National Park Service Acting Pacific West Regional Director George Turnbull signed the Record of Decision today for the Yosemite Environmental Education Center Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/yeecrod.htm
Read More »Making A Decision About College When You Can’t Even Visit The Campus
May 1 is College Signing Day for many students, although some universities have extended their deadlines. Valley Public Radio’s news director Alice Daniel spoke with three seniors from the farming town of Woodlake about what it’s like to make such an important decision during a pandemic. Selina Lopez-Curiel, Rogelio Chavez …
Read More »When Police Make The Decision To Shoot: New Transparency Law Gives Insight
It’s November 27, 2017 at about 3 p.m. when Hanford Police Officer Jeff Davis first hears a dispatch about a deadly shooting in the small Central Valley town of Lemoore. Minutes later, he notices a blue Dodge Charger at a traffic stop. He checks the license plate numbers against those …
Read More »Merced sheriff’s lieutenant says he ‘stands by’ decision to arrest DA’s son for murder
A Merced County sheriff’s lieutenant testified Tuesday that a prosecutor with the state Attorney General’s Office — not sheriff’s detectives — gave the go-ahead to arrest District Attorney Larry Morse’s … Click to Continue »
Read More »DA renders decision on Atwater mayor who allegedly shot at squirrels at Castle
The Merced County District Attorney’s Office said investigators don’t have enough evidence to charge Atwater’s mayor with a crime for allegedly shooting at squirrels at Castle Airport. Mayor Jim Price … Click to Continue »
Read More »Local Salvadorans Brace For Uncertainty Amid White House Decision
On Monday, the Trump Administration announced that natives of El Salvador will soon lose their temporary protected status in the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security says that in September of 2019, 200,000 Salvadorans in the U.S. will lose protection from deportation. That status was originally designated in 2001, under …
Read More »As Trump’s fossil-fuel ‘energy dominance’ plan founders, a crucial solar energy decision nears
During his first year in office, President Donald Trump has guided the ship of state directly into the headwinds of market instability, civic opposition, unstable finance and environmental risk in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Valley ‘Dreamers’ Rally Against DACA Decision
Immigration advocates in the Central Valley are joining protests against the decision by the Trump Administration to phase out DACA. About three dozen people rallied in Fresno on Tuesday, promising to fight. Xavier Vasquez was 13 years old when he came to the U.S. illegally. Now, at 27 he is …
Read More »The Paris withdraw: A smart decision
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement has unleashed a predictable firestorm of criticism. But it was the right move. The Paris agreement, which … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump’s Paris climate accord withdrawal worst decision of his life
The following editorial appeared in The San Diego Union-Tribune on Friday, June 2: A year and a half ago, upon its approval by nearly 200 nations, The San Diego Union-Tribune … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump’s decision to withdraw from Paris accord splits Congress, and serves up a campaign issue
Energy issues often create rare bipartisan alliances on Capitol Hill, but reaction to President Donald Trump’s decision Thursday to withdraw from the Paris climate change accord broke swiftly along partisan … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater’s financial health may take ‘extreme decision,’ leader says
City staffers in Atwater say they’ve combed through the city’s finances to find savings wherever they can – which they have – but the financial outlook remains difficult. City Council, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Charging decision expected Tuesday for Turlock man arrested in officers-involved shooting in Merced County
Prosecutors expect to decide Tuesday morning whether there is enough evidence to charge the 40-year-old son of a Stanislaus County Superior Court civil judge with attempted murder in connection with … Click to Continue »
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