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The deaths of seven farmworkers in a crash last month shook the rural city of Kerman in Fresno County. In the wake of the loss, a small funeral home played a big role in getting the men home.
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A Fresno, California, community group says it wants to protect neighborhood homes, but industrial interests say it could be bad for business.
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KVPR speaks with independent journalist Susie Cagle about her recent investigation into the construction of two state prisons on the edge of California’s Tulare Lake.
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Bakersfield College runs California’s oldest agricultural education program.
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A congressional delegation led by Democrat Senator Alex Padilla and Republican Representative Doug LaMalfa urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to “prioritize the critical emergency repairs” to levees in the area damaged by winter storms.
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By granting the tax break for Fresno developers at a special meeting on Thursday in a 4-3 vote, the council created a $1.8 million annual budget shortfall for the city’s police and fire funding, according to an unreleased financial analysis cited by Councilmember Annalisa Perea.
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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he isn't leaving Congress. Meanwhile, support for the besieged member remains strong back home in his Bakersfield district
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In September 2020, soldiers with the California Army National Guard rescued hundreds of people who had been trapped near a Sierra Nevada lake by the Creek Fire. This past weekend, the helicopter crews who conducted those rescues were reunited with the survivors and honored during a Fresno State football game.
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California officials unveiled a plan to permanently seal some of the state’s more than 5,000 orphaned oil wells, including dozens nestled among Kern County neighborhoods that have been the focus of advocate attention for decades.
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Why incarcerated people and their loved ones have questioned the readiness of the two state prisons in Corcoran to confront emergency flooding.
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A rural advocate and columnist argues the power of water districts’ weighted voting system extends far beyond water rights in the Tulare Lake Basin.
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Rainbow stripes are flying high above Fresno from now until the end of June.