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This Saturday, the Fresno State football team will be kicking off their season against the University of Michigan. KVPR's Elizabeth Arakelian spoke with Stephen Hicks of ABC30 to get a preview of the game.
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If you listen to California’s political class, the high-speed rail project sounds like a textbook boondoggle, writes CalMatters' commentary editor Yousef Baig. Yet in communities across California’s farm belt, the discourse is different. High-speed rail isn’t “a train to nowhere” – it’s a symbol of transformation.
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Could the San Joaquin River, long a dividing line in the heart of California, unite the state in pursuit a more metropolitan future for the Central…
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Greater Fresno, with 1.1 million people and growing, is in the process of becoming California’s next big metropolitan area (it’s already fifth—after L.A.,…
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Can you imagine Southern California without Hollywood? Or the Bay Area without Silicon Valley?No? History suggests that the identities of cities and…
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Will California’s high-speed rail system be German enough?That question is not a joke, as I learned last month while riding Germany’s popular high-speed…
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In 1984, Dan Whitehurst, then-mayor of Fresno, California, appeared on Late Night With David Letterman to discuss a depressing distinction: his city had…
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Fresno regularly ranks as one of the poorest metro areas in the United States. So why do people keep moving there?The short, if incomplete, answer: Fresno…
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Editor's note: Zocalo Public Square is publishing a series of articles this week about the Monterey County community of Salinas and the challenges…
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A controversy has erupted over an attempted joke by a Nobel prize winning scientist at the 2015 World Conference of Science Journalists held in South…
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For the first time since his dramatic fall through the roof of a burning garage, a Fresno firefighter is speaking publicly. Fire captain Pete Dern walked…
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Every year, The Trust for Public Land analyzes the 75 largest U.S. cities and gives them a score based on how well they are meeting the need for parks.…