On a Thursday in early September, more than 40 strangers logged in to Instacart, the grocery-shopping app, to buy eggs and test a hypothesis. Connected by videoconference, they simultaneously selected the same store — a Safeway in Washington, D.C. — and the same brand of eggs. They all chose pickup...
Three Years After Dobbs, ‘the Reality Is People Are Getting Abortions’
In recent weeks, the North Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a near-total ban on abortions. Texas enacted a law that lets private citizens sue out-of-state doctors who mail abortion medications into the state. And California approved legislation to protect those very same doctors, allowing abortion pills to be sent into Texas...
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...
Fresno Leaders Rally Around State Center Chancellor. How Did Trustees Respond?
The heat is being turned up on the State Center Community College District Board of Trustees, who are feeling pressure to dismiss Chancellor Carole Goldsmith immediately because of last month's no-confidence vote by 250 faculty members. However, trustees faced pressure from the other side Tuesday evening at a hastily scheduled...
Madera Unified Teachers Say They Are Ready To Strike
Madera Unified teachers, who are contemplating a strike, gathered Wednesday morning to demand competitive wages amidst what they label a “growing retention crisis.” A crowd of Madera Unified Teacher Association members marched in front of Desmond Middle School and Matilda Torres High School, carrying pickets and issuing choice words for...
Fresno, Can We Talk About Our ‘Wicked’ Movie Theater Etiquette?
Fresno, come on now. There are few places left in modern life where we all agree to behave. The airplane? A lost cause. The grocery store? Depends on the aisle and if someone takes the extra 10 seconds to put their cart away. But the movie theater — that dark,...
RIP, Tom Kane, the Man in Charge at Thousands of Fresno Events
This is a tribute to Tom Kane, a man that every Fresno resident likely saw at least once, if not dozens or hundreds or thousands of times, without every knowing who he was. Mr. Kane, who died Nov. 17 at the age of 85 after battling health issues, was both...
CSU Trustees OK Big Pay Boost for Fresno State’s President
Fresno State President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval will have more money to spend on Christmas presents this year with the 10% bump to his base salary that California State University trustees approved last month. Jiménez-Sandoval's annual base salary will climb from $476,015 to $523,617, making him the fifth-highest paid CSU president among...
Reedley Repeat Drunk Driving Suspect Charged With Murder
The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has filed murder charges against Daniel Lemus, 27, of Reedley, for killing a teenager while driving drunk in the early morning hours of Nov. 7. It is alleged that just before 1 a.m., Lemus was driving eastbound on Manning Avenue approaching South Mendocino Avenue...
California About to Cut Power Company Profits to Historic Lows. Your Bill Will Barely Drop
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. With California electric rates stuck at nearly the highest in the nation, the state’s utility regulator is poised to lower the payout shareholders can receive from California’s three large investor-owned power companies. In a proposed decision, the California...