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Here in North America, Switzerland may be known for snowy mountain tops, raclette cheese, and yodeling. But the landlocked, Central European country is also home to one of the biggest and most ambitious science endeavors ever undertaken. And though it’s nearly 6,000 miles away, the San Joaquin Valley is leaving …

On this week’s Valley Edition, we learn how Fresno State students are leaving their mark at one of the top scientific institutions in Europe. We also continue our look at the issue of homelessness with a profile of a Fresno mom who was living on the streets, and is now …

Buried in California’s new $ 201 billion budget is important news for those with a disease that affects many here in Central California: $ 8 million in funding for valley fever research and awareness. For several years we’ve been reporting about this airborne fungal disease which is endemic to arid …

Governor Brown signed the final budget of his tenure as governor on Wednesday, and included in it was funding aimed at combating the fungal disease valley fever. The budget includes $ 8 million for research and outreach into the fungal disease that’s caused by inhaling spores that grow in arid …

Fresno State is hosting CSU Summer Arts for the second year in a row, although, this would be the university’s 14th year hosting the program since its start in 1985. CSU Summer Arts is a series of college courses offered over the summer. Each course specializes in a visual or …

Amid talk of fake news and alternative facts, Fresno State has launched a new Institute for Media and Public Trust. Led by former Fresno Bee executive editor Jim Boren, the institute aims to bring together media professionals, academics and the public to bridge understanding about the way journalists work. Boren …

California is the fourth largest oil producer in the country. As we speak, almost 81,000 wells across the state are churning out oil and gas or being used to inject wastewater back into the ground. For every three of those wells, however, there’s another one well that’s not doing any …

With California universities more expensive and crowded than ever, high school graduates are increasingly leaving the state to attend college. About 40,000 California high school graduates left the state for … Click to Continue »

Recent state data that had raised the alarm on opioid overdose deaths turns out to have been inaccurate. In late May, new data from the California Department of Public Health had pointed to an alarming trend: The number of Californians who died of overdoses due to the street drug fentanyl …

A Merced County-based nonprofit has been honored by the state for its work with and advocacy of at-risk children. Assemblymember Adam Gray, D-Merced, on Wednesday presented the Court Appointed Special … Click to Continue »

Welcome to election week. As you know, the California primary is just a day away. And the November election is just around the corner. This election year, the Merced Sun-Star … Click to Continue »

The arrest of the man suspected of being the Golden State Killer shocked the nation last week. 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo is accused of being behind a string of murders, rapes and robberies that have been attributed to a suspect also known as the East Area Rapist and the Original …

Merced County’s population rose in the past year by 1.8 percent outpacing every other county in the state, according to the California Department of Finance. The county is dwarfed by … Click to Continue »