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The Fresno County Board of Supervisors, with three of five members soon leaving office, will vote on a controversial mining proposal near the San Joaquin River on Thursday.
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A new report from The Atlantic is taking a closer look at a deadly helicopter crash that occurred while firefighters were fighting a wildfire in Yosemite National Park this past summer. -
Transient occupancy tax measures are approved in Madera County and Farmersville but not in Lemoore. -
Councilmember Mike Karbassi made the motion to quash the imminent hearing, with Arias as a second. -
San Joaquin Valley cities proposed sales taxes in large part to fund general services. -
Fresno County supervisor Brian Pacheco will leave his seat to become the only full-time farmer in the state Assembly. -
The late civil rights leader Dolores Huerta will lie in honor at the California State Capitol in Sacramento ahead of other events.
REMEMBERING DOLORES HUERTA
At vigil honoring Dolores Huerta, mourners get one last push to vote
Huerta died just days before the 2026 Midterm Election, in which she had been active with campaigns.
Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta's love of jazz revealed her awe for art
Dolores Huerta was a civil rights icon and labor leader who met countless famous people in her long life. She was also a passionate jazz fan, who found herself speechless when she met Charlie Parker.
In Dolores Huerta’s hometown, she’s remembered as ‘someone who challenged how things were’
Dolores Huerta died on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. She was 96.
Worker rights pioneer Dolores Huerta wanted others to feel seen
Dolores Huerta fought for causes even in her golden years, when many others would be enjoying retirement. She marched or spoke at protests, panels and other events into her 90s.
What Dolores Huerta meant to longtime friend and filmmaker Luis Valdez
Dolores Huerta, a celebrated labor leader and civil rights activist, died on Wednesday at 96.
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The novel proposal would have charged billionaires a one-time 5% tax on most of their overall wealth, including their ownership in companies. -
Democrat Randy Villegas flipped U.S. House District 22 in Tuesday’s election against incumbent Republican David Valadao. -
Fresno County’s proposed transportation tax made up a little ground following Thursday’s update. But it may not be enough to overcome its election night deficit. -
Democrat incumbent Adam Gray declared victory over his Republican opponent Kevin Lincoln, according to a campaign press release.
As the number of detainees filling the nation's immigration detention centers grows, so does the need to get people back home if they’re lucky enough to be released.
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Samantha Rangel/KVPRNearly 250 high school students will represent the Central Valley on New Year’s Day. -
Kerry Klein/KVPRFormer Bakersfield OB-GYN Arthur Park was on trial for negligence in the 2019 deaths of his patient Demi Dominguez and her baby boy. -
Samantha Rangel/KVPRA string of shootings and violent incidents in the Tower District neighborhood in Fresno in recent weeks has sparked calls for changes by residents. -
California Department of Water ResourcesIn early 2023, storms and floods in California caught water managers by surprise, and left families cleaning up flood disasters as a series of storms pounded the state for weeks.
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Delano's Filipino population played an important role in the farm labor movement. -
Don Rich's guitar playing was a key part of the "Bakersfield Sound" pioneered by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos. After Rich died in 1974, Owens said his music was never the same.
