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A rise in COVID-19 cases has prompted another round of business restrictions in most California counties, including those in the San Joaquin Valley. Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that 29 counties would be rolling back into the purple, most restrictive tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, including …

While the state is experiencing a transition of power and new laws for the new year, lawmakers in D.C. still haven’t made progress on how to reopen the federal government. That means some National Parks like Sequoia and Kings Canyon are currently closed, but the more popular park in our …

When it comes to addictive substances, opioids like heroin and fentanyl have in recent years been dominating headlines around the country. And rightly so: Nationally, the number of opioid overdose deaths more than quadrupled from 2000 to 2016. But as concerning and dangerous as opioids are, we shouldn’t forget about …

Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez was charged with two criminal misdemeanors last week over her 2017 vote against a ban on marijuana dispensaries. The DA’s public integrity unit investigated the case and found that Perez’s husband Fernando Jara had done business with marijuana industry groups before the vote, creating what …

Josh Chenoweth pushes through trees grown 30 feet overhead and walks into a plush purple pool of blooming lupine, the flowers fragrant and abuzz with insects. It is hard to … Click to Continue »

This past Sunday, April 22, was Earth Day. But did you know that the day before was the birthday of conservationist John Muir, or that the day after was the day widely believed to have been the birth and death of William Shakespeare? These may seem like unrelated occasions, but …

A new report from the Visalia-based Community Water Center indicates that over 500 local water board seats have gone uncontested in recent elections. In the southern San Joaquin Valley, the report finds that 87 percent of seats on public water agency boards went uncontested. When only one candidate is seeking …

Merced County’s top administrator sold back vacation and sick time in 2017 and took home an extra $ 30,950, more than the per capita salary for a county resident, according to … Click to Continue »

Whether doing some grocery shopping, dropping children off for school or trying to grab a quick coffee, one thing is clear — Merced residents hate parking lots. Some of them … Click to Continue »

A recent break-in at the Los Banos Drug Co. escalated into a high-speed chase on Interstate 5 and was the latest in a troubling trend of recent burglaries in the … Click to Continue »

For about the past year, two San Joaquin valley school districts have allowed some parents and staff members to carry a concealed firearm on campus if they have a concealed carry weapons permit and seek the permission of the district superintendent. However, under a new bill on Governor Jerry Brown’s …

Cierra Shelton suffers from hypertension and can’t find a doctor in Merced. Frequently the 30-year-old mother of two takes only half the prescribed dose of her blood-pressure medication to make … Click to Continue »

Labor Day weekend signals the unofficial end of summer and many rush to the grill for one last seasonal cookout. The long holiday weekend also offers the chance to eat … Click to Continue »