[aggregation-styles] Wall Street Journal The Biden administration is looking past its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill and starting to consider how to pay for the next round of programs meant to bolster long-term economic growth with investments in infrastructure, clean energy and education. The challenges are twofold. Officials face a...
Pro-OHV Riders Gather To Protest Potential Closure of Oceano Dunes To Vehicles
[aggregation-styles] KSBY Television Community members are demanding to keep off-highway vehicle use at the Oceano Dunes in the future. Friends of Oceano Dunes, a non-profit that supports the use of OHV's at the state park, organized the protest Sunday afternoon. The protest comes as the California Coastal Commission is set...
Fully Vaccinated but Scared to Remove Your Mask? For Some, It Could Take Time.
[aggregation-styles] The Chicago Tribune Subscription As more people across the country become vaccinated against COVID-19, the CDC released guidelines March 8 allowing for fully vaccinated people to gather together without masks. But pulling off the mask and adjusting to life before the pandemic will come with a learning curve, according...
Aggressive Coyote That Bit Five in Northern California is Caught
[aggregation-styles] New York Times The Bay Area’s long, furry nightmare is finally over. A coyote that bit five people, including two young children, in the last eight months was caught and killed on Thursday in Moraga, a suburb of about 16,000 east of San Francisco, the California Department of Fish...
New $1,400 Stimulus Checks are Already Showing Up in Bank Accounts
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Now that President Biden has signed the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill into law, millions of desperate Americans are wondering the same thing: When will I get my money? Some people got their answer Friday. People around the country, including in Fresno, are already seeing pending...
T-Mobile Moves Forward with 1,000 Employee Call Center in Kingsburg
[aggregation-styles] The Business Journal After some three years of negotiations, phone giant T- Mobile has inked a lease of the former K-Mart building in Kingsburg, according to real estate sources. San Francisco-based Swinerton Builders has received a permit to begin demolition in the interior of the sprawling K-mart building that...
Fresno, Bakersfield Named Among Nation’s Deadliest Cities for Pedestrians
[aggregation-styles] The Business Journal The deadliest areas to be a pedestrian have been identified for this year’s “Dangerous By Design” study, and the list includes Fresno and Bakersfield. Bakersfield ranked Number 2 on the list with 260 deaths from 2010 through 2019, resulting in an danger index rating of 293....
Man Sentenced to Consecutive Life Terms for Using BB Gun in Bakersfield Robbery
[aggregation-styles] KGET News A man who used a replica firearm to rob a recycling center received consecutive life prison terms Friday under the California's three-strikes law. Hiram Salcedo, 22, was sentenced to two terms of 25 years to life, plus 10 years, following his conviction on charges including robbery and...
Zakaria: Biden’s Generous Immigration Policies Could Turn Out to Backfire
[aggregation-styles] Washington Post Within hours of being inaugurated, President Biden began to roll back Donald Trump’s most egregious immigration policies. He signed six executive actions, all geared toward a more humane and generous policy, and outlined an ambitious proposal for comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for the...
Private Schools See Enrollments Rise in Visalia, Tulare Amid the Pandemic
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta More public schools across the Valley have begun reopening almost a year after the pandemic shut them down. In-person learning became a rare commodity due to most of the region's lasting presence in the state’s most restrictive COVID tiers. But private schools were among the first...