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Jonathan Linden
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KVPR
With empty council chambers and no meetings, the city of Avenal has had limited authority to move forward with new projects and other decisions that require approval of elected officials.
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City and business leaders in the San Joaquin Valley denounced immigration raids that started in early October and called for congressional policy solutions. -
Listen to the election forum that covered California's ballot propositions and Fresno County's Measure S transportation sales tax. -
Dolores Huerta fought for causes even in her golden years, when many others would be enjoying retirement. She marched or spoke at protests, panels and other events into her 90s. -
Luis Arreguin, a father of four, lived for 49 years in the United States. It took just 16 days for ICE to send him to Mexico after detaining him in Fresno. -
Dolores Huerta died on Wednesday. She was 96. -
Fresno police chief Mindy Casto and Mayor Jerry Dyer publicly apologized within hours of each other to the Fresno City Council candidate.
REMEMBERING DOLORES HUERTA
Amaray Alvarez
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KVPR
Huerta died just days before the 2026 Midterm Election, in which she had been active with campaigns.
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Grand jury subpoenas sent to election workers in Los Angeles come amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and California election officials over the state's voter rolls. -
Missouri voters could ban abortion - after they just removed a ban two years ago. California voters could tax billionaires 5% of their wealth. -
An NPR analysis finds 70 House districts where Democrats and Republicans are each investing more than six figures in advertising during the final few days of the election, including in deep red areas. -
While the judge rejected the Department of Justice's unprecedented demand in California, the case isn't over yet. The federal government immediately filed notice that it will appeal.
As the number of detainees filling the nation's immigration detention centers grows, so does the need to get people back home if they’re lucky enough to be released.
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Samantha Rangel/KVPRNearly 250 high school students will represent the Central Valley on New Year’s Day. -
Kerry Klein/KVPRFormer Bakersfield OB-GYN Arthur Park was on trial for negligence in the 2019 deaths of his patient Demi Dominguez and her baby boy. -
Samantha Rangel/KVPRA string of shootings and violent incidents in the Tower District neighborhood in Fresno in recent weeks has sparked calls for changes by residents. -
California Department of Water ResourcesIn early 2023, storms and floods in California caught water managers by surprise, and left families cleaning up flood disasters as a series of storms pounded the state for weeks.
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We track down the origins of the city's "Way of Life" slogan, and learn who coined the phrase back in 1970.
