Central Unified School District students who are doing their schoolwork at home until schools can reopen will have more people on their side to make sure things are going OK. The district, in partnership with its teachers and classified employees unions, is launching #Central4Kids, a program that will match each...
Can the Coronavirus Spread Through the Air?
Can the coronavirus spread through the air? Yes, it's possible. The World Health Organization recently acknowledged the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions. Recent COVID-19 outbreaks in crowded indoor settings — restaurants, nightclubs and choir practices — suggest the virus can hang around in the air...
2nd US Virus Surge Hits Plateau, but Few Experts Celebrate
NEW YORK — While deaths from the coronavirus in the U.S. are mounting rapidly, public health experts are seeing a flicker of good news: The second surge of confirmed cases appears to be leveling off. Scientists aren’t celebrating by any means, warning that the trend is driven by four big,...
Camarena Health Starts Construction in Madera on Largest-Ever Expansion
Approximately 30,000 square feet of buildings are going up in Madera as part of Camarena Health's largest expansion project ever. The facilities, dubbed The Almond Campus because they're on Almond Avenue, will cost nearly $17 million and transform the urgent-care facility there into a full-service, five-building campus. Plans call for a 10,000 square-foot...
Fresno County Spending COVID Funds Faster Than City
In the 1985 movie "Brewster's Millions," Richard Pryor's character had a hard time spending $30 million in 30 days. His reward if he did would be $300 million. The city and county of Fresno are taking a slower approach spending $171 million in federal funds from the CARES Act for COVID-19...
Fresno Primary Care Providers Will Soon Be Asked to Do COVID-19 Tests
Imagine getting a test for coronavirus at the same time you get blood work or a physical at your doctor's office. That may soon be a reality. Los Angeles and Long Beach recently put out orders to that effect. Starting Friday, all primary care providers there must provide COVID-19 testing....
Fresno Unified Teachers Want to Know: What’s the Distance Learning Plan?
Fresno Unified officials say the distance learning program provided to its 74,000 students starting just three weeks from now will be markedly different than the one in the final two months of the past school year. But details about what school will look like while students are learning virtually are...
Central Unified Trustees Decide to Take Another Shot at $120M Bond Measure
Central Unified School District trustees hope the second time will be the charm for a $120 million bond measure and voted 5-1 Tuesday night to put it on the Nov. 3 ballot. In the March primary election, Central Unified's Measure C just missed the 55% voter approval margin needed for...
Catholic Schools to Reopen? Diocesan Schools Chief to Seek Waivers
Students attending parochial schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno will start their school year next week just like their public school counterparts — online. All schools in Valley counties that are on the state's COVID-19 watchlist must remain closed as a result of a state mandate issued this...
State Sending COVID Team to Fresno & Madera Counties as Harvest Begins
The state is sending a team to help battle the number of rising COVID-19 infections in Fresno and Madera counties. Fresno County calls it a "unified support" team that will collaborate with leaders here to best determine where and how they deploy. Fresno County officials also confirm that part of...