The new year offers an opportunity for a fresh start, growth, and success. It also is a time of reflection — a chance to look back and assess. GV Wire reporters and videographers were asked to identify the Difference Makers on their beats for 2023. Many readers will recognize some...
Solar Customers Could Be ‘Orphaned’ by PUC-Triggered 22% Industry Job Loss
Some solar customers in California will have a harder time getting their new systems installed and existing systems maintained as the solar industry sheds jobs due to recent metering decisions by the California Public Utilities Commission. The California Solar & Storage Association estimates that 22% of the state's solar industry...
Solar Customers Could Be ‘Orphaned’ by PUC-Triggered 22% Industry Job Loss
Some solar customers in California will have a harder time getting their new systems installed and existing systems maintained as the solar industry sheds jobs due to recent metering decisions by the California Public Utilities Commission. The California Solar & Storage Association estimates that 22% of the state's solar industry...
‘A Graveyard for Children’: Over 8,000 Children Killed in Gaza Due to Israeli War, UN Reports
The United Nations has labeled Gaza as "a graveyard" for children, with over 8,000 children killed and thousands displaced due to the Israeli war. The government media office reports that more than 8,663 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7, with thousands more missing...
Two Studies Name Fresno as One of the Toughest American Cities to Live
Recent media reports claim that Fresno has the worst homeless rate per capita in the United States. Data reviewed by GV Wire doesn't rank Fresno No. 1 for homelessness, but it paints a grim picture of the challenges ahead for getting more people off the street. Nonprofit think-tank Brookings Institute...
Two Studies Name Fresno as One of the Toughest American Cities to Live
Recent media reports claim that Fresno has the worst homeless rate per capita in the United States. Data reviewed by GV Wire doesn't rank Fresno No. 1 for homelessness, but it paints a grim picture of the challenges ahead for getting more people off the street. Nonprofit think-tank Brookings Institute...
Fong Is Allowed to Run for Congress, Judge Rules
A Sacramento Superior Court judge has ruled that Assemblymember Vince Fong will be allowed to run for Kevin McCarthy's vacated seat in Congress. Fong, R-Bakersfield, ran afoul of interpretations of state election laws that would prevent a candidate from running for two positions on the same ballot. In a seven-page...
Fong Is Allowed to Run for Congress, Judge Rules
A Sacramento Superior Court judge has ruled that Assemblymember Vince Fong will be allowed to run for Kevin McCarthy's vacated seat in Congress. Fong, R-Bakersfield, ran afoul of interpretations of state election laws that would prevent a candidate from running for two positions on the same ballot. In a seven-page...
Appeal Court Rules City of Fresno Owes Measure P Backer $363K
The city of Fresno owes a Measure P backer hundreds of thousands of dollars, an appeal court ruled this week. Lawyers representing the city unsuccessfully argued that Fresno's municipal government did not oppose the measure and thus should be off the hook. The 3-0 ruling by the Fresno-based Fifth District...
Appeal Court Rules City of Fresno Owes Measure P Backer $363K
The city of Fresno owes a Measure P backer hundreds of thousands of dollars, an appeal court ruled this week. Lawyers representing the city unsuccessfully argued that Fresno's municipal government did not oppose the measure and thus should be off the hook. The 3-0 ruling by the Fresno-based Fifth District...