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Baked-in-Profits Send PG&E and SCE Bills Soaring. Are They Excessive?

Making sense of the alphabet soup of charges on a monthly power bill is challenge enough. But there’s a surprising cost baked into cus...

Baked-in-Profits Send PG&E and SCE Bills Soaring. Are They Excessive?

Making sense of the alphabet soup of charges on a monthly power bill is challenge enough. But there’s a surprising cost baked into cus...

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California's violent crime rate rose by 1.7% in 2023, continuing a post-pandemic trend, while property crime declined in most counties. (Shutterstock)

Valley’s Violent Crime Rate Is CA’s Highest. Fresno Bucks the Trend.

California’s violent crime rate edged up in 2023, continuing a post-pandemic trend, while property crime declined in most counties, accordin...

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Flawed Emergency Alert Systems Lagged When Residents Needed Them Most During Los Angeles Wildfires

LOS ANGELES — When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...

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What California Can Learn From Texas on Rebuilding After a Natural Disaster

Can California learn from other states about housing recovery after a natural disaster? Sameea Kamal CalMatters That’s the idea beh...

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California water system

California Shoots Down Trump’s Claim That US Military ‘Turned on the Water’

California water officials on Tuesday denied President Trump’s social media claim late Monday that the U.S. military acting under emer...

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Trump Wants to Break California’s Sanctuary State Law: 5 Things to Know

Back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump is once again trying to break a policy California Democrats adopted during his first term to...

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California Considers Letting Victims of Natural Disasters Sue Oil Companies for Damages

SACRAMENTO — Oil and gas companies would be liable for damages caused by climate change-related disasters in California under legislation in...

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Google to Change Map Names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali When US Updates Them Based on Trump Order

Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its maps. The co...

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Eaton Fire Bottled Water

Trump’s Conditions on LA Fire Aid Put CA Republicans in a Vise

As swaths of Southern California burn, the state’s Republican members of Congress find themselves facing a dilemma. Yue Stella Yu CalMatt...

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A fire hydrant that only has a 2.5 inch outlet, instead of the normal 4-inch outlet with higher water volume, in Palisades, Calif. on January 25, 2025. The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Donald Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role in California’s complex water management operations and claimed its authority to overrule state officials. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water

The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Donald Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government’s role ...

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A repeat DUI offender, Jaime Figueroa, 68, of Fresno, was sentenced to 30 years to life for a 2022 Fresno crash that killed two people on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (Fresno County SO)
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Fresno Man With Multiple DUIs Gets 30 Years for Crash That Killed Two

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JOANN Fabrics and Crafts to Close Visalia Distribution Facility, Shedding 209 Jobs

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Meux Home, Once Questioned by City Council, Now Honored

A 19-year-old Hanford resident is in stable condition after being shot in the Santa Rosa Rancheria early Thursday, and a juvenile male suspect, wanted for a prior homicide, was arrested with a loaded handgun. (Kings County SO)
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Kings County Sheriff Says Arrested Homicide/Kidnapping Suspect Had Fled to Mexico

Fresno fire saves a man who fell down a 25 foot drainage pipe on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (Fresno FD)
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Man Rescued After Falling 25 Feet Into Drainage Pipe in Fresno

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Has Fresno Unified Finally Planted the Flag for an Academic Revolution?

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Italy Blocks Access to Chinese AI Application DeepSeek to Protect Users’ Data

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What’s In a School Name? Central Trustees Opt Not to Seek Communitywide Input This Time

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