Tag Archives: Prevent

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 …

In Fresno County, around 10 percent of all babies are born before 37 weeks of gestation. That’s higher than the national average, and among the highest of all California counties. For African-Americans, the numbers are even more concerning: From 2013 to 2015, black babies were 63 percent more likely to …

Last week we reported on homelessness in Fresno , and how Mayor Lee Brand hopes his new initiative finds common ground between advocates and organizations. At the same time, a group of neighbors in northwest Fresno released a video urging people not to give out money to people on the …

As the Trump administration moves to roll back ambitious vehicle-emissions targets, California and several other states that rely on those standards to achieve their clean air goals have enlisted an … Click to Continue »

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 …

When a police officer called Santa Clara County deputy district attorney Marisa McKeown in July 2016 to inquire about getting a gun violence restraining order, her initial response was: What … Click to Continue »

Since the beginning of April, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced more than 350 arrests in raids from New York to Virginia to Texas. Presumably, they could happen anywhere at anytime. But a new quid pro quo with the government has Madera County hoping it can both do away …

Available to Los Banos residents, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Los Banos Police Department, 945 5th St. NICB reports Central Valley locales make up four of top 10 highest car theft rates in country … Click to Continue »

Monday’s training in Easton is done annually in English and Spanish Employers must follow strict standards to prevent illness … Click to Continue »

Merced County fire chiefs are poised to ramp up their weed-abatement efforts after heavy El Niño rains have encouraged growth of weeds that, coupled with lingering drought conditions, could be for an ugly fire season. … Click to Continue »

Recent rains encouraging weed growth Owners billed for abatement work done by county … Click to Continue »

Cooling stations are full of people and set up all across town. Some, are fortunate enough to work inside during the day while others are not quite as luckily. Whether you’re a fire fighter or work in construction, even these triple digits are hard to bare. "After they came down …