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Brandau Wants County to Start Clearing Homeless Encampments

Local governments no longer have to have available shelter before ordering homeless people to move. And one Fresno County supervisor wants t...

Brandau Wants County to Start Clearing Homeless Encampments

Local governments no longer have to have available shelter before ordering homeless people to move. And one Fresno County supervisor wants t...

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$1 Million Settlement in Fire Death Sparking Fresno Mobile Home Park Controversy

A settlement has been reached in a trailer park fire death that sparked years of continuing controversy surrounding Trails End Mobile Home P...

Poverty/Justice

/ 4 days ago

Some Black Families in California Gold Rush Town Fight for Ancestors’ Land

COLOMA — In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ance...

California

/ 4 days ago

California Sent a Mentally Ill Man to a State Hospital. Then It Charged Him $760,000

The first bill arrived in Sultan Khan’s mailbox two years after his release from Napa State Hospital. Khan had received psychiatric tr...

Healthcare

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Air Pollution Costs Valley Residents Millions in’Preventable’ Medical Costs: Study

Air in the San Joaquin Valley costs a fortune. So say researchers at UC Merced, who found that three prevalent air pollutants in the region ...

Economy

/ 2 weeks ago

Cities Nationwide Dropping ShotSpotter: How Has the Gun Detection Tech Performed in Fresno?

The revolutionary technology that promised to be law enforcement’s ears in the fight to combat gun violence has the nation divided on its ef...

Analysis

/ 3 weeks ago

Californians Will Decide — in 2024 — Whether to Ban Slavery. What Will the Measure Do?

In 1850, California joined the United States union as a state that outlawed indentured servitude and slavery, except for those serving out a...

Poverty/Justice

/ 4 weeks ago

A Nonprofit Got Jobs for Disabled Workers in California Prisons. A Union Dispute Could End Them

A long-simmering dispute between California’s largest state employee union and a nonprofit organization that hires disabled workers is comin...

Poverty/Justice

/ 1 month ago

A Lost Credit Card and $7 Cheeseburger Reignites CA’s Debate Over Excessive Bail

By most metrics, Gerald Kowalczyk was a uniquely bad candidate to leave jail before his trial. He had a criminal record of more than 60 conv...

Poverty/Justice

/ 2 months ago

Cheated Out of Your Paycheck? Help in Fresno Is on the Way

The Fresno City Attorney’s Office received $720,000 from the California Labor Commissioner to prosecute businesses for not paying work...

Poverty/Justice

/ 2 months ago

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Council Rejects Luxury NW Fresno Apartment Project. What’s Next?

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PINC Donation Gives Big Boost to Fresno’s Neediest Kids

Where Do Fresno Sex Offenders Live? Arias Rebuts Sheriff’s ‘False Narrative’

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Brandau Wants County to Start Clearing Homeless Encampments

Brandau Wants County to Start Clearing Homeless Encampments

/ 1 day ago

$1 Million Settlement in Fire Death Sparking Fresno Mobile Home Park Controversy

/ 4 days ago

Some Black Families in California Gold Rush Town Fight for Ancestors’ Land

/ 4 days ago

California Sent a Mentally Ill Man to a State Hospital. Then It Charged Him $760,000

/ 1 week ago

Air Pollution Costs Valley Residents Millions in’Preventable’ Medical Costs: Study

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Cities Nationwide Dropping ShotSpotter: How Has the Gun Detection Tech Performed in Fresno?

/ 3 weeks ago

Californians Will Decide — in 2024 — Whether to Ban Slavery. What Will the Measure Do?

/ 4 weeks ago

A Nonprofit Got Jobs for Disabled Workers in California Prisons. A Union Dispute Could End Them

/ 1 month ago

A Lost Credit Card and $7 Cheeseburger Reignites CA’s Debate Over Excessive Bail

/ 2 months ago

Cheated Out of Your Paycheck? Help in Fresno Is on the Way

/ 2 months ago

House Republicans Slam Trump’s ‘Worst Choice’ for VP Pick JD Vance

Companies Cut Prices to Boost Sales, Consumers Respond

Stay Cool, Fresno!

Warner Bros. Discovery Sues NBA for Not Accepting Its Matching Offer

Tanker Plane Crash Kills Firefighting Pilot in Oregon as Western Wildfires Spread

Will Bonta Election Lawsuit Reverse the Will of Fresno County Voters?

Opening Ceremony Floats Down Seine as Paris Investigates Rail Sabotage

Council Rejects Luxury NW Fresno Apartment Project. What’s Next?

Stay Cool, Fresno!

Where Do Fresno Sex Offenders Live? Arias Rebuts Sheriff’s ‘False Narrative’

Watch: Breaking Down Netanyahu’s Speech in Congress

Brandau Wants County to Start Clearing Homeless Encampments

Ziveli Winery Is a Toast to Croatia in California’s Heartland

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