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Brandau Apparent Winner for Vacant Supervisor Seat

March 5, 2019

Fresno city councilman Steve Brandau appears ready for an upgrade. With 100% of precincts reporting, Brandau leads in the special election for the vacant Fresno County Board of Supervisors District 2 seat with 57.5% of the votes. Fresno Economic Opportun...

Is Clovis Economic Boom Headed for Slow Down?

David Taub

March 4, 2019

At tonight’s Clovis council meeting (March 4), the board will hear a five-year economic forecast. The report indicates trouble looming: “The General Fund forecast continues to be much more constrained during...

Face-Off for Fresno Supervisor: Brandau, Hosey, Johnson

David Taub

March 1, 2019

The election for a vacant Fresno County supervisorial seat is less than six weeks away. And, the three candidates vying to represent north and central Fresno and parts of Clovis are getting ready. Fresno Cit...

Cox Chairs First Capitol Hill Meeting. It Lasted Just 12 Minutes.

David Taub

March 1, 2019

Rep. TJ Cox chaired his first meeting of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday (Feb. 26). The official portion didn’t last long. Politics 101 David Taub The topic was how indus...

Absentee Returns Suggest Strong Interest in Supervisor Race

David Taub

February 20, 2019

The election clerk’s office reports that voters have returned nearly 11,000 absentee ballots in the March 5 election for a vacant Fresno County supervisor seat. That is a 15% return rate of the approximately 71...

Composite Image of labor vs. developer donations

Johnson’s ‘Small’ Donors? They Include Big Labor.

David Taub

February 15, 2019

At Monday’s (Feb. 11) Board of Supervisors forum, candidate Nasreen Johnson criticized Steve Brandau for taking developer contributions. “My campaign comes from folks like you, writing small contributions. T...

Question About His River Access Vote Gets Under Brandau’s Skin

David Taub

February 12, 2019

For much of Monday’s (Feb. 11) Board of Supervisors District 2 forum, the three candidates discussed various topics in a genial manner. Then, the moderator asked Fresno City Councilman Steve Brandau about the San Joaquin River access controversy. The que...

Before Losing Quorum, ALRB Rules in Favor of Longtime Nemesis

David Taub

January 29, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest pick for the California Public Utilities Commission will leave her former board shorthanded. Last week, Newsom appointed Genevieve Shiroma to the CPUC. She had served on the Agricu...

Face-Off for Fresno Supervisor: Brandau, Hosey, Johnson

David Taub

January 23, 2019

Police Finish Probe of Bullard Confrontation. What Others Say.

David Taub

January 17, 2019

The Fresno Police Department has completed its investigation into an altercation involving Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic and a student that took place last week and was captured on video. The report, which was being forwarded to the Fresno County Dist...

Trump Lashes Out After Special Counsel Says No Exoneration

1 Suspect Killed, 1 Wounded in Tulare County Shooting

Clovis Quickly Identifies Its New Chief of Police

Fresno Celebrates Juneteenth in Style on Saturday

Poll: Church Membership in US Plummets Over Past 20 Years

Finally, Fresno Unified’s Trajectory Is Pointing Up

Soul-Crushing Cost of College in California, Explained

Will Fresno Unified Labor Peace End or Continue?

Lawsuit Blames Tiger Woods for Drunken Driver's Death

Fresno State Legend Trent Dilfer Resurfaces in an Unlikely Role

Fresno Celebrates Juneteenth in Style on Saturday

At White House, Kardashian Promotes Prisoner Reentry Effort

Why UCLA Is More Important Than Cal-Berkeley

Helping Define What It Means to Be ‘Made in California’

Walters: New State Budget Has Some Big Caveats

As Newsom Rethinks Juvenile Justice, California Reconsiders Prison for Kids

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

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

A Brief History of Fresno’s Spiral Garage

Details Revealed for Buttigieg's 'Hardball' Town Hall in Fresno

California Poll: Biden the Choice of Likely Democratic Voters

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

Biden and Trump Attack Each Other in a Possible 2020 Preview

Brandau Apparent Winner for Vacant Supervisor Seat

Is Clovis Economic Boom Headed for Slow Down?

Face-Off for Fresno Supervisor: Brandau, Hosey, Johnson

Cox Chairs First Capitol Hill Meeting. It Lasted Just 12 Minutes.

Absentee Returns Suggest Strong Interest in Supervisor Race

Johnson’s ‘Small’ Donors? They Include Big Labor.

Question About His River Access Vote Gets Under Brandau’s Skin

Before Losing Quorum, ALRB Rules in Favor of Longtime Nemesis

Face-Off for Fresno Supervisor: Brandau, Hosey, Johnson

Police Finish Probe of Bullard Confrontation. What Others Say.

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