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Suits Against Fresno EOC Claim Wage Violations, Unlawful Firing

A former recycling employee is suing the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission in a lawsuit that claims the agency failed to pay minimum ...

Suits Against Fresno EOC Claim Wage Violations, Unlawful Firing

A former recycling employee is suing the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission in a lawsuit that claims the agency failed to pay minimum ...

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Leadership Shake-Up at Fresno EOC? New Acting CEO Named

Editor’s Note: Story was updated Wednesday with new information from Fresno EOC. The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission is now h...

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Polluted Communities Hold Their Breath as Companies Struggle With CA Diesel Truck Ban

Standing in his front yard in Wilmington, Jose Ulloa can’t get a sentence out without coughing. Heavy-duty trucks, headed to and from ...

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California Banned Bilingual Education for Nearly 20 Years. It Hasn’t Recovered

In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, a small city surrounded by farm fields. Her mother a...

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California Shorted Prisoners on Money for Their Release. It’s Ending the Practice

California prisons are no longer withholding money they are supposed to give people at the time of their release, according to a California ...

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Fresno Council Throws Out Plan for South Central, Says It Was Too Strict

The Fresno City Council on Thursday rejected a $1 million plan five years in the making that would have determined land use in south central...

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Nearly 30% of US Drugstores Closed in One Decade, Study Shows

Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade had closed by 2021, new research shows. Black and Latino ne...

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As Atmospheric River Soaks California, Farmworkers Await Flood Aid Promised in 2023

Floodwaters devastated the small communities of Pajaro and Planada in early 2023. California gave each town $20 million to recover – but as ...

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Is Fresno Mobile Home Park Controversy Over? Tenants Applaud Federal Judge’s Ruling

With a federal judge ordering a trustee to oversee the sale of a controversial mobile home park, the story of the fight between tenants and ...

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71% of Fresno Residents Say Industrial Development Is Good for City: Survey

A new local study shows that more than 7 out of 10 respondents see the recent inflow of warehouse jobs in Fresno as a net positive. Regardle...

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