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alifornia Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith today announced that the department, working closely with Yosemite National Park, successfully reduced the risk of plague transmission at Crane Flat Campground in Yosemite. The campground, which had been closed for four nights to allow for …

NPS Firefighters and Special Agents are asking for the public’s help to identify those responsible for igniting a fire in Ahwahnee Meadow on the night of July 15, 2020 in Yosemite National Park. https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/yose-ahwahnee-meadow-fire-07152020.htm

Governor Gavin Newsom is set to approve an extra $ 500 million for wildfire prevention — a last-minute change that would more than double what’s in the current budget deal. https://www.kvpr.org/sites/kvpr/files/styles/big_story/public/202106/newsom_1.jpg

Last week, CapRadio, along with NPR’s California Newsroom, reported that Governor Gavin Newsom dramatically overstated the amount of wildfire prevention efforts that had taken place leading up to this year’s fire season. CapRadio’s Scott Rodd was the journalist behind that investigation. Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke with him about …

Last year, 30 patients died at Coalinga State Hospital, a psychiatric facility in western Fresno County. That’s more than 2 percent of the population–a death rate that’s almost twice the average of California’s entire state hospital system, and almost seven times higher than the rate within the state prison system. …

One of the cornerstones of the COVID-19 response is contact tracing – when teams of people track down and get in touch with close contacts of those who have tested positive . In order to progress in reopening, Governor Gavin Newsom has required every county health department to take on …

Advocates of people of color said Wednesday they “want answers” following the arrest of William Colbert, a black man who said he was unnecessarily beaten by Merced police. The South … Click to Continue »

Authorities are investigating a possible homicide after an unidentified man was found dead by the side of a road south of Hilmar with an apparent gunshot wound, according to the … Click to Continue »

A Merced County man is wanted in connection with the slaying and decapitation of a 26-year-old Los Banos woman, a law enforcement official confirmed Thursday. The body of Katherine Cunningham … Click to Continue »

Last week we brought you an investigative story about a secretive building in downtown Fresno that’s being used to process individuals coming into custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE . There’s no sign on the building, its address is not listed on the agency’s website, and immigration attorneys …

Atwater police are seeking information in connection with a shooting over the weekend that damaged at least two vehicles. Police at 11:18 p.m. Saturday were called to the area of … Click to Continue »

A Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Deputy has been placed on leave and is under criminal investigation for an incident in which he was captured on video repeatedly striking a man he … Click to Continue »

One person is dead and another has been taken into custody today in what Merced County Sheriff’s investigators have described as a “possible homicide” on the county’s west side. Few … Click to Continue »