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Calls to Defund Fresno Police Continue as Commission Seeks More Time

July 29, 2020

The Fresno Commission on Police Reform resumed business with a public meeting on Monday night that included more calls to defund the department. As it gets closer to the deadline for issuing its reform recommendations, the group continues to seek an extension ...

Cluck, Cluck, N’Yuck. No Hens in Clovis for Now.

David Taub

July 24, 2020

Despite a strong push from city councilman Bob Whalen, backyard chickens will not be legally allowed in Clovis for at least a year. David Taub Politics 101 Also in Politics 101: Milton...

Portrait of Sandra Celedon combined with her controversial tweet on a background of a fire

PD Commission’s Celedon Declines to Explain ‘Burn it Down’ Tweet

David Taub

July 7, 2020

In its first public meeting Monday, the Fresno Commission on Police Reform's second-in-command, Sandra Celedon, declined to explain a controversial tweet after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapo...

Image of side-by-side ballot boxes marked Fresno Unified, Clovis Unified, and Central Unified

Thinking of Running for School Board? Filing Period Opens July 13

David Taub

June 30, 2020

Election season is about to resume in Fresno County. While the Fresno City Council and mayoral races were decided in the March primary, there will be key school district races to vote on. David Taub Politics 101 Also in Politics 101: ...

Who Is Lining up to Run for Fresno, Clovis, Central School Boards?

David Taub

June 29, 2020

Election season is about to resume in Fresno County. While the Fresno City Council and mayoral races were decided in the March primary, there will be key school district races to vote on. David Ta...

Baines Casts Wide Community Net for Police Reform Commission Members

David Taub

June 19, 2020

Oliver Baines says he welcomes having 36 members serving with him on the Fresno Commission on Police Reform. "Anyone that wanted to serve on this commission, I pretty much said yes to. I felt like it was suc...

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‘Father of Community Policing’ Is Advising Fresno Reform Commission

Bill McEwen

June 19, 2020

Lee P. Brown, who is among America's leading experts on community policing, is consulting with the Fresno Commission on Police Reform, the group's chairman, Oliver Baines, said Thursday. "We're truly fortunate to have (Lee Brown) giving us his thoug...

Side-by-side images of Black Lives Matter protesters and a Fresno Police Department cruiser

Fresno Reform Commission Will Focus on Community Policing: Baines

David Taub

June 12, 2020

In the wake of calls for police reform, Fresno Black Lives Matter supporters and police leaders agree that the formation of a Commission on Police Reform is a good idea. "I feel confident that we wil...

Newsom Agrees to Nix Cuts for Seniors, Others

Joe Arpaio Clings to Relevancy in What’s Likely His Last Run

1.2 Million Seek Jobless Aid After $600 Federal Check Ends

California Ups Early Inmate Release Estimate Amid Objections

Temperance Flat Dam Put on the Shelf Indefinitely

State’s COVID Team Heads to Madera, Will Provide Fresno County Action Plan

Taxpayers Helped Make it, So Why Does Remdesivir Cost $3,200 a Patient?

Support Team Arrives as Newsom Says Central Valley Is Biggest COVID Concern

Scientists Say New Strain of Swine Flu Virus Is Spreading to Humans in China

Column: Big and Booming, Dechambeau Is PGA Tour Must-See TV

Raiders QB Derek Carr: ‘I’m Tired of Being Disrespected’

Lakers Beat Jazz 116-108 to Clinch Top Seed in West

Walters: Legislators Want to Pile on Debt

Walters: School Reformers Win Major Skirmish

Opinion: Why Biden’s VP Pick Matters

Walters: Should California Borrow More or Tax More?

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Republican John Kasich Will Reportedly Speak At Democratic National Convention For Joe Biden

Opinion: Why Biden’s VP Pick Matters

Biden Won’t Go to Milwaukee to Accept Democratic Nomination

New Website Allows Voters to Track Their Ballot, Registration

Calls to Defund Fresno Police Continue as Commission Seeks More Time

Cluck, Cluck, N’Yuck. No Hens in Clovis for Now.

PD Commission’s Celedon Declines to Explain ‘Burn it Down’ Tweet

Thinking of Running for School Board? Filing Period Opens July 13

Who Is Lining up to Run for Fresno, Clovis, Central School Boards?

Baines Casts Wide Community Net for Police Reform Commission Members

‘Father of Community Policing’ Is Advising Fresno Reform Commission

Fresno Reform Commission Will Focus on Community Policing: Baines

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