Politics

State Center’s Unrepresented Employees Get 2% Raises

November 15, 2018

Some of the high-ranking employees at State Center Community College District will get a 2.11 percent salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2018. District trustees unanimously approved the new salary schedules at their meeting Tuesday night. "Ou...

GOP Is Dead in California. A New Way Must Rise: Kristin Olsen

CALmatters

November 13, 2018

The California Republican Party isn’t salvageable at this time. The Grand Old Party is dead — partly because it has failed to separate itself from today’s toxic, national brand of Republican politics. Painfu...

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Dem Domination: California Legislature Is Many Shades of Blue

CALmatters

November 13, 2018

The California Legislature, controlled by Democrats for decades, is likely to become even bluer when the new class is sworn in next month. Exactly how many more Democrats have been elected is still not certain;...

Did Voters Oust Central Unified Trustees Over Sutton Firing?

Myles Barker

November 8, 2018

Tuesday's election results in Central Unified School Board races were welcomed by community members who see the outcome as a rebuke over the firing of district Superintendent Mark Sutton last February. Mark Sutton Board chair Cesar Granda and trustee Ru...

School Boards: Incumbents Fall in Clovis, Central, Fresno, SCCCD

Myles Barker

November 7, 2018

Veva Islas ousted incumbent Christopher De La Cerda in the Fresno Unified school board race to represent McLane High School trustee area. With 100% precincts reporting, Islas garnered 59% of the vote. De ...

Organizations Get Young, First-Time Voters More Involved

Myles Barker

November 6, 2018

There is no need to panic if you missed the deadline to register to vote. California residents can register and vote through election day, said Fresno County Clerk Brandi Orth. In order to do so, voters m...

A California User’s Guide to Political Polls: Six Easy Tips

CALmatters

November 2, 2018

Another day, another poll in California. by Ben Christopher CALmatters Brace yourself for news about more polls in the final countdown to election day: phone polls and online polls, independent polls and hired-by-one-side polls, red polls and bl...

Cederquist Endorses Masumoto as His Successor

Myles Barker

October 26, 2018

Marcy Masumoto, a candidate for Area 4 on the Fresno County Board of Education, believes she has the experience needed to replace Delbert Cederquist. Delbert Cederquist Cederquist is retiring aft...

Carrillo Wants to Add Team Approach, Budget Skills to Central Board

Myles Barker

October 26, 2018

Fresno attorney Yesenia Carrillo, who was raised in a family of small business owners, says that her skills and temperament would be a good fit for a Central Unified school board that has weathered considerable...

Singh Chann Challenges Dawar for Area 7 Central Unified Seat

Myles Barker

October 25, 2018

Naindeep Singh Chann, an executive director of a youth nonprofit in Fresno, believes his ability to listen and execute plans efficiently is what Central Unified's School Board lacks in Area 7. "We need a new leadership that puts students first and listens t...

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State Center’s Unrepresented Employees Get 2% Raises

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Cederquist Endorses Masumoto as His Successor

Carrillo Wants to Add Team Approach, Budget Skills to Central Board

Singh Chann Challenges Dawar for Area 7 Central Unified Seat