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Veronica Garibay, at the podium, introduces the tax measure at a press conference on Jan. 14, 2026.
Kerry Klein
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KVPR
Community advocates and city leaders who were originally aligned with a government-led effort to renew the sales tax known as Measure C broke away from the renewal efforts to put forward their own citizen-led tax measure.

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People line up at Martin Park in downtown Fresno on a cloudy day to receive food. Photo taken by Israel Cardona Hernández.
Fresno once had the worst concentration of poverty in the country. Have things changed?
From sculpting to writing to painting and illustrating, the nearly 95-year-old Joseph G. Garcia does it all.
Joe Garcia
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KVPR
From the Bulldog logo to paintings and books, meet the artist behind one of the Central Valley’s most recognizable symbols.