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Newsom Begins Red County Blitz In Fresno Unveiling New Job Creation Efforts

November 22, 2024 2:45 amNovember 22, 2024 2:46 am

Governor Gavin Newsom began his first of a series of visits to areas of the state where a majority voted for President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, hoping to win back voters in the area who have been disappointed with recent...

New Investigation Finds Former Assemblyman Adam Gray Gave Nearly $40K in Campaign Funds To Family Members

October 23, 2024 2:45 amOctober 23, 2024 7:38 am

A new investigation this week revealed that former Assemblyman and current Congressional candidate for the 13th Congressional District Adam Gray (D) spent around $40,000 of campaign funds by paying his own family members between 2012 and 2019. Gray is currently...

Assemblyman Fong Advances In 20th House District Special Election

March 20, 2024 12:08 pmMarch 20, 2024 12:11 pm

Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) advanced to the May 21st runoff election for the 2oth U.S. Congressional District on Tuesday in a special election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who retired from the House late last year. After a...

California High Speed Rail Authority Announces Over 13,000 Jobs Have Been Created

March 20, 2024 2:30 amMarch 20, 2024 2:31 am

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) announced on Tuesday that over 13,000 construction jobs have now been created for the project, with a majority of them in the Central Valley. According to the CHSRA, 4,222 jobs alone have been created...

Fresno Area To Receive New Area Code Starting In 2025

December 23, 2023 2:31 amDecember 23, 2023 2:32 am

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced earlier this week that the 559 area code, which covers the Fresno and Visalia areas, will have an additional area code be added to the area beginning sometime in 2025 because of increased...

Reedley Lab Owner Arrest a ‘Gross Misunderstanding,’ Attorney Says

October 27, 2023 9:28 am

The attorney for the owner of the infamous lab discovered in Reedley said Thursday the whole string of incidents that led to the arrest of David He was a “gross misunderstanding.” “There was a basic misinterpretation by the government of...

Illegal Reedley COVID Lab Owner Arrested

October 21, 2023 2:45 amOctober 21, 2023 2:46 am

Jia Bei Zhu, a 62-year-old Chinese national and owner of the infamous Reedley COVID/etc. testing lab, was arrested outside the lab Thursday. And the story of the arrest is as astonishing as the story of the lab itself is troubling....