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Magic Happens When Kids and Adults Learn to Swim. Tragedy Can Strike if They Don’t.

At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young swimmers walked through the rec center with their parents in tow. ...

Magic Happens When Kids and Adults Learn to Swim. Tragedy Can Strike if They Don’t.

At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young swimmers walked through the rec center with their parents in tow. ...

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What Happens After a Homeless Person Is Arrested for Camping? Often, Not Much

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Wickey Two Hands sat at the defense table on a recent Thur...

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White House Eyes Overhaul of Federal Housing Aid to the Poor

WASHINGTON — The White House is considering deep cuts to federal housing programs, including a sweeping overhaul of aid to low-income famili...

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What To Know About California Reparations: Is State’s Apology the Beginning or the End?

Some five years after the police murder of George Floyd, shifting political winds at both the state and national level raise the question of...

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Intellectually Disabled Teen Shot by Idaho Police Dies After Being Removed From Life Support

BOISE, Idaho — An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain-link fence while he...

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CA’s Homeless Shelters Aren’t for Everyone. That Doesn’t Mean They Don’t Work

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Re: “7 takeaways from our investigation into Ca...

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Will Fresno Unified Rent Apartments for Homeless Students?

Fresno Unified trustees will consider approving a contract to provide housing in central Fresno for as many as 10 FUSD families. The agenda ...

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Newsom’s New CA Homelessness Plan Leaves Out Some Important Details

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Let’s assume that there’s a theoretical p...

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Fresno EOC Board OKs Audit of Agency’s Troubled Finances

The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission board voted Monday to hire a Minneapolis firm to do a forensic audit to determine how a multimi...

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Will Fresno EOC Board Order Forensic Audit of Troubled Finances?

The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission board of directors is scheduled to vote Monday evening on awarding a contract for a forensic au...

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CEO of Patomak Global Partners Paul Atkins takes part in a strategic and policy CEO discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Eisenhower Execution Office Building in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2017. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo)
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Paul Atkins Sworn in as US SEC Chair

The corporate logo of the UnitedHealth Group appears on the side of one of their office buildings in Santa Ana, California, U.S., April 13, 2020. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
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UnitedHealth Spent $1.7 Million on Executive Security in 2024, Filing Shows

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US Supreme Court Appears Likely to Uphold Obamacare’s Preventive Care Coverage Mandate

Pilar Rose, 51, formerly of Fresno, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and obstructing an IRS audit, agreeing to forfeit her mansion and BMW after falsifying financial records to evade taxes and secure fraudulent loans. (Zillow)
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Woman in Fresno Mansion Fraud Case Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion

Nathaniel Ray Diaz, 21, of Greenfield, is a California state prisoner who has been indicted on federal charges on Monday, April 21, 2025, for allegedly directing a minor to send sexually explicit images while serving time for previous offenses against the same child. (Shutterstock)
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California Prisoner Indicted for Exploiting Child Victim While Incarcerated

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a news conference about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest autism survey in Washington, April 16, 2025. In his first attempt to significantly change the nation’s food supply, Kennedy will direct food manufacturers to phase out eight petroleum-based food dyes that are found in hundreds of thousands of grocery-store staples, the department said on Monday, April 21. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)
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Kennedy Plans to Phase Out 8 Commonly Used Food Dyes

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The Superintendent Search Document FUSD Does Not Want You to See

President Donald Trump attends the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
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Trump Approval Rating Dips. Many Wary of His Wielding of Power, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds

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