When news of the pandemic first reached the men incarcerated at Avenal State Prison in central California, inmate Ed Welker said the prevailing mood was panic. “We were like, ‘Yeah, it’s going to come in here and it’s going to spread like wildfire and we’re all going to get it,’” …
Read More »Weekend Protests Aim To Draw Attention To Explosive Spread Of COVID-19 In Valley’s Prisons
As COVID-19 infections continue to rise throughout the San Joaquin Valley, they’re also ravaging the Valley’s prisons. That’s why two advocacy groups have planned protests this weekend outside prisons in Kings, Fresno and Kern Counties . At Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, where more than 1,600 incarcerated men have …
Read More »Avenal’s Prison Labor Contract Allows Actions The CDC—And Kings County—Warned Could Spread COVID-19
Ed Welker is relatively new to Avenal State Prison. He’s been incarcerated there only since March. But when he was recently moved to a new dorm in a different yard, he saw a familiar face. “One of the officers that are working right now in the building that I’m in, …
Read More »Health Officials In The Valley Monitor At-Risk Individuals To Prevent Spread Of COVID-19
Only two COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the San Joaquin Valley: one each in Madera and Fresno counties. Both are related to travel on Princess Cruises. To prevent further spread, public health departments are monitoring at-risk folks daily. Not every county publishes the number of monitored individuals, but from …
Read More »Will stronger rent control spread across California? Here’s what you need to know.
California voters are set to vote this November on an initiative that would allow California cities and counties to adopt stronger rent control laws, which limit how much landlords are … Click to Continue »
Read More »Who says gifts are only for children? Livingston police spread holiday cheer
The Livingston Police Department gave out gifts to more than 20 senior citizens at the Livingston Senior Center at 416 Main St. during the department’s annual Kops for Kids event … Click to Continue »
Read More »Mosquitoes that can spread Zika had one weakness – sex – and it was their downfall
A research gamble that relied on insect libido to fight mosquitoes that can spread the Zika and dengue viruses has paid off in Clovis. The field study, which mated female … Click to Continue »
Read More »The New Frontier: Satellites Inform Fire Personnel About How Blazes Spread
While crews fought to keep the Detwiler Fire in California’s Central Valley from reaching the historic gold rush town of Mariposa, a separate fire crew was watching the blaze from an entirely different angle – space. “We can see the darker reds here,” says Kris Mattarochia says science and operations …
Read More »A deadly fungus that has killed millions of bats in Northeast has spread to Texas
Bad news for bats: White-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a fungus that has been killing millions of bats across the Northeast, has reached Texas. Conservationists and state and federal … Click to Continue »
Read More »Rube Goldberg projects spread STEM interest at Dos Palos middle school
As a math intervention teacher at Bryant Middle School, Shannon Mauras knew that projects rooted in the science, technology, math and science could help her students gain a greater interest. … Click to Continue »
Read More »March in downtown Merced looking to spread respect and equality
A march planned Sunday in Merced by the Human Dot Project is intended to rally support for respect, equality and unification of all people, organizers said. Debbie Margison Allen said … Click to Continue »
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