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A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that more than 4 million visitors in 2010 spent $ 354.7 million in Yosemite National Park and in communities near the park. That spending supported more than 4,600 jobs in the area. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/ynpeconomy.htm

A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that over four million visitors to Yosemite National Park spent over $ 379 million in communities surrounding the park. This spending supported 5,057 jobs in the local area. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/localbenefits13.htm

Many people have lost their jobs due to the pandemic, but some have found assistance through a multi-million dollar state government program called Expanded Subsidized Employment, or ESE. However, Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised budget proposal cuts the funding to that program. If the latest budget goes through, it would affect …

Bitwise Industries got a shout-out from Governor Gavin Newsom Thursday as he announced relief for small businesses. The Fresno-based tech company is creating a resource for those laid off due to the pandemic: OnwardCa.org . The website is something of a one-stop shop for COVID-19 needs. You just put in …

There’s an industry here in the Central Valley that’s not particularly new, but has grown significantly in recent years, especially with an Amazon fulfillment center on it’s way to Fresno. That industry is in warehouses, where employees fulfill online orders. Latino USA reporter Sophia Paliza-Carre got a firsthand look at …

The cash-strapped city of Atwater is looking at cutting more than $ 1 million from its $ 42.4 million budget in a city that already mostly shuts down on Fridays and is … Click to Continue »

Dozens of Golden Valley High School students armed with gauze pads, measuring tape and keen interest awaited instructions Tuesday, as they gazed upon a green sedan wedged under a broken … Click to Continue »

Visalia-based California Dairies Inc., the largest milk cooperative in the state, is shutting down its Los Banos factory, citing a decline in milk volume. “California Dairies has been an important … Click to Continue »

The Kern County Board of Supervisors is set to review a proposal Tuesday from local economic development officials that would lift existing caps on tax rebates, and bring new jobs to the county. The current policy allows the businesses a 90 percent rebate on new taxes they generate, up to …

Merced County leaders will be asked today to approve a deal with the Los Angeles Harbor Department in a plan that leaders say could help revitalize the former Castle Air … Click to Continue »

Late last month, the New England Fishery Management Council joined its Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic council colleagues in officially documenting concern over Trump administration-backed plans to use seismic airgun blasting … Click to Continue »

On the same day President Donald Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, environmentalists took consolation in the closure of three large coal-fired power plants – … Click to Continue »

There were 1,000 more jobs in Merced County in March than a year ago, pushing the unemployment rate down to 12.2 percent, the lowest March rate since 2007, labor market … Click to Continue »