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Schools Face Prospect of Layoffs, Furloughs as State Budget Gets Slashed

May 18, 2020

California’s public schools, physically closed since mid-March and strapped for cash, are coming out of a frying pan and into a financial fire. The fire comes in the form of a $6.5 billion cut to schools’ main source of funding as well as other reductions i...

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Walters: New Wrinkles in Old School Fights

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

April 29, 2020

The semi-shutdown of California’s social, economic and institutional life, that was ordered to arrest the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, seems to be working — albeit at immense cost. Nowhere is that cost more evi...

Newsom: Schools May Reopen as Soon as July

AP News

April 28, 2020

SACRAMENTO — California schoolchildren could return to their classrooms as early as July though there likely will be modifications, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. "That learning loss is very real. If we can...

Trump Urges States to Consider Opening Schools Before Summer

AP News

April 28, 2020

President Donald Trump says states should “seriously consider” reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens already have said it would be unsafe for students to return until the summer or fall. Trump made the commen...

Fresno Unified Trustees Vote To Keep Schools Closed Through June

Nancy Price

April 2, 2020

Fresno Unified School District trustees voted Wednesday night to extend school closings through June 12 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "I couldn't bear putting one person at risk." — trustee Elizabeth Jon...

The Achievement Gap: California’s Disparities in Education Explained

CalMatters

February 9, 2020

Few goals in education have been as frustrating and urgent as the effort to fix the deep, generational disparity in achievement between the haves and the have-nots in California schools. It is an article of ...

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Nancy Price

January 15, 2020

Waiting for developers to build sidewalks in Fresno has put generations of schoolkids in jeopardy, and three Fresno City Council members say it's time to end the wait. Councilmembers Mike Karbassi, Luis Chavez, and Paul Capriogio are introducing the "Safer ...

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Nancy Price

January 10, 2020

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Accidental Shootings Raise Questions About Arming Teachers

AP News

December 14, 2019

SEATTLE — As the country looks for ways to deal with mass shootings at schools, some have responded by saying more people should carry guns, including teachers. “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is ...

Walters: Local Governments Are in Distress

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

November 13, 2019

California’s economy has been booming for most of this decade and has generated a cornucopia of tax revenues for state and local governments. The state has benefited most, because it collects income taxes. Californians’ taxable incomes have been soaring, es...

Officials Release Edited Coronavirus Reopening Guidance

Emerging Voice: Milton on Black Economic Empowerment, Police

Fresno PD Got a Tip on Antifa. They Arrested Two Bakersfield Men for Looting.

West Nile Mosquitoes Found Within Fresno City Limits

'Rapid' COVID-19 Testing Finally Arrives in the Valley

West Nile Mosquitoes Found Within Fresno City Limits

Fresno City Council Makes Face Masks Mandatory for Everyone Entering City Hall

Westlands Again Is Eyeing San Joaquin River Water

'Murder Hornets,' With Sting That Can Kill, Arrive in US

Sacramento Kings Broadcaster Resigns After ‘All Lives Matter’ Tweet

Brees Says He ‘Completely Missed the Mark’ in Flag Comments

Wes Unseld, NBA Rookie of Year and MVP in 1969, Dies at 74

Walters: Who Should Pay for Pandemic Impacts?

The Alternate Racial Realities of Life in Clovis

Walters: Undercutting Legislative Transparency

Sustained Political Action And Education, Not Violence, is How to Overcome Racism: Fiala

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

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

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

Must Muslims Fast for Ramadan During COVID-19?

Polls Show Biden Leading Trump in Most Battleground States

Poll: Biden Opens up 11-Point Lead on Trump Nationwide

Iowa Republicans Oust Rep. King, Shunned for Insensitive Remarks

With Wins in 7 States and DC, Biden Closes in on Nomination

Schools Face Prospect of Layoffs, Furloughs as State Budget Gets Slashed

Walters: New Wrinkles in Old School Fights

Newsom: Schools May Reopen as Soon as July

Trump Urges States to Consider Opening Schools Before Summer

Fresno Unified Trustees Vote To Keep Schools Closed Through June

The Achievement Gap: California’s Disparities in Education Explained

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Accidental Shootings Raise Questions About Arming Teachers

Walters: Local Governments Are in Distress

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