Opinion

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Finally, Veterans Boulevard Is Going Somewhere Big and Exciting

September 24, 2019

Thirty-five years after it was envisioned by Fresno planners, long-stalled Veterans Boulevard moved forward Tuesday morning with phase one of a plan that ultimately should ease some of the city's most congested traffic. This phase is modest: a new $5.5 mill...

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Can You Handle Some Good News About Fresno Freeways?

Bill McEwen

September 23, 2019

Mark my words, Fresno's trash-littered freeways will get cleaned up. But, to what degree they are restored in a manner that reflects well on our city depends, in part, on the state Legislature and Gov. Gavin...

Walters: Democrats Want to Kneecap Ballot Measures

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 23, 2019

Democrats own virtually every lever of government in California, including the governorship, both U.S. Senate seats, 46 of the state’s 53 congressional members, and three-fourths of state legislators. Howeve...

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For California to Thrive, Latinos Must Be Included, and Right Now They’re Too Far Behind

CalMatters

September 22, 2019

The good news is that the last decade has been better economically for Latinos living in California. But challenges persist. While Latino poverty rates are shrinking, Latinos still make up the largest ethnic group in the state who live in poverty. Whi...

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Walters: Is There a California Tipping Point to the Abyss?

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 22, 2019

Circa of America got its start more than a half-century ago, during San Francisco’s Hippie heyday, when Ronaldo Cianciarulo began making and selling leather belts out of his van in the city’s Haight-Ashbury nei...

Why Gov. Newsom Should Veto SB 24, the Chemical Abortion Bill

CalMatters

September 19, 2019

Senate Bill 24 would require California’s public universities to provide the chemical method of abortion to college women. It would be a needless expansion of the practice of abortion, and Gov. Gavin Newsom sho...

Forestiere Underground Gardens Light a Path to Ending Housing Crisis

Joe Mathews

September 19, 2019

In our search for inspiring new ideas for solving California’s housing crisis, we must dig deeper. How deep? At least to the depths plumbed by Baldassare Forestiere. Joe Mathews Opinion If you’ve never heard of Forestiere, you’re not al...

Walters: Newsom Bucks His Party on Water

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 18, 2019

It had to happen sooner or later. At some point, California’s “resistance” to President Donald Trump would move beyond flowery rhetoric, tweets and lawsuits and seriously affect Californians. Dan ...

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CA College Students Shell Out $2K a Month for Housing, Books, Food Alone

CalMatters

September 16, 2019

The price of college has become a hot-button issue at both the state and national level, but data has been scarce about how much, beyond tuition, California students actually spend on the housing, food, tex...

Walters: Housing Action Just Half-a-Loaf

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 16, 2019

Gavin Newsom’s first legislative session as governor began with promises to vigorously confront California’s huge and ever-growing housing shortage. “If we want a California for All, we have to build housing for all,” Newsom told legislators in his State of...

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Finally, Veterans Boulevard Is Going Somewhere Big and Exciting

Can You Handle Some Good News About Fresno Freeways?

Walters: Democrats Want to Kneecap Ballot Measures

For California to Thrive, Latinos Must Be Included, and Right Now They’re Too Far Behind

Walters: Is There a California Tipping Point to the Abyss?

Why Gov. Newsom Should Veto SB 24, the Chemical Abortion Bill

Forestiere Underground Gardens Light a Path to Ending Housing Crisis

Walters: Newsom Bucks His Party on Water

CA College Students Shell Out $2K a Month for Housing, Books, Food Alone

Walters: Housing Action Just Half-a-Loaf