Seven in ten Californians expect bad economic times in the coming year, according to a new November survey from the Public Policy Institute of California. PPIC researcher Dean Bonner said pessimism has risen sharply since last December, when 56% anticipated a downturn. Despite most residents describing their personal finances as...
CA Students With Disabilities Face ‘Terrifying’ Special Ed Cuts After Trump Changes
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Sleep is a rare commodity at Lindsay Crain’s house. Most nights, she and her husband are up dozens of times, tending to their daughter’s seizures. The 16-year-old flails her arms, thrashes and kicks — sometimes for hours. But...
US Judge Questions Trump Administration’s Continued Targeting of Pro-Palestinian Tufts Student
A federal judge on Thursday said she was "struggling" to understand why President Donald Trump's administration is preventing a Tufts University PhD student who had engaged in pro-Palestinian activism from working on campus nearly seven months after the Turkish citizen was released from an immigration detention center. Chief U.S. District...
Bulldogs Add 20 New Players, Including Clovis QB, on Signing Day
Twenty new recruits, including quarterback Deagan Rose of Clovis High School, are on the way to help Fresno State football. Head coach Matt Entz announced the 2026 recruiting class Wednesday, college football's signing day. All are listed as three-star recruits by 247Sports, except for Fresno City transfer Ethan Rossetti —...
Valley Crime Stoppers Seeks ID of Man Accused in EECU Fraud Case
Valley Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help identifying a man suspected of depositing fraudulent checks and money orders into multiple EECU accounts, then withdrawing the funds in cash. According to officials, the incidents occurred between March 11 and Aug. 15, 2025. Surveillance images released by Crime Stoppers show...
Nurses, Teachers Could Lose ‘Professional’ Status. What Does That Mean for Fresno?
A proposal from the U.S. Department of Education deems teachers, nurses, behavioral health therapists, and several other careers as no longer "professional." The rule, begat from President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, separates those vocations from doctors, veterinarians, pharmacists, lawyers, theologians, and psychologists, which would maintain their status. If approved...
US Weekly Jobless Claims Dive to a More Than Three-Year Low
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 — The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell to a more than three-year low last week, allaying fears of a sharp deterioration in labor market conditions after independent surveys showed job losses in November. Difficulties adjusting the weekly jobless claims data around the...
Vaccine Panel Again Postpones Vote on Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
ATLANTA — Accusations that presenters were cherry-picking data and substituting speculation for science derailed a federal vaccine advisory panel vote Thursday morning on whether to change a decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B. The committee deferred the vote to Friday because some members wanted...
Free HIV Testing, Produce, and Ice Cream in Fresno on Friday
Clinica Sierra Vista will offer free HIV testing on Friday. Between 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Orange & Butler Community Health Center at 1350 S. Orange Ave., the health clinic will offer free HIV testing, fresh produce, ice cream, and community resources from 10 organizations, according to a...
Fresno’s New Money Grab?
Home price inflation is the engine of wealth inequality in America. Nowhere is this more evident than in California, where roughly 30% of household income goes toward housing. When adjusted for cost of living, California holds the highest poverty rate in the nation. Nearly one in five Fresno County households...