This is the second installment in a three-part series called “50 Years in the Valley: The Hmong Journey from War to Home,” focusing on the first generation of Hmong Americans born and raised in the United States. It follows their struggles with poverty, gangs, and cultural pressure as they came of age between two worlds.

Part one of a three part special report “50 years in the Valley: The Hmong Journey from War to Home,” talking to people from all walks of life in the Valley’s Hmong community about the events that shaped their lives as refugees, and the path ahead 50 years later as leaders in California’s Central Valley and beyond.

A restoration project in Merced County is removing an old levee to reconnect the San Joaquin River with its historic floodplain.

The airport is the primary hub serving the San Joaquin Valley region, home to 11 percent of the state’s population.

A top Fresno Unified official said Mayor Dyer’s plan to open up land for nearly 45,000-homes would drain middle-class families to Clovis Unified, costing $200 million annually and forcing mass layoffs.

California spent hundreds of millions on prison and hospital healthcare staff, auditors found, but vacancy rates rose since 2019, exceeding 30% at three facilities despite bonuses and pay raises, with inadequate oversight and planning.

The lawsuit by a former coach and instructor is part of mounting criticism and pressure against Carole Goldsmith, chancellor of the State Center Community College District.

Attorney Kevin Little has been open about wanting to challenge the city’s law in court since he defended Wickey TwoHands against the policy earlier this year.

The story of how the matron saint of Mexico came to be started almost 500 years ago. Legend says a man named Juan Diego in the year 1531 walked down a hill outside Mexico City with a message no one believed.

Central Unified schools have been steadily boosting up their testing scores over the last few years, particularly in their English learners.