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Assemblymember Reyes welcomes students from Fontana and other nearby cities to State Capitol
Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes recently welcomed the 2024 cohort of Young Legislators from the 50th Assembly District to the California State Capitol. This educational program aims to provide local high school students, including several from Fontana schools, with firsthand experience in government and leadership. The two-day program included a...
'Heck of a run': Porterville boys basketball coach Lance Wallace retires after 24 seasons
Longtime Porterville High School boys basketball coach Lance Wallace is hanging up his clipboard. Wallace retired as the Panthers head coach after 24 seasons in May and will now take over as the school’s athletic director. During his reign, according to Central Section historian Bob Barnett, Wallace directed Porterville to a 356-292 overall record...
Merced parks get boost from $150K grant to support new master plan
Merced‘s parks received key financial support this week, as the Central Valley Opportunity Fund awarded a $150,000 grant to the Parks and Community Services department. The funds are geared toward supporting the development of a Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan, according to a news release from the Central Valley Opportunity Fund.
Merced leaders opt against putting hotel tax increase on November ballot. Here’s why
The Merced City Council decided unanimously Monday against putting a measure to increase the city’s transient occupancy tax before voters in November. The council opted instead to support an alternate tax proposal forwarded by hotel owners. The vote was 5-0, with councilmembers Fue Xiong and Jesse Ornelas absent from the meeting.
California 'smash and grab' burglars arrested after string of gun store robberies
Federal authorities Tuesday announced the arrest of six men on suspicion of a nine-month-long smash-and-grab burglary spree targeting gun stores across Southern California. Starting in October 2023, the men — four teenagers and two in their early 20s — are accused of stealing vehicles and then ramming those vehicles into gun stores where they would ransack display cases. The federal indictment alleges that the scheme used other stolen cars as getaway vehicles.
Former Stockton mayor files to run for lieutenant governor in 2026
STOCKTON, Calif. — Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs has filed to run for the office of California lieutenant governor in 2026, according to a statement of organization filed Sunday. Tubbs became the city’s first Black mayor and one of the youngest mayors of a big city in the United...
First-of-its-kind fight airs long-simmering grievances between insurance industry, consumer group
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s homeowners insurance market is in crisis. What – or whom – to blame can devolve into finger-pointing. In a first-of-its-kind fight spilling out onto the pages of publicly available documents, the insurance industry is pointing at Consumer Watchdog, a consumer group that often intervenes in companies’ requests to raise rates, saying these interventions have stoked the current crisis. Consumer Watchdog says it's fighting to keep rates affordable for customers.
Real California Cheeses Bring Home 31 Awards at American Cheese Society Meeting
Cow’s milk cheese and dairy processors that use the Real California Milk seal brought home 31 awards during the 2024 annual cheese competition held by the American Cheese Society (ACS) in Buffalo, New York. The American Cheese Society recognizes the finest cheeses and dairy products made in the Americas....
Extreme Heat Is a Death Sentence in California Prisons
(WIB) – In 2015, Adrienne Boulware was sentenced to 15 years to life in California state prison in connection to the 2011 death of a man in Sacramento. But over the weekend, as temperatures hit 110 in the Central Valley town of Chowchilla, where Boulware was imprisoned at the Central California Women’s Facility, prisoner advocates and her family say she died due the heat nine years into her sentence.
Reduced Hours for $20-an-Hour Fast Food Workers in California Raise Concerns
A new California legislation increased the hourly salary for fast food workers from $16 to $20 as of April 1. As a result, Lawrence Cheng, whose family owns seven Wendy’s outlets south of Los Angeles, has had to make adjustments to operations. To deal with the rise in labor...
Free clinics to host immunization for qualifying children in Fresno
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A new school year is about to begin, and Fresno Unified wants to remind families of the importance of being up to date on regular school immunizations. According to officials in the district, all students entering school must meet state immunization requirements. Students entering kindergarten and seventh grade must provide proof […]
Elon Musk says X headquarters is moving to Texas, cites California’s gender identity law
Elon Musk says the downtown San Francisco headquarters of X, formerly Twitter, is moving to Austin, Texas, according to a post from the billionaire entrepreneur Tuesday afternoon.
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