As Fresno and the Central Valley continue to wrestle with challenges ranging from housing and health care to education, food insecurity, and environmental change, a group of local leaders is quietly shaping a different future. GV Wire’s 2025 Difference Makers spotlight individuals and organizations whose work is redefining what service,...
Go Inside the US Special Forces Mission That Captured Maduro
WASHINGTON — At 4:21 EST on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump sent a message on his Truth Social platform: the United States had carried out a daring mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. The action came as a surprise, but according to sources familiar with the...
Stranger Things Left a Strange Taste
Now don’t get me wrong. I am so glad Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) didn’t die. I would have flipped a table, turned off Netflix, and pretended this show ended in Season 4 if they took him out for shock value alone. That said, I am also not entirely sure we...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
Across the United States, someone is missing. One year into President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, construction firms in Louisiana are scrambling to find carpenters. Hospitals in West Virginia have lost out on doctors and nurses who were planning to come from overseas. A neighborhood soccer league in Memphis, Tennessee, cannot...
Key Forecast Killed After Almond Price Collapse. Was It a Knee-Jerk Decision?
How much can a single faulty forecast affect a business? For almond farmers in the Central Valley, the Punjabi American Growers Group says it cost growers $1.2 billion "overnight." As a result, the Almond Board of California voted in December to end funding for its annual objective forecast. The decision...
Deaths in 2025: A Yearlong Procession of Giants
One after another they fell, towering names that needed no introduction. Pope Francis. Robert Redford. Diane Keaton. Dick Cheney. Brian Wilson. Gene Hackman. Ozzy Osbourne. Jane Goodall. Roberta Flack. George Foreman. Tom Stoppard. Frank Gehry. Rob Reiner. The obituary pages track the deaths of the famous and the mighty in...
Even Without SEDA, Families Flock to Clovis Unified for First Rate Education
Clovis Unified School District, established in 1960, has transformed from a small rural district to a bustling hub of high-class education while remaining in its original boundaries. The district again is taking advantage of its long-standing vast borders by building the $600 million Terry Bradley Education Center in the city...
Hmong New Year Event in Fresno Celebrates Their 50 Years in America
The year 2025 marked the 50th anniversary of the first arrivals of Hmong refugees in the United States. While families and clans have been discussing their storied history all year, the celebration now culminates in the biggest New Year gathering of Southeast Asians in North America, said former Fresno City...
In an Era of ICE Raids, a Latino Christmas Tradition Proceeds With Caution
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Last week, organizers of a community holiday festival in San Marcos were busy planning a neighborhood procession and readying trays of tamales for guests. At the same time, they were preparing security to watch for ICE activity in...
See the Photos That Defined California in 2025: A Year in CalMatters’ Visuals
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Each year is unique in the joy, wonder, and heartache it can bring. Each year is the same in that our photographers and visual journalists spend it traversing the state to bring you those moments. We were on...
