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Newsom Signs Law to Grow Mental Health Coverage

September 25, 2020

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Friday that for the first time in California defines “medical necessity," a move aimed at requiring private health insurance plans to pay for more mental health and drug addiction treatments. State and federal ...

Smoky Conditions Remain Over Foothills. Could Soon Return to Valley Floor.

Jim Jakobs

September 25, 2020

The National Weather Service Hanford office computer models have shown stagnant smoky air hovering over the areas of the Creek Fire and the SQF Complex fire in Tulare county for several weeks. The valley will l...

Parents Plans ‘Zoom Out’ Strike Over School Closures. Will Local Families Join?

Nancy Price

September 25, 2020

Reopen California Schools, a statewide Facebook group that organized rallies earlier this month to protest the continued closures of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, says parents need to go on strike next ...

Ecologist Says the USFS Needs To Get Out of the Way in Wake of Massive Fires

Jim Jakobs

September 25, 2020

After nearly three weeks the Creek Fire continues to burn and is now the largest single wildfire in recorded California history at 291,426 Acres according to CAL FIRE. The USFS is still estimating full containment won't be reached until October 15th. Madera...

Local Cities Now Getting Share of COVID Relief Funds. How Will They Spend It?

David Taub

September 25, 2020

Fresno County is sharing the wealth of its federal stimulus CARES Act dollars with the 14 other incorporated cities in the county. The city of Fresno directly received $92 million in federal relief money. Th...

LA Area Sheriff Says Black Man Grabbed at Gun Before Fatal Shooting

AP News

September 25, 2020

LOS ANGELES — The sheriff in Orange County released a grainy photograph Thursday that he said showed a Black man grabbing at a deputy’s gun during a struggle on the ground that ended with the fatal shooting of ...

California Senator’s Husband Named in Scandal Over UC Admissions for Wealthy

AP News

September 25, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husband, University of California Regent Richard Blum, was named Thursday by the state auditor's office as one of the regents involved in admissions scandal where UC wrongly admitted dozens of wealthy, mostly white ...

‘We’re in the Middle of a Crime Wave.’ Fresno Leaders Voice Concerns.

Jim Jakobs

September 24, 2020

Fresno City Council Member Luiz Chavez says 600 criminals have been released back into the city since April. "We're in the middle of a crime wave, and that is not a term that I use loosely because that's how...

San Francisco Sues 28 Alleged Dealers to Stop Flow of Drugs

AP News

September 24, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco sued 28 alleged drug dealers who frequent a downtown neighborhood where broad daylight drug dealing and drug use is common in an effort to clean up the area that has seen the city'...

Flames burn at a home leveled by the Creek Fire along Highway 168 on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Fresno County, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Will Creek Fire Make Home Insurance Even Harder to Get in ‘High Risk’ Areas?

Jim Jakobs

September 24, 2020

The latest totals from CAL Fire show 855 structures destroyed (identified as residential, commercial and "other"), and another 71 structures damaged by the Creek Fire. Five of the 20 largest wildfires in California history have occurred in 2020, with the Cr...

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California Minimum-Wage Jump to Hit Virus-Battered Companies

Newsom Signs Law to Grow Mental Health Coverage

Flaming Ping Pong Balls are Latest Weapon in Wildfire Battle

Smoky Conditions Remain Over Foothills. Could Soon Return to Valley Floor.

Salons & Barbershops Reopening After Mayor Brand Texts Newsom

Ecologist Says the USFS Needs To Get Out of the Way in Wake of Massive Fires

‘We’re in the Middle of a Crime Wave.’ Fresno Leaders Voice Concerns.

Will Creek Fire Make Home Insurance Even Harder to Get in ‘High Risk’ Areas?

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Landmine-Sniffing Rat Hailed as Hero, Beats Out Dogs for Award

Animal’s Warrior Road Traveled Through Fresno

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Animal’s Warrior Road Traveled Through Fresno

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Is Mike Pompeo Preparing an October Surprise?

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McConnell, Pelosi Dispute Trump, Vow Peaceful Power Transfer

Progressives Pledge to Keep Pushing Biden to Expand Court

Newsom Signs Law to Grow Mental Health Coverage

Smoky Conditions Remain Over Foothills. Could Soon Return to Valley Floor.

Parents Plans ‘Zoom Out’ Strike Over School Closures. Will Local Families Join?

Ecologist Says the USFS Needs To Get Out of the Way in Wake of Massive Fires

Local Cities Now Getting Share of COVID Relief Funds. How Will They Spend It?

LA Area Sheriff Says Black Man Grabbed at Gun Before Fatal Shooting

California Senator’s Husband Named in Scandal Over UC Admissions for Wealthy

‘We’re in the Middle of a Crime Wave.’ Fresno Leaders Voice Concerns.

San Francisco Sues 28 Alleged Dealers to Stop Flow of Drugs

Will Creek Fire Make Home Insurance Even Harder to Get in ‘High Risk’ Areas?