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An audit last year noted significant deficiencies in the finances of Merced River School District, whose superintendent is Richard Lopez, a candidate in the race for Merced County Superintendent of Schools.
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The “Invicta” clarinet quartet is preparing for its debut on an international stage. -
The murals were part of a week-long art festival for the Merced community. -
The Young Authors’ Faire is a longstanding Fresno County tradition that’s been held for more than 40 years. -
A new medical institute in Fresno is bringing advanced neuroscience treatment and research to the San Joaquin Valley, reducing the need for patients to travel to San Francisco or Los Angeles for care. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that aims to shield California elections from federal interference ahead of the state's primary next week.
Fresno Unified School District is spending $4 million a year to repair and replace laptops. It will be shifting computer access to in-class only in the fall.
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Salina Arredondo/via Public Health WatchDriving the decline, experts say, are several state and federal policy changes that block or discourage immigrants from getting coverage. -
Louis Freedberg / EdSourceCalifornia school districts are struggling to balance rising healthcare costs with declining enrollment and federal aid, leading to labor battles between teachers and districts over healthcare premiums. -
Zin Chiang / CalMattersIn the face of the nation’s highest gas prices, California lawmakers approved a bill to ease restrictions on E85 conversion kits. It now heads to the California state Senate and would need Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approval before it becomes law. -
David Prasad via flickr under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 2.0An increase in seasonal agricultural work and the end of the school year in the San Joaquin Valley are expected to mean more people spending more time working and playing outside – potentially increasing the risk of contracting valley fever.
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When a species is facing extinction, it takes an enormous human effort to stave it off. Case in point: the painstaking campaign to save the frosted flatwoods salamander.
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Democrats are working hard to flip Congressional District 22, which has been represented by Republican David Valadao almost continuously since 2012. But first, they need a nominee.
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Israel Cardona Hernandez/KVPR and Courtesy of Nav Gurm
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Since 1924, the City of Fresno has run this rustic camp in the Sierra National Forest, east of Fresno. -
Today all that remains of the schoolhouse is a red brick archway at Shephard and Minnewawa Avenues in Clovis. The building was destroyed in a fire in 1990. -
Water diversions from the Kings River made Fresno's early growth possible. When a court case upended those water rights, developer Edward B. Perrin bought the Laguna de Tache ranch, and its water.
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