With countries issuing retaliatory tariffs in response to President Donald Trump's protective orders Tuesday morning, actions from import destinations may soon hit close to home for Central Valley farmers. China made it clear that it would impose tariffs up 15% on chicken, pork, soy, and beef products from the U.S....
California Beat Big Tobacco. Can It Now Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Damage?
Big Oil faces mounting lawsuits as extreme weather worsens, with California leading efforts to make fossil fuel giants pay billions of dollars for the climate damage they have long denied. Across the country, states, cities, tribes and environmental groups have filed dozens of lawsuits against oil companies alleging that they misled the...
DACA Reform Gains Momentum. Valadao Says Program Fix Needed.
About 200 Democratic representatives have signed onto a bill granting pathways for citizenship to immigrants who came to the country as children. Now, the American Dream and Promise Act from Reps. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) has gained the support of a Republican representative. Another Central Valley representative...
NPR’s Tamara Keith: Trump Shouldn’t Pick the White House Press Corps
Valley Public Radio and a host of nonprofits brought National Public Radio's Tamara Keith — a Hanford native — to talk about her experience as the senior White House correspondent and former president of the White House Correspondents' Association. Keith served as president of the association in 2022 and 2023....
Lawsuit Claims FUSD’s African American Academic Support Program Discriminates
A federal lawsuit says Fresno Unified's program to fix educational gaps among African American students discriminates against non-Black children. Of the district's roughly 5,200 African American students, 23% participated in the program in the 2023-24 school year. The Office of African American Academic Acceleration (A4) served 7,950 students, with Black...
Fresno Police Officer: City Retaliates After I Blew Whistle on Balderrama
The Fresno police officer at the center of former Police Chief Paco Balderrama's fall from grace is making a new claim of retaliation by the city. Attorneys for Jordan Wamhoff, who is also an elected Madera County Supervisor, said the city is conducting an investigation into their client. "This is...
Will Costa’s New Bill Become the Long-Awaited Fix for DACA?
A bill from Democratic lawmakers would provide a long-awaited path to citizenship for children protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The American Dream and Promise Act from Reps. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) provides citizenship opportunities to the nearly 500,000 people in the U.S. protected...
Fresno EOC Postpones Deleting DEI Language in Job Descriptions
The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission postponed scrubbing DEI-related language from job descriptions, which interim CEO Brian Angus is recommending so as not to jeopardize tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for the anti-poverty community action agency. Delaying the vote to next month's meeting will give the agency time...
Fresno Wants Frazier Out of Granite Park. He’s Fighting Back.
Terance Frazier is not going down without a fight. The city of Fresno is going to court to force the nonprofit Frazier operates to exit the Granite Park sports complex. The city filed an unlawful detainer lawsuit in January, and a judge next week will decide if the eviction case...
1.1 Million Bee Colonies Died This Winter. Race Is On to Learn Why.
When beekeepers opened their hives for the first time this year, many of them found devastating numbers of empty hives. Even good beekeepers saw mortality rates they've never seen before, said Omer Davidi, CEO and co-founder of BeeHero, a hive monitoring company. "There's a big crisis out there," Davidi told...