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A county-wide transportation sales tax on the November ballot promises to increase public transit funding.
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Days after federal immigration agents launched a mass raid in California, including in the Fresno metropolitan area, leaders are already revealing the effects the operation is having on the community. -
The Fresno County Planning Commission split over proposal by CEMEX to blast and drill for gravel near the river. -
The incident occurred around 3 a.m. while the officer was off duty, during a week in which ICE arrests in the region have surged. -
The cost of living crisis, paired with regional disruptions over immigration enforcement, also come as voters gear up for a critical midterm election in November and have been showing signs of frustration with economic policies. -
The Fresno Falcons have returned to Fresno after a nearly 18 year hiatus, and the team is hoping their inaugural season marks the start of a new long era.
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Prop. 40 opponents say the billionaire tax allows lawmakers to change the measure with a two-thirds vote. They warn it opens the door to future wealth taxes on everyday Californians. -
The two candidates for Merced County Superintendent of Schools, Ana Boyenga and Richard Lopez, debated their competing visions for leadership. -
Election officials are urging voters to take advantage of ballot drop boxes after USPS changes to mail delivery last year caused a surge in late ballots. -
Rural voters rank the cost of living and cost of healthcare as top issues they want to hear about from midterm candidates as they face a tightening pocketbook pinch.
In the tiny community of Shaver Springs in the Fresno County foothills, residents say the water is so brown it leaves stains in their bathtubs, tiles and clothing.
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Photo courtesy of Merced County Office of Education.Head Start programs provide education, health screenings and support services to low-income children and families, as well as kids who are homeless, in foster care or have a disability. -
Renée Bartlett-WebberCity leaders are greenlighting warehouses that will increase truck traffic. New emissions could outpace environmental gains from state-funded climate programs. -
Los Banos Chamber of CommerceOver the first seven months of 2026, the site has received 13 citations for violations of various safety regulations, including failures to administer medications properly and residents “routinely soaked in urine.” -
Lisa McEwen / SJV WaterA groundbreaking ceremony in southern Tulare County signaled the start of another chapter in the long and expensive effort to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal.
Sgt. Adolph Aguirre, whose plane was shot down over Europe in 1943, received a funeral with full military honors in Exeter. It was a bittersweet homecoming that many believed would never happen.
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Nestled close the Sierra foothills in Tulare County, Porterville began as a ferry crossing on the Tule River.
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