There's still time to register for Friday's 1 p.m. small business town hall hosted by Assemblyman Adam Gray of Merced and featuring state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. They and other participants will offer tips on how to survive the COVID-19 pandemic and point to the financial resources available. The virtual...
Clovis Unified Offers ‘Flexible Online’ Option for Kids of Working Parents
Working parents who can't be home during the day while their kids are attending their Clovis Unified school online have the option of a "flexible" schedule. Students will still have access to teachers during the daytime, but parents will be in charge of when their kids do schoolwork at their...
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...
Election Challenge: Safe, Accurate Voting in Pandemic Era
Despite skeptics in high places — President Donald Trump, for example — of mailing a ballot to every active registered voter in California, local election officials are answering with their own message: All votes will be accurately counted, and rigorous safeguards are in place to prevent election fraud. In fact,...
Tower District Business Owner Displays Signs of Frustration Over COVID-19, Some Aren’t Happy
Detention Billiards was forced to shut down for three months during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Owner Tim Ferrigan then re-opened for three weeks before having to shut down again. His frustrations have spilled onto several chalk signs in the windows of his shuttered Tower District business. Some...
Virus Testing in the US Is Dropping, Even as Deaths Mount
U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait hours to get a test and days or weeks to find out...
Walters: Should California Borrow More or Tax More?
The state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed earlier this summer had been hastily adjusted to cope with projections that state revenues would plummet by tens of billions of dollars due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden recession it sparked. Nevertheless, it was a budget based on hope —...
State’s COVID Team Heads to Madera, Will Provide Fresno County Action Plan
After two solid days of meetings and tours, the state's COVID-19 support team is leaving Fresno County. But, that doesn't mean the county is in the clear. The team next travels to Madera County to assist COVID-19 efforts there before returning to Sacramento. Fresno County leaders expect to receive an...
Want to Help Your Child Manage School Stress? Tune in Thursday
Distance learning, which students across Fresno County will resume when their new school year starts this month, has created anxiety, depression, and other emotional responses from kids, leaving many parents searching for help. A webinar hosted by Community Medical Centers' Health Watch in partnership with ABC30 will answer parents' questions...
Will Soria Jump on High-Speed Rail Executive Position?
Last week, Caltrans announced it hired Diana Gomez as director for the region covering Fresno County and the Central Valley. Gomez left her position as the Central Valley regional director of the High-Speed Rail project. Multiple sources have told Politics 101 that Fresno councilwoman Esmeralda Soria might be a fit...