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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...

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...

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