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‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry’s Drug Dealer to Plead Guilty in Overdose Death

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Thousands of Palestinians Leave Gaza City Fearing Israeli Offensive

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Tired of Minimum Wage? Valley Apprenticeship Connections Can Launch Your Career

  Finding work with good wages is challenging for many Mendota residents. Located about 34 miles west of Fresno, the town's work opportunities usually consist of farm labor. But the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission is expanding the options through its Valley Apprenticeship Connections program. VAC, which started in Fresno in...

Supervisors Press Governor for More Vaccine After Mendota Ag Worker Clinic

A group of 50 Fresno County agricultural workers were vaccinated against COVID-19 Monday morning at the Pappas Family Farm in Mendota. This only represents .07% of about 70,000 farm and food production workers in Fresno County. "We're really planting a seed and we're really just trying to see how that seed...

Water Agency’s Land Donation Will Benefit Mendota Park Expansion

Land fallowed for several years will be transformed into two soccer fields, a splash park, two play areas, sports field lighting and additional parking in Mendota. The Westlands Water District board of directors approved donating 4.61 acres to the city of Mendota to support the planned Rojas Pierce Park expansion...

Local Cities Now Getting Share of COVID Relief Funds. How Will They Spend It?

Fresno County is sharing the wealth of its federal stimulus CARES Act dollars with the 14 other incorporated cities in the county. The city of Fresno directly received $92 million in federal relief money. The Board of Supervisors decided that the other cities needed their own funds, too. This week,...

Free COVID Test Site Opens in NW Fresno With ‘Painless’ Swabs

Quick, painless, easy, and best of all, free. COVID-19 testing in Fresno ramped up in a big way Wednesday with the addition of a drive-up testing site at United Health Centers' Fresno location near Herndon and Milburn avenues. Listen to this article: District 2 Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi helped...

Mendota MS-13 Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Multiple Charges

Mendota's MS-13 gang leader pleaded guilty Friday in a Fresno federal courtroom to assault with a deadly weapon and several drug distribution charges. Denis Barrera-Palma, 25, captained La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), a violent street gang known to engage in racketeering, murder, kidnapping, extortion, and drug trafficking. A multi-agency investigation into the...

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