[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...
Trump Starting To Fade From View
[aggregation-styles] Axios For the first time in years, Donald Trump is starting to fade into the background, according to SocialFlow data tracking the number of clicks to news articles. The big picture: During the first month of his post-presidency, Trump remained as discussed as he was when he was in...
Convicted Bakersfield Killer, Now Accused of Cellmate’s Murder, Awaits Hospital Transfer
[aggregation-styles] KGET News Convicted murderer Jamie Osuna, who a judge found incompetent last month to stand trial in the death of his cellmate, was still awaiting transfer to a state hospital for treatment as of Thursday. Osuna was serving a sentence of life without parole for the torture and killing...
First U.S. 3D-Printed Housing Community Planned For Rancho Mirage
[aggregation-styles] My News LA Rancho Mirage will be the location of the country’s first 3D-printed housing community, which is set to be ready for move-in by early next year, according to the builders. Beverly Hills-based development group Palari is teaming with Mighty Buildings, a construction technology company based in Oakland,...
School District’s Decision to Cancel Football, Water Polo Prompts Visalia Protest
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta About 70 students and parents protested Visalia Unified School District's decision to cancel high school football and water polo at the district's office this week. VUSD canceled the two sports' seasons for the 2020-21 school year, saying it was prioritizing spring athletics since those sports were...
The Middle East’s Next Conflicts Won’t Be Between Arab States and Iran
[aggregation-styles] Foreign Policy For more than two decades, the United States has seen the politics of the Middle East as a tug of war between moderation and radicalism—Arabs against Iran. But for the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, it was blind to different, more profound fissures growing among the...









