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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 ...

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 ...

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

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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...

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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...

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This Is the Rare Financial Merger That Will Help Working People and Small Business

As an advocate for California farmworkers’ rights, I’m urging support for the Capital One-Discover merger. This alliance can del...

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A Radical Lesson From El Salvador to Solve Fresno Housing & Homeless Crisis

Several months ago, I sat on a bench for 24 hours and had conversations with people about all kinds of topics but mostly about the needs sur...

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Opinion: How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything

“America can’t build anything,” my co-worker, a talented data scientist from China, remarked as we rode a BART train through a suburb of Oak...

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What Do Supreme Court Justices Say About Homelessness?

The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can punish...

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