Tuesday night’s storm may have cleaned up the air for much of the Valley and foothills, but winter is still the season the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District limits wood burning. New changes this year to its “Check Before You Burn” program could bring more no-burn days to …
Read More »The Big Fresno Fair: Carnival Rides, Fast Food – And Fewer ER Visits
To the estimated half a million visitors it attracts each year, the Big Fresno Fair is synonymous with carnival rides, fried food, and horse racing. But to hospitals, the fair means something completely different: fewer visits to the emergency room. Joyce Eden, director of emergency services at Saint Agnes Medical …
Read More »Fresno Residents West Of Highway 99 Look Forward To New Plan, Fewer Traffic Jams
Think for a moment about neighborhoods in Fresno. Maybe you thought of the Tower District, or Fig Garden? Or perhaps it was Woodward Park or Sunnyside. What about the area west of Highway 99, between Clinton, Herndon and Grantland Avenues. Today it’s a checkerboard mix of subdivisions, rural homes, and …
Read More »Fewer options for Medicare health coverage
Editor’s note: This story clarifies and corrects information that was published on Page 2A of Monday’s Merced Sun-Star. Seniors insured under Medicare have until Dec. 7 to change or create … Click to Continue »
Read More »Proposed sales tax for roads comes as fewer cities ask developers to pay
Voters are looking at a half-cent tax for roads while many developers are facing none Cities say they need to be competitive to attract development Merced may suspend fee on Tuesday … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fewer students eat school lunches as menus get healthier
School food officials say students find healthier menus less appealing Federal rules require less salt, more whole grains Districts propose school meal price hikes as they face cost pressures … Click to Continue »
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