians home and businesses shuttered was a welcome relief. However, more needs to be done for small businesses...

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California Must Change Course to Avoid Water Shortages

Opinion

January 28, 2021

Redlands Daily Facts Californians have recently endured increasingly aggressive wildfires, rolling power outages, and smoke-filled air for days. Unless the state government changes course, we can add...

Opinion: Meet the CA Police Chief Turned Yoga Teacher Prodding Wealthy Suburbanites to Civil War

Opinion

January 27, 2021

The Washington Post A common misconception to emerge from the Capitol riots is that those who stormed the building were largely militia types. Other than their overwhelming whiteness, however, even t...

100 Million Is Too Few. Biden Should Aim Higher on Vaccinations.

Opinion

January 22, 2021

The Washington Post What is the first thing Joe Biden should do as president? He has many competing priorities. He must deal with the pandemic, restart the economy, reestablish U.S. credibility on th...

AP-NORC Poll: Border Woes Dent Biden Approval on Immigration

Only 25 of 600 Available COVID Jabs Given at County Sites. Now One is Shut Down.

California Senate OKs Supervised Sites for Drug Users

Fresno Area Schools Hold Steady Amid California’s ‘Sharp Decline’ in Enrollment

Resnicks Give $250K To Help Newsom, but Pro-Recall Farmers 'Afraid' to Donate

Fresno Gets ‘F’ Grades in Air Quality Again, but Is Any Progress Being Made?

Paycheck Protection Loans: California Received Less Per Capita Than States Like North Dakota

DA Charges Former Clovis Council Hopeful for Alleged Campaign Sign Theft

This Local Eatery Will Creatively Solve Your 'Burger or Pizza' Dilemma This Month

Ted Nugent, Who Once Dismissed COVID-19, Sickened by Virus

Redemption Is Here for Autry’s Film ‘Victory By Submission’

Saddle Up and Get Vaccinated for Return of the Clovis Rodeo

Walters : Is California Driving Business Away?

Will Amtrak Joe Save California’s Troubled High-Speed Rail Project?

Walters : California’s ‘Tort Wars’ Flaring Up Again

Nursing Scholarship Donation Is an Investment and a Thank-you

GV Wire Unfiltered – January 12, 2021

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

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

After Taking on Costa and AOC, Elizabeth Heng Sets Sights on U.S. Senate

Planning Commission Delays Decision on Southwest Industrial Question

Clovis City Council Candidates Spar During Candidate Forum

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump

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Opinion: We Can’t Rely on the ‘Important People’ to Cut Carbon Pollution

Opinion: Legislative Staff Right to Unionize: What Could Go Wrong?

His Son Was Killed by a Speeding Driver. Fresno Dad Now Working for Safer Streets.

Opinion: California Vaccine Rollout and the Failure of Government

Editorial: Biden Needs to Make the First Move to Revive the Iran Nuclear Deal

Opinion: The Emperor Has No Vaccines!

Opinion: Open the Economy. It’s Almost Too Late.

California Must Change Course to Avoid Water Shortages

Opinion: Meet the CA Police Chief Turned Yoga Teacher Prodding Wealthy Suburbanites to Civil War

100 Million Is Too Few. Biden Should Aim Higher on Vaccinations.

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