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Former Assembly Leader Connie Conway, DWR Manager Lourin Hubbard To Faceoff in Race For 22nd Congressional Seat

April 7, 2022 2:28 amApril 6, 2022 9:58 pm

The special election election to fill in the 22nd Congressional district seat vacated by former Congressman Devin Nunes earlier this year failed to reach a 50% plurality on Tuesday, forcing a run-off election this June between Republican former Assembly Leader...

Senator Andreas Borgeas Announces He Will Not Run For Re-Election This Year

January 12, 2022 3:20 pmJanuary 12, 2022 4:19 pm

Senator Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno) announced on Tuesday that he would not be running for state Senate again, less than a week after he had announced that he would also not be running for Congress. Borgeas, a graduate of Northern Arizona,...

California Listed 27 Times on WalletHub’s 2021 Study of U.S. Neediest Cities

December 31, 2021 8:02 amJanuary 3, 2022 4:18 am

As California labors under a growing homeless vagrant population, the state has achieved yet another dubious honor: the Golden State is listed 27 times on WalletHub’s 2021 study of the county’s Neediest Cities. And out of the 182 U.S. cities...

Fresno County Superior Court Judge Rejects Federal Water Deal For Second Time

October 29, 2021 2:18 amOctober 28, 2021 9:51 pm

A federal deal that would have given agricultural water contractor Westlands Water District access to Bureau of Reclamation water resources to help reinvigorate farms in the Central Valley was rejected by the Fresno County Superior Court on Wednesday, possibly paving...

Dem. Assemblyman Rudy Salas Announces 2022 Congressional Run Against GOP Rep. David Valadao

October 18, 2021 12:45 pmOctober 18, 2021 2:34 pm

Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) announced on Monday that he would be running against Congressman David Valadao (R-CA) for California’s 21st District House seat, which is one of the most on the fence in the nation going into the 2022 election....

Latest Mask Mandates Don’t Add Up With Natural Immunity Winning, and Counties Showing Few Deaths

August 4, 2021 2:28 pm

Sacramento County, which has 2 new deaths attributed to COVID, has had a total of 1,784 COVID related deaths since the start of the “pandemic.” San Francisco County doesn’t have any recent deaths listed attributable to COVID, has 19 hospitalizations,...

Six Flags Eyes Fresno County For Next Big ‘Entertainment Venue’

July 19, 2021 12:11 pmJuly 22, 2021 2:54 pm

In the past several weeks, developers associated with the theme park company Six Flags have been scouting several locations in Fresno County, including Fresno and Clovis, for an “entertainment venue” and other associated businesses such as hotels and retail. For...