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Fresno Sheriff’s Office Enlists Community’s Help to Prevent School Shootings

The Fresno County Sheriff's Office is ramping up efforts to promote the Targeted Violence Prevention Task Force in response to the recent Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia and other local high school threats. The task force, established in August 2023, operates through an online tool called the Targeted Violence...

Valley Children’s Hopes Paying $400K to Settle a Lawsuit Will Make Another One Go Away

When one Valley Children's nurse saw a $55 settlement check in the mail, he was confused. He knew about the lawsuit against the hospital for paying on-call wages far below California minimum wage, but the settlement description said nothing about on-call rates. He didn't know about a separate class-action lawsuit...

Sierra Unified Up in Arms as Petition to Leave District Gets Public Hearing

Opposing sides had their first chance to publicly voice their opinions on a petition from some homeowners to transfer more than 600 acres of foothill land from Sierra Unified School District to Clovis Unified. Parents, students, and educators filled the Foothill Elementary auditorium Thursday for the first of two public...

Sierra Unified Has Faced Many Pivotal Moments. Two More Are at Hand.

Cortney Burke and Angie Cozby were classmates at Sierra High School during its heyday two decades ago. Their Class of '01 was said to be one of the school’s biggest-ever senior classes at around 250 students. But these days, the high school senior class numbers slightly more than 100 students....

Farber Campus Opening: ‘Where Students’ Dreams Can Flourish and Not Wither’

The grand opening of Fresno Unified's new Farber Educational Campus on Friday was a long-awaited day of celebration on many fronts: Celebration of an alternative education center complete with classroom and job training opportunities that principal Carson Wood says he's claiming as the biggest in the world — until someone...

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