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A pair of reports suggest almond production this year will remain too high to help stabilize a plummeting market value.
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The third and final day of the University of California Board of Regents meeting at UC Merced was highlighted by a sit-down between several trustees and pro-Palestinian protesters.
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The University of California Regents met Tuesday for the first of a three-day meeting at UC Merced.
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The state covers basic services for vulnerable residents, including things like air purifiers for kids with asthma. But nonprofits offering the services struggle to work within the health care system.
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More than 1,300 students in total were set to graduate this weekend. Chancellor Juan Sanchez Munoz welcomed just under 700 graduates at Saturday’s ceremony, saying many have overcome challenges and are leaving better prepared to succeed in their careers.
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Despite soaring profits and high executive compensation, Valley Children’s financial investment back into its community has been stagnant for the last decade.
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Merced County employees struggle as healthcare premiums skyrocket. ‘We have become the working poor’Last fall, Merced County employees learned that as of Jan. 1, the premiums for their health insurance would increase by 12%, a cost passed to the county from the insurance provider.
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While students at college campuses across the country have demonstrated against the war in Gaza by building campus encampments and occupying buildings, campuses in California’s Central Valley have so far taken a different approach.
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The Fresno Unified Board of Trustees on Friday approved Misty Her as interim superintendent. Her has served as the district’s deputy superintendent since 2021.
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California’s literacy problem is among the worst in the country, with 3 out of 10 adults struggling to read.
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The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has not yet confirmed which outside agency will be investigating claims against County Supervisor Zack Scrivner.
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In heat-stricken Fresno, trees can be one of the best antidotes to the ‘urban heat island effect,’ the name scientists use to describe the higher temperatures often seen in cities as a result of sunlight reflection on pavement and other impermeable surfaces.