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Homelessness Rose in Fresno This Year. Here’s What’s Being Done.

June 10, 2019

There are more homeless people in Fresno than ever before, at least by an official count. The people on the front lines trying to decrease that number say help is on the way. According to the annual count, required by a U.S. agency to keep the flow of feder...

Photo of Sean Newsom posing at the burnout remains of his home in Paradise, CA

Paradise High Students Graduating in Town Torched by Wildfire

AP News

June 6, 2019

PARADISE — Sean Newsom's senior year of high school started with typical teenage pranks, like sticking a cup to the roof of his car with magnets just to mess with people as he drove around his small town in the...

Homeless High School Student Earns $3 Million in Scholarships

Jody Murray

May 21, 2019

A high school valedictorian earned more than $3 million in college scholarships, even though he was homeless. Tupac Mosley received more than 50 scholarships before he graduated this month from Raleigh Egypt...

Abhorred by Domestic Violence Surge? Donate to Marjaree Mason.

Bill McEwen

May 6, 2019

(Editor's Note: This is an updated version of Bill McEwen's Jan. 10, 2019, column on the financial challenges facing the Marjaree Mason Center.) Domestic violence again is sending tremors through our community. Opinion Bill McEwen A day...

What Does Fresno Want in Next Police Chief? Everything.

Bill McEwen

April 24, 2019

Retired judge Robert Oliver summed up the 90-minute community conversation Tuesday night about picking Fresno's next police chief this way: "What I heard was, people are looking for a strong communicator, wh...

Arias Explains Switcheroo on Anti-Panhandling Signs

David Taub

April 12, 2019

On Wednesday, three city councilmembers — Miguel Arias, Garry Bredefeld, Paul Caprioglio — publicly supported the “Help Us, Help Fresno” proposal. Their idea? Place signs discouraging motorists from giving t...

Dyer Calms Protester, Invites Him to Panhandling Discussion

David Taub

April 10, 2019

Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer demonstrated his leadership skills Wednesday at a street corner news conference unveiling a plan to discourage panhandling. While city councilmembers Garry Bredefeld, Miguel Arias, and Paul Caprioglio announced their plan, a t...

How Chief Dyer Torpedoed Panhandling Ordinance

David Taub

March 22, 2019

Police Chief Jerry Dyer sank a city council proposal Thursday that supporters said was focused on public safety, but opponents criticized as a mean-spirited attack on the poor. After three and a half hours o...

Can City Ordinance “STOP” Panhandling?

David Taub

March 19, 2019

UPDATE, 3/20/2019: Councilmembers Miguel Arias, Esmeralda Soria and Nelson Esparza formally announced their opposition to the ordinance written about below. They are holding news conference Wednesday (March 20)...

Kaiser Permanente Accelerates Efforts to End Fresno Homelessness

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March 12, 2019

Kaiser Permanente says it will provide $3 million over three years to an initiative that will use real-time data to help 15 communities nationwide — including the Fresno-Madera area — better understand the dynamics of local homelessness. “Kaiser Per...

PG&E Compensation Plan for Wildfire Victims Still Unclear

Tensions Rise as Iran Speeds Up Enrichment, US Sends Troops

Bakersfield Woman Dies at Costco in Pit Bull Attack

Hurtado Announces $15M for Valley Drinking Water

Poll: Church Membership in US Plummets Over Past 20 Years

Fact Check: Trump’s Falsehoods on Electoral College, Border Wall

Finally, Fresno Unified’s Trajectory Is Pointing Up

Soul-Crushing Cost of College in California, Explained

New California Sea Dragon Habitat Is Among World's Largest

Former Fresno City College, Clovis High Wrestler Arrested on Sex Charge

Modesto Educator, Avid Rock Climber Dies in Yosemite

Your Dog Isn’t a ‘Furry Little Human.’ A Bioethicist Explains.

Walters: Los Angeles School Tax Flunks Out

Your Dog Isn’t a ‘Furry Little Human.’ A Bioethicist Explains.

What Orwell’s ‘1984’ Tells Us About Today’s World, 70 Years After It Was Published

How California is Working to Reduce Wildfire Risk

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

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

A Brief History of Fresno’s Spiral Garage

Trump Says He'd 'Want to Hear' Foreign Dirt on His Rivals

A Look at Fresno’s Judiciary as Mangano Takes His Robe

California Poll: Biden the Choice of Likely Democratic Voters

Biden and Trump Attack Each Other in a Possible 2020 Preview

Homelessness Rose in Fresno This Year. Here’s What’s Being Done.

Paradise High Students Graduating in Town Torched by Wildfire

Homeless High School Student Earns $3 Million in Scholarships

Abhorred by Domestic Violence Surge? Donate to Marjaree Mason.

What Does Fresno Want in Next Police Chief? Everything.

Arias Explains Switcheroo on Anti-Panhandling Signs

Dyer Calms Protester, Invites Him to Panhandling Discussion

Can City Ordinance “STOP” Panhandling?

Kaiser Permanente Accelerates Efforts to End Fresno Homelessness

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