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Love of Teaching Powers Her Amazing Sprint to a Fresno Classroom

May 13, 2019

Kaylee Gutierrez is among the 19.3% of students who enter Fresno State as freshmen and get their diplomas four years later. But she did something else that had university officials jogging their memories. Gutierrez earned a multiple-subject teaching cred...

Speaking Truth to Power on Behalf of Special Ed Students

Bill McEwen

May 2, 2019

It's called speaking truth to power. And, Wednesday night, five women dedicated to special education students and families delivered the truth to the most powerful leaders in Fresno Unified. Opini...

Big Special Ed Dollars Coming. Can FUSD Deliver Better Results?

Bill McEwen

April 30, 2019

As soon as he became superintendent in 2017, Bob Nelson publicly acknowledged serious, heart-breaking problems in Fresno Unified's often-criticized special education program. The criticism hasn't relented ev...

Fresno Unified Trustees in No Hurry to Decide Measure X Projects

Bill McEwen

April 12, 2019

A special meeting Friday on how to spend the remaining $170 million in Fresno Unified's Measure X construction bonds didn't produce action on a single project. Instead, the trustees voiced their thoughts on funding priorities for nearly three hours. Aske...

Fresno Unified Trustees Will Decide Measure X Projects Friday

Bill McEwen and Myles Barker

April 11, 2019

One of the thorniest issues for many school boards is deciding which construction projects to fund. For Fresno Unified's seven trustees, the challenge is how to spend $172 million in remaining Measure X bond...

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U.S. Attorney Ends Probe Into Fresno Unified Construction Projects

Bill McEwen

April 5, 2019

U.S. Department of Justice officials based in Sacramento say that a federal investigation into construction contracts awarded by Fresno Unified School District is over and no charges will be filed. The probe...

FUSD Probe Contradicts Slatic’s Claim of Student’s Threats

David Taub

March 29, 2019

Fresno Unified’s internal investigation of a physical confrontation between trustee Terry Slatic and a Bullard High student offers a different narrative than what the trustee told GV Wire. The report, which redacted the names of all witnesses except a Bulla...

Pan’s Bill Would Further Restrict Vaccine Exemptions for Schoolkids

David Taub

March 26, 2019

Wanting to crack down on what he calls fraudulent doctors, a California legislator introduced a bill that would take the power to approve medical exemptions away from doctors and grant it to other health profes...

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Wild Chase Reveals FUSD Failure to Support Troubled Student

Bill McEwen

March 22, 2019

Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson and the district's trustees face perhaps the biggest challenge in his nearly 27 months of leadership. Opinion Bill McEwen On Wednesday, a student wa...

Black Teachers Provide Big Boost to African American Students

Myles Barker

March 11, 2019

There has long been an academic achievement gap between white and black students. Historically, black students have graduated from colleges and universities at lower rates than their white peers. California, which is home to the fifth-largest black populati...

Migrants at Southern Border Top 100K for 2nd Month in a Row

Identity Theft Sends Clovis Man to Federal Prison

Brand Touts Higher Rainy Day Fund In ‘Status Quo’ Budget

Man Buys $1 Million Lottery Scratcher at Fresno 7-Eleven

Beyond the Tampon Tax: How Far Will California Go to End 'Menstrual Inequity'?

Key Conflicts Roil California’s Ever-Evolving Waterscape

Fewer Babies as US Birth Rate Fails to Rise With Economy

Is Privatizing Bookstores the Smart Move for Community Colleges?

With Brad and Leo, Tarantino Debuts a Fairy Tale in Cannes

Police Cameras Track Hawks’ Family Time on Clovis Water Tower

Southwest Fresno Youth Get Boost From Kaiser Permanente

New California Sea Dragon Habitat Is Among World’s Largest

What the Dodgers' and Giants’ 1958 Move West Meant for America

What Ramadan Means to Muslims: 4 Essential Reads

Walters: California Gets a Hollow Victory in Tax Battle

Is He the Only Dem in America Not Running for President?

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

Brand to Human Traffickers: All of Fresno Is Coming After You!

A Brief History of Fresno’s Spiral Garage

Notes on Spiral Garage Appraisal

Preventing 2020 Campaign Cyberattacks Won't Be Easy or Cheap

Community Leaders and Groups React to Brand’s Shocking News

Six Will Battle for Brandau’s Vacated Seat. Hunsaker Doesn’t File.

$15 Minimum Wage Becomes Part of 2020 Presidential Landscape

Love of Teaching Powers Her Amazing Sprint to a Fresno Classroom

Speaking Truth to Power on Behalf of Special Ed Students

Big Special Ed Dollars Coming. Can FUSD Deliver Better Results?

Fresno Unified Trustees in No Hurry to Decide Measure X Projects

Fresno Unified Trustees Will Decide Measure X Projects Friday

U.S. Attorney Ends Probe Into Fresno Unified Construction Projects

FUSD Probe Contradicts Slatic’s Claim of Student’s Threats

Pan’s Bill Would Further Restrict Vaccine Exemptions for Schoolkids

Wild Chase Reveals FUSD Failure to Support Troubled Student

Black Teachers Provide Big Boost to African American Students

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