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Fresno County Spelling Champ Exits in Early Rounds of National Spelling Bee

June 14, 2021

Fresno County's spelling champ Achuth Vinay will have to wait another year to try to bring home a national trophy like his sister's. Achuth was knocked out of Saturday's preliminary rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which were held virtually. ...

Fresno Superintendent Takes His Militant Positivity to New Level in Thanking ‘Haters’

Nancy Price

June 9, 2021

Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson is known as a friendly and cheerful guy who, if he wasn't heading the state's third-largest school district, could make a good living as a used-car salesman. (Or so he h...

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Censured Trustee Says He’s Banned from Speaking at Bullard’s Commencement

Nancy Price

May 28, 2021

When the Bullard High School Class of 2021 graduates in person on June 9 at the Paul Paul Theater, one person may be missing from the platform. Check out my other School Zone columns at Nancy Price's Sch...

Community Leader Doug Davidian Honored with Memorial Scholarship at Fresno Pacific

Nancy Price

May 10, 2021

Doug Davidian's seemingly boundless energy led him to own and operate several businesses in Fresno while serving for decades in leadership roles in area business and education organizations. Mr. Davidian, a graduate of Fresno High and Fresno State, died Apr...

College Degree in 3 Years? Fresno Pacific Creates New Fast Track

Nancy Price

April 28, 2021

Fresno Pacific University students can shave a year off their time in college through a new university option for a degree in three years and a teaching certificate in four. But they'll have to go to summer sch...

Creek Fire Book Expands into Junior Authors Literacy Project

Nancy Price

April 9, 2021

After the Creek Fire ripped through neighborhoods in Big Creek, Auberry, and other nearby Sierra locations, Susie Harder thought immediately of the kids who had lost their homes and possessions and decided to w...

Who’s a Racist? School Board Trustee and Local Conservative Honcho Square Off on Twitter

Nancy Price

March 25, 2021

Nancy Price School Zone Ever wonder what a Twitter flame war looks like? Then check out the latest skirmish pitting Fresno Unified Trustee Veva Islas (tweeting not from her official trustee account but from her "Vivacious Veva" account) and longtime lo...

One Night, Two Meetings. FUSD Trustee Does Double Duty as Consultant

Nancy Price

March 15, 2021

Fresno Unified Trustee Keshia Thomas displayed her multitasking skills last Wednesday when she appeared at both the School Board meeting and an overlapping meeting of the economic development organization Trans...

Newly Appointed Deputy at FUSD Said to Be Nation’s Highest-Ranking Hmong K-12 Educator

Nancy Price

March 11, 2021

Longtime Fresno Unified administrator Mao Misty Her was named Wednesday as the district's new deputy superintendent and second-in-command to Superintendent Bob Nelson. Fresno Unified said the appointment mak...

Fresno Trustee Slams Board Over Review of Son-in-Law’s Charter School

Nancy Price

February 19, 2021

Fresno Unified School Board Clerk Keshia Thomas minced no words Wednesday night in an angry, eight-minute diatribe about the School Board's review last month of the charter petition for Golden Charter Academy School, which was founded by her son-in-law Robert ...

House Dems Unveil $547B Infrastructure Bill Amid Biden Talks

Facebook Sales Helping Fuel Illegal Fireworks Problem in Fresno, says Police Chief

No Jail Time in 1st Capitol Riot Sentence; Oath Keeper Pleads Guilty

Elk Starve to Death While Cattle Graze Freely at California Sanctuary: Lawsuit

Robust Donations Help Faith in the Valley Shape Fresno Policing

Madera, Merced Cattle Ranchers Circle Wagons Against Water ‘Rustling’

Tulare County’s Relentless Drought Brings Dry Wells and Plenty of Misery

What’s Driving Latest Flare-Up in California’s Charter School War?

'Nomadland' Wins Best Picture at a Social Distanced Oscars

Fresno State Bulldogs Leave ESPN for New Radio Home

Clovis Man is ‘Making It’ on National TV After Baseball Career

Shake Off the Heat With a Free Milkshake on Monday

Walters: California’s Unemployment Insurance Fund is Deep in Debt

Walters: California’s Pro-Housing Forces Score Big Win

Walters: Will Reformers Reel In Districts Diverting Funds Intended for ‘At Risk’ Students?

Opinion: Housing Reform Bill Would Right Some of Redlining’s Wrongs

GV Wire Unfiltered – January 12, 2021

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

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

Planning Commission Delays Decision on Southwest Industrial Question

After Taking on Costa and AOC, Elizabeth Heng Sets Sights on U.S. Senate

Clovis City Council Candidates Spar During Candidate Forum

Fresno County Spelling Champ Exits in Early Rounds of National Spelling Bee

Fresno Superintendent Takes His Militant Positivity to New Level in Thanking ‘Haters’

Censured Trustee Says He’s Banned from Speaking at Bullard’s Commencement

Community Leader Doug Davidian Honored with Memorial Scholarship at Fresno Pacific

College Degree in 3 Years? Fresno Pacific Creates New Fast Track

Creek Fire Book Expands into Junior Authors Literacy Project

Who’s a Racist? School Board Trustee and Local Conservative Honcho Square Off on Twitter

One Night, Two Meetings. FUSD Trustee Does Double Duty as Consultant

Newly Appointed Deputy at FUSD Said to Be Nation’s Highest-Ranking Hmong K-12 Educator

Fresno Trustee Slams Board Over Review of Son-in-Law’s Charter School

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