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Former Fresno City Councilman Accused of Using Taxpayer Funds to Support Wife’s Campaign

Former California Assemblymember Juan Arambula and a well-known community activist say there is "substantial reason to believe" that former Fresno city councilmember and current county supervisor Luis Chavez used taxpayer funds to support his wife's campaign for his vacated seat. Chavez is married to Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas, a Fresno Unified...

Fresno Candidate Brandon Vang and Wife May Lee Emotionally Respond to Attack Mailer

Brandon Vang and his wife are incensed about a recent campaign mailer accusing him of statutory rape. In an exclusive interview with GV Wire on Wednesday, Vang and May Lee denied allegations made in the mailer by the dark money political group Fresno Future Forward. "This is wrong. These accusations...

Fresno County Confirms Measles Case. Health Officials Stress Vaccination

The Fresno County Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the Madera County Department of Public Health, confirmed a case of measles involving a local resident who had not been vaccinated and had traveled internationally. Health officials said the Fresno County adult is recovering and quarantining at home. They said...

Special Ed Teachers Are Hard to Recruit. Here’s How Clovis Unified Is Succeeding.

Clovis Unified School District is tackling the long-standing shortage of special education teachers plaguing districts nationwide. In May 2019, the district implemented a new strategy, Special Education Credentialing of Teacher Residents aka “SPECTER,, to help recruit teachers to the district. The program, in partnership with Fresno State, provides financial support...

Fresno Supervisor Luis Chavez, Trustee Jonasson Rosas Allegedly Use Superintendent Search for Political Gain

Multiple independent sources say former city councilmember Luis Chavez made a deal to get Fresno Unified administrator Misty Her selected as the district's next superintendent in exchange for support from the Hmong community in his bid to become a Fresno County supervisor. Chavez's wife, Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas, is a Fresno...

Fresno City Attorney Janz Launches Probe Into Attack Campaign Mailer

Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz is investigating whether a campaign mailer for an upcoming city council election violated the law. Last week, a group called Fresno Future Forward sent a mailer to residents in Fresno City Council District 5, which covers much of southeast Fresno. The mailer claimed candidate Brandon...

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