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Teacher Housing Measures Failing Across the State

March 6, 2020 5:44 am

Teacher housing, which would give free or reduced price units in new housing blocks for teachers in certain districts, are faring poorly in the four districts that had such housing measures on the ballot on Tuesday. Four ballot measures currently...

Justice Delayed for Slain Police Officer Ronil Singh

December 18, 2019 3:08 pmDecember 18, 2019 3:09 pm

As the Modesto Bee reports, Stanislaus County Judge Ricardo Córdova has postponed a preliminary hearing for accused cop killer Paulo Virgen Mendoza until March 10, 2020. The hearing was originally slated for December 10, just short of one year since...

BLM Plan to Open 800,000 Acres of Federal Land in California to Oil and Gas Leasing

October 6, 2019 10:36 amOctober 7, 2019 1:10 pm

The oil and gas industry in California currently provides 368,000 jobs and more than $24 billion in tax revenues to the state, making this industry vital to the entire California economy. The Trump administration Bureau of Land Management has finalized...

Is Incumbent Democrat Rep. Josh Harder Deceiving Voters by Taking Corporate Campaign Contributions?

July 29, 2019 12:15 pmJuly 30, 2019 9:53 am

When Democratic Rep. Josh Harder ran for Congress against incumbent Republican Jeff Denham (Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties) in 2018, Harder’s campaign centered on Denham accepting corporate donations. Harder said he would fight corporate donors. “Corporate greed and Super PACs...

An Arrest has been made in the Shooting of a Newman Police Officer

December 28, 2018 12:00 pmJanuary 7, 2019 10:28 pm

Following a tragic shooting occurrence yesterday that left a Newman Police Officer dead at the hands of an illegal immigrant, the suspect in the shooting has since been arrested after a massive man hunt. The suspect, whose name has not...

Sheriff: Officer Shot by Illegal Alien

December 27, 2018 3:26 pmDecember 28, 2018 12:01 pm

After attempting to stop a motorist who was suspected of drunk driving, Cpl. Ronil Singh of California’s Newman Police Department has been gunned down by a current at-large man who recently entered the United States illegally. At a press conference...

A Bumper Crop of Farmers Protest Water Plan at Capitol

August 20, 2018 4:08 pmAugust 22, 2018 7:54 am

Anyone who’s seen Chinatown knows there’s really only one issue that matters in California politics. Water. That sentiment was on display by farmers and others who showed up in force to express their opposition before tomorrow’s hearing on a proposal...