It’s one of two competing measures that would renew a half-cent sales tax in order to fund transportation projects throughout the county.
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Hear candidates make their case to voters on KVPR's broadcast of the Maddy Institute's Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Candidate Forum on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m.
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Lawmakers put millions toward a state library program aimed at bringing Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to California children. Now the state library and a California nonprofit are under fire for how they spent some of the money.
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The state is demanding farmers in Kings and and parts of Tulare counties begin reporting how much groundwater they pump or face fines starting May 1.
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A major spring snowstorm briefly closed a key Northern California interstate and extended the ski season at Mammoth Mountain. More than 3.5 feet of snow fell in the eastern Sierra Nevada over the weekend.
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Suliana Caldwell, a former manager at the Fresno Arts Council who was in charge of the nonprofit’s books, siphoned $1.82 million from the organization over the span of at least three years and nine months through more than 300 unauthorized transfers.
How transitional kindergarten is shaping young children in the San Joaquin Valley
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The cultural district designation comes just off the heels of major business growth and beautification efforts in the last few years that local leaders say have made the downtown more appealing to residents and visitors.
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A new form of “green burial” is gaining attention, but its use along the river raises questions about transparency, ethics and public land use in Fresno County.
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Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer sent text messages to members of the Fresno Unified Board of Trustees cautioning them from passing a resolution that would oppose the Southeast Development Area plan.
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Environmentalists question how regulators will keep tabs on oil well incidents after Gov. Gavin Newsom amended state law to increase production following a three-year moratorium on new drilling permits.
Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. That mismatch is killing some of the planet’s most vital ecosystems, from California’s towering redwoods to the seagrass meadows along its coast.
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The first non-native settlers in the Bakersfield area were from Mexico, in the area known as Rio Bravo, or Old Panama.
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Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, the 4th Earl of Gosford, was a member of the British House of Lords and played an important role in the coronation of Edward the VII in 1901. He also owned a large farm near Bakersfield.
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Yamato Colony near Livingston was founded by and for Japanese American farmers.
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