The tantalyzing smell of fair food, the rush of carnival rides, and the sounds of live music all make their way to the Big Fresno Fair starting Wednesday. This is the fair's 139th year and its 12-day run features something for everyone. While live horse racing, museum tours, livestock...
Kingsburg Company Beckons Fruit Snack Buyers With ‘Hello, I’m Ugly’
With the passing of Senate Bill 1383, cities, residents, and big store retailers in California are brainstorming how to stop edible food from going to landfills. However, there are Valley organizations that have been coming up with innovative ways to reduce food waste for years. Among them: The Ugly...
Valley Children’s Sees Spike in Rare Syndrome Caused by COVID-19
As of March 29, 443 cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children had been reported statewide. Valley Children's Hospital in Madera tells GV Wire℠it has seen at least 88 of them. "We've seen quite a few cases," said Dr. Reshma Patel, a pediatric rheumatologist at VCH. "The thought is that it's...
Opinion: Californians Deserve Safe and Breathable Air
The first time my lungs seized up on me, I thought I was going to die. I had made the trek to a government building to file some paperwork in the heat of the Central Valley summer day, only to find that the gate I parked near was shut. Not...
Collision of Crises: Central Valley’s Searing Heat, Smoke, Virus Hot Spots
As ash drifted down from the fires burning through Solano County, a woman sweating under the smoke-reddened sun dug through her car, searching for an adapter for her husband’s oxygen machine. The couple had fought traffic on Wednesday to reach the evacuation shelter at Vacaville’s Ulatis Cultural Center — but,...
If 100 People Go to a Party in Fresno County, It’s 99% Someone Has COVID-19
Georgia Tech researchers have taken the guessing game out of the COVID-19 equation with a new interactive map. The online tool calculates the county-level risk of attending an event and crossing paths with someone who has the coronavirus. Previously, only state-level data was shown. The college says the dashboard accounts...
Late-Winter Systems to Bring Rain, Snow to Central California
A low-pressure system moving inland through Southern California on Thursday was expected to draw subtropical moisture northwestward, bringing showers and a chance of thunderstorms, the National Weather Service said. With heavy rain possible in some spots, flash flood watches were to go into effect at noon for a vast swath...
Late-Winter Systems to Bring Rain, Snow to Central California
A low-pressure system moving inland through Southern California on Thursday was expected to draw subtropical moisture northwestward, bringing showers and a chance of thunderstorms, the National Weather Service said. With heavy rain possible in some spots, flash flood watches were to go into effect at noon for a vast swath...
How Is This Poor, Rural District Keeping Kids in School?
At a time when rural schools all over California struggle to keep students in school, a three-year-old experiment in the southern Fresno County community of Parlier is showing some interesting results. And, officials say, chronic absenteeism isn’t the only problem the Parlier experiment may eventually solve. Like many Central Valley...
Trump's Signature Could Mean More Water for Valley
More water will flow toward San Joaquin Valley farmers, President Donald Trump declared at an event in Bakersfield on Wednesday afternoon. Trump announced the completion of biological opinions that will increase water allocations in Californians. “A major obstacle to providing more water for the region’s farmers has now been totally...