Opinion

Walters: Trump Doing California a Bullet Train Favor

May 23, 2019

At last count, California’s Democratic political leadership had filed four dozen lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration, reflecting differences on policies large and small. Dan Walters CALmatters For the most part, Californ...

What Ramadan Means to Muslims: 4 Essential Reads

Opinion

May 22, 2019

During the month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world will not eat or drink from dawn to sunset. (GV Wire publisher Darius Assemi offers a personal perspective on the Ramadan tradition of fasting in the vide...

Federal tax reform will help many Californians, but it will dig deep into the pockets of the state's wealthy residents

Walters: California Gets a Hollow Victory in Tax Battle

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 20, 2019

California officials have pursued Gilbert Hyatt for nearly three decades, trying to force him to pay state income taxes on royalties he began receiving in the early 1990s from his groundbreaking technology inve...

President Trump standing in front of the American flag

Is He the Only Dem in America Not Running for President?

Bill McEwen

May 20, 2019

It wasn't as epic as Bob Dylan's 115th Dream, but a weird scenario invaded my sleep the other night. Opinion Bill McEwen I'm in a chair in the Ed Sullivan Studio in New York next to the desk where comedian Stephen Colbert holds court. He p...

Walters: Can California Crack Its Housing Nut?

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 19, 2019

The state Department of Finance reported this month that California, which has a stubborn and growing shortage of housing, added just 77,000 houses, apartments and condos in 2018. Opinion Dan Walt...

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Choose a Police Chief Who Will Restore Faith in Law Enforcement

Opinion

May 17, 2019

The search for a new police chief presents Fresno officials with an opportunity to align local law enforcement strategies with best practices proven to create safer communities. The Central California Chapter o...

Aerial overview of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta

Key Conflicts Roil California’s Ever-Evolving Waterscape

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 17, 2019

As 2018 was winding down, one of California’s leading newspapers suggested, via a front-page, banner-headlined article, that the drought that had plagued the state for much of this decade may be returning. Just weeks later, that same newspaper was reporting...

Special Ed Problems Are Real. The Fresno Unified Script Isn’t.

Bill McEwen

May 15, 2019

Fresno Unified leaders carefully drew up Tuesday night's roll-out of the special education budget for the next school year. Assistant Superintendent Brian Beck presented a summary of the Council of the Great...

Weakling or Bully? The Battle Over CEQA, California’s Iconic Environmental Law

CALmatters

May 15, 2019

In the rugged hills to the east of the Napa Valley, chainsaws and bulldozers converted a steep hillside of scrubby oak woodland and rockpiles into another vineyard. “That was an incredible rock-hopping wonde...

Love of Teaching Powers Her Amazing Sprint to a Fresno Classroom

Bill McEwen

May 13, 2019

Kaylee Gutierrez is among the 19.3% of students who enter Fresno State as freshmen and get their diplomas four years later. But she did something else that had university officials jogging their memories. Gutierrez earned a multiple-subject teaching cred...

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Walters: Trump Doing California a Bullet Train Favor

What Ramadan Means to Muslims: 4 Essential Reads

Walters: California Gets a Hollow Victory in Tax Battle

Is He the Only Dem in America Not Running for President?

Walters: Can California Crack Its Housing Nut?

Choose a Police Chief Who Will Restore Faith in Law Enforcement

Key Conflicts Roil California’s Ever-Evolving Waterscape

Special Ed Problems Are Real. The Fresno Unified Script Isn’t.

Weakling or Bully? The Battle Over CEQA, California’s Iconic Environmental Law

Love of Teaching Powers Her Amazing Sprint to a Fresno Classroom