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Arias Says Ethics Complaint Is ‘Character Assassination’

August 17, 2018

Fresno City Council candidate Miguel Arias is the subject of another ethics complaint. And he's responding by assailing "the ultra-conservative folks in Fresno" he says are his critics. Politics 101 David Taub The Fair Political Practices ...

New Clovis Costco Clears Hurdle, Eyes 2019 Opening

David Taub

August 13, 2018

Costco plans to move its Clovis location to the northwest corner of Santa Ana and Clovis avenues by the fall of 2019. The warehouse chain is a step closer after the Clovis City Council denied an appeal from a l...

Dozens Want a Role in Governing Local Schools

David Taub

August 7, 2018

Politics 101 David Taub With the filing deadline three days away, 28 candidates (including 8 incumbents) have qualified for local school board races being decided in November's general electio...

Odds Improve For Parks Tax Vote in November

David Taub

July 20, 2018

Give credit to the efficiencies of Fresno's election clerks. Politics 101 David Taub Fresno for Parks turned in 34,999 signatures to the city clerk on Wednesday. The parks advocates want to add a 3/8ths of a cent sales tax measure for the ...

Those Long DMV Waits Should Finally Shorten

David Taub

July 13, 2018

Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) is known for fighting for issues he strongly believes in, but his efforts are usually greeted in Sacramento with partisan indifference. Whether it's his pro-life stances or ...

Bigger Senior Center and Library For Clovis

David Taub

July 6, 2018

Plans for a bigger library and senior center in Clovis are advancing at a brisk clip. Politics 101 David Taub The Clovis City Council is set to vote on the 63,000 square-foot Clovis Landmar...

Is Anti-Parks Tax Ad Evoking Randa Jarrar Fair? Listen and Decide.

David Taub

July 3, 2018

A conservative activist is fighting a tax plan to benefit Fresno parks. And he's raising the specter of controversial Fresno State English professor Randa Jarrar in a bid for success. Tal Cloud of Common Sense Information, a 527 political organization, rele...

How Many San Joaquin College Grads Passed Latest Bar Exam?

David Taub

June 29, 2018

Passing the state bar is hard. It’s supposed to be. The California bar exam results from February prove it. Of the 5,000-plus hopeful attorneys, only 29% passed. It is the lowest passage rate since the state st...

Does Brand Have Votes To Put His Police-Parks Sales Tax on Ballot?

David Taub

June 25, 2018

(Note: this story has been updated to reflect Councilmen Garry Bredefeld's decision about not supporting placing the Brand sales tax plan on the ballot.) November’s ballot in Fresno could bring a battle of c...

What’s Motivating AG Becerra to Get Involved in Fresno Case?

David Taub

June 20, 2018

Update: This story includes an additional response from Attorney General Xavier Becerra's office that came in after the story was originally published. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit attempting to reverse ...

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Feds Pledge to Thin Forests, Work with States to Fight Wildf... WASHINGTON — As wildfires choke Californ...

Silver & Blackout TV: Why Fresno Can’t See Derek ... For the second year in a row, Derek Carr...

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Arias Says Ethics Complaint Is ‘Character Assassination’

New Clovis Costco Clears Hurdle, Eyes 2019 Opening

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Does Brand Have Votes To Put His Police-Parks Sales Tax on Ballot?

What’s Motivating AG Becerra to Get Involved in Fresno Case?