What do you do if your printing business is suffering because of COVID-19? Well for one Fresno business, employees are going with the times. Dumont Printing is still dealing in its usual trade: signage. But instead of company mailers and event announcements, it’s making “Keep Distance” decals. “Immediately we started …
Read More »To Keep Communities Beautiful ‘We Need People With Energy And Enthusiasm’
The Keep America Beautiful campaign , established in 1953, has motivated communities to clean their neighborhoods, and those efforts are now expanding into the City of Fresno and Kern County. To learn more, moderator Kathleen Schock talks with Mark Standriff, Director of Communications for the City of Fresno, and Heidi …
Read More »Are there enough activities in Los Banos to keep kids busy over the summer?
As summer approaches, children soon will be out of school with an extra six hours to spare five days a week. What can they do with their extra time? Some … Click to Continue »
Read More »Navy Working To Keep Sailors In The Service As Fleet Expands
With plans on the table to increase the number of ships, the Navy is looking for new ways to keep sailors in the service, even giving them a chance to leave for a year and come back. In recent years the Navy has been downsizing. The Trump administration eventually wants …
Read More »Why it might take five years to put in a stoplight to keep Los Banos students safe
It’s a busy, uncontrolled intersection frequently crossed by students on their way to and from Los Banos High School. City leaders say while, so far at least, major tragedy has … Click to Continue »
Read More »Study: Salt marshes will vanish if seas keep rising and California keeps building
On one side, there’s the rising ocean. On the other, rising buildings. Squeezed between the two are California’s salt marshes – a unique ecosystem filled with pickleweed and cordgrass, shorebirds … Click to Continue »
Read More »Facebook is showing less news. Here’s how to keep seeing The Merced Sun-Star.
Facebook is going to make it harder to keep up with everything that’s happening in your community by showing you fewer local news stories in your News Feed. But you … Click to Continue »
Read More »MLK Day speakers in Merced want to keep ‘moving the dream forward’
Monday marked Merced’s 22nd annual celebration honoring the man best known for his work during the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hundreds gathered at the Merced County … Click to Continue »
Read More »Scientists keep an eye on green sea turtles adapting to life in the San Gabriel River’s murky flows
When scientists confirmed their existence in the San Gabriel River in 2008, the green sea turtles were thought to be oddballs or lost wanderers. The federally endangered species usually is … Click to Continue »
Read More »Why Do Valley Hospital Earthquake Bonds Keep Failing With Voters?
On January 17 th , 1994 before the sun even rose, the peace of a Los Angeles morning was broken when the ground began to quake. The 6.6 magnitude quake would soon become known as the Northridge Earthquake. When the dust settled, 57 people were dead and tens of billions …
Read More »Local charter school had worst test scores in city. A fight to keep it open goes to court
Green Valley Charter School officials are hoping the courts will force the Los Banos Unified School District to renew its embattled charter and keep the school alive. A hearing is … Click to Continue »
Read More »Reef rescuers race to keep pace with climate change
Ten years ago, when scientists in South Florida began a massive rescue effort to rebuild the nation’s only inshore reef, replanting nursery-grown staghorn coral with a gardening technique perfected in … Click to Continue »
Read More »As Trump threatens world climate pact, will India keep its promises to cut emissions?
Not long ago, global environmental activists looked at India with worry. The world’s fastest growing major economy – and one of its fastest growing emitters of carbon – was building … Click to Continue »
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