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Mark Arax, who’s a journalist and author, says he remembers when William Saroyan would come over to his grandfather’s house in Fresno for dinner. And when he finally got a driver’s license, he recalls picking Saroyan up at his home on Griffith Way for those dinners. “He kept the grass …

Decades ago, Lake Michigan teemed with nutrients and green algae, casting a brownish-green hue that resembled the mouth of an inland river rather than a vast, open-water lake. Back then, … Click to Continue »

When John Muir helped establish the National Park Service, he argued that such parks were vital to help people unplug from the world. “Break clear away, once in a while, … Click to Continue »

When John Muir helped establish the National Park Service, he argued that such parks were vital to help people unplug from the world. “Break clear away, once in a while, … Click to Continue »

Amidst a shortage of physicians in the San Joaquin Valley, local opportunities for graduate medical training are expanding. For the first time in its 88-year history, Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno is becoming a teaching hospital with the launch of an internal medicine residency program in July 2018. It …

After a Houston teacher sparked national outrage by giving a student a mock award at the end of the school year naming her “most likely to become a terrorist,” others … Click to Continue »

As the academic year draws to a close, plenty of students will be honored by their schools for good grades, perfect attendance or community service. However, the past few weeks … Click to Continue »

It’s hard to imagine two Republican leaders with more dramatically different political styles than Bakersfield’s Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump. While McCarthy rose to his position as House Majority Leader thanks to a warm and affable public personality, Trump’s style has been anything but. Yet the two have a remarkably …

Students in Atwater Elementary School District’s Gifted and Talented Education program experimented with electricity and physics last week during a Wizards Festival hosted by University of California, Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall … Click to Continue »

The Merced Organizing Project and its partners are floating the idea of approaching city and county officials for potential resolutions to become a “regional sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants following the … Click to Continue »

Roles were reversed for teachers of the Merced City School District as they trained on different ways to teach subjects. Teachers attended “Mini-Versity” to prepare for the upcoming school year, … Click to Continue »

Campaign for a name change is in its early stages Street would be a ‘prominent,’ ‘permanent’ nod to veterans Club plans educational efforts, public meetings … Click to Continue »

The delta smelt may become extinct very soon a UC Davis fish biologist says the latest state survey found very few fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta where they normally gather. The biologist says the smelt have been on the decline for the last 30 years, but the drought may …