SACRAMENTO — Power bills for about 16 million PG&E customers will likely increase after state regulators released two rate proposals for one of the nation's largest utilities Wednesday. The California Public Utilities Commission is finishing up its once-every-four-years review of the utility that provides electric and gas service to a...
California Keeps Its Title as Having the Nation’s Highest Poverty Rate
Congratulations California, you’ve done it again — retained your title of having the highest level of poverty of any state. The Census Bureau released new economic data Tuesday, including both official poverty rates for 2022 and what are called “supplemental” rates. The former, based on formula several decades old, involves only...
California Keeps Its Title as Having the Nation’s Highest Poverty Rate
Congratulations California, you’ve done it again — retained your title of having the highest level of poverty of any state. The Census Bureau released new economic data Tuesday, including both official poverty rates for 2022 and what are called “supplemental” rates. The former, based on formula several decades old, involves only...
Which Controversial Bills Will Gov. Newsom Sign Into Law?
It’s California’s most diverse Legislature ever, and one-fourth of lawmakers are new. But some things never change: Legislators wait until the last days of the session to pass a lot of bills. In recent days, they have sent Gov. Gavin Newsom some significant legislation — to tax guns and ammunition, ban caste discrimination and decriminalize some...
Which Controversial Bills Will Gov. Newsom Sign Into Law?
It’s California’s most diverse Legislature ever, and one-fourth of lawmakers are new. But some things never change: Legislators wait until the last days of the session to pass a lot of bills. In recent days, they have sent Gov. Gavin Newsom some significant legislation — to tax guns and ammunition, ban caste discrimination and decriminalize some...
City Hall Covertly Pays $414,000 to Bail Out Granite Park Over Late Utility Bills
Over the past two years, the city of Fresno has paid off $414,106 in outstanding utility bills for Granite Park, the city-owned recreation facility operated under contract by a nonprofit, multiple sources tell GV Wire. And those payments have been made even though the relationship between the city and the...
City Hall Covertly Pays $414,000 to Bail Out Granite Park Over Late Utility Bills
Over the past two years, the city of Fresno has paid off $414,106 in outstanding utility bills for Granite Park, the city-owned recreation facility operated under contract by a nonprofit, multiple sources tell GV Wire. And those payments have been made even though the relationship between the city and the...
Is a Fresno Teacher Strike Inevitable? District Outlines Preparations in Board Resolution
Fresno Unified School District is moving forward with preparations to mitigate the impacts of a potential strike by the district's 4,473 teachers after an apparent rejection of a state mediator's proposed agreement last week. District sources told GV Wire that last week's fact-finding sessions by the Public Employment Relations Board...
Is a Fresno Teacher Strike Inevitable? District Outlines Preparations in Board Resolution
Fresno Unified School District is moving forward with preparations to mitigate the impacts of a potential strike by the district's 4,473 teachers after an apparent rejection of a state mediator's proposed agreement last week. District sources told GV Wire that last week's fact-finding sessions by the Public Employment Relations Board...
We Don’t Want a Free Needle Exchange in Downtown, Say Dyer and Councilmen
Nearly a week after a needle exchange program won approval to operate out of the Fresno County Department of Public Health, some city elected officials publicly complained. Mayor Jerry Dyer said the Fresno County Board of Supervisors made the "wrong decision" when it voted 3-2 on Sept. 5 to approve...