Future Central Valley highway projects — including the expansion of Highway 99 to six lanes — will be impeded if Caltrans follows a new controversial state law, a large regional planning agency says. The San Joaquin Valley Regional Policy Council, which represents more than 60 cities, shared its concerns about Highway...
Fresno COG Recovers from 'Catastrophic' Cyber Attack
Cyber hackers, believed to be from Russia, encrypted thousands of files from the Fresno Council of Governments, demanding an $8,000 ransom. The public agency declined to pay and lost access to the files. Listen to this article: Fresno COG called it a "catastrophic loss of data to the agency." The...
Local Millions on the Line for State Gas Tax
The California legislature is scheduled to vote on a dramatic increase to the gasoline tax later this week. Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing hard for the $52 billion tax to help repair roads and other infrastructure. In the past week, he appeared in news conferences in Sacramento and Concord. He...
Local Millions on the Line for State Gas Tax
The California legislature is scheduled to vote on a dramatic increase to the gasoline tax later this week. Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing hard for the $52 billion tax to help repair roads and other infrastructure. In the past week, he appeared in news conferences in Sacramento and Concord. He...