Yosemite National Park has received reports of approximately 170 people who have experienced a gastrointestinal illness. Affected individuals include park visitors and employees, and most of these individuals spent time in Yosemite Valley. As of today, there have been two confirmed cases of norovirus. Most of the cases occurred on …
Read More »Fresno American Indian Health Project Reports Increased Demand For Services During COVID-19
While reports show that the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affects communities of color, gaps in data have made it difficult to quantify the impact of the virus on indigenous populations. To get a better sense of how Native Americans in the Valley are faring during the pandemic, Valley Edition Host Kathleen …
Read More »After Reports Of Upcoming Immigration Raids, Valley Organization Ramps Up Community Action
A faith-based grassroots organization in the San Joaquin Valley is ramping up its resources and engaging its network of people to help communities that could be targeted by immigration raids this weekend. The New York Times reported Thursday morning Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to arrest and deport thousands …
Read More »Despite Reports Of Trashed Parks, Most Yosemite Visitors Are Not Deterred
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 …
Read More »Despite Reports Of Trashed Parks, Yosemite Visitors Are Not Deterred
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 …
Read More »Latino USA Reports That Warehouse Jobs Are Expanding, But Are They Solid Middle-Class Jobs Yet?
There’s an industry here in the Central Valley that’s not particularly new, but has grown significantly in recent years, especially with an Amazon fulfillment center on it’s way to Fresno. That industry is in warehouses, where employees fulfill online orders. Latino USA reporter Sophia Paliza-Carre got a firsthand look at …
Read More »One UC Merced employee resigned, 2 disciplined after reports of sexual misconduct
Two UC Merced employees have been disciplined since June 2016 for alleged sexual misconduct against female students, and a third employee resigned related to another investigation, according to public records … Click to Continue »
Read More »Shots fired at YouTube headquarters in California with reports of multiple injuries
Reports are flooding social media of a shooting at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, with city officials and police confirming reports of an active shooter at the campus. Now … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County schools on edge over bogus threat reports, officials say
On the same day Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz was indicted on almost three dozen counts of murder, authorities in Merced and Atwater were scrambling to investigate what they said … Click to Continue »
Read More »Reports of firearm at Madera school leads police to track meet starter pistol
Police were on Desmond Middle School’s campus Thursday after staff received reports that a student was in possession of a firearm. But, the weapon was a bulletless starter pistol used … Click to Continue »
Read More »One man killed, two arrested in separate DUI crashes in Merced County, CHP reports
A 75-year-old Modesto man died and more than half a dozen people were injured early Sunday in two suspected drunken-driving crashes reported minutes apart on Highway 99 outside Delhi, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Homicide suspect arrested at gunpoint in Merced County, CHP reports
A 23-year-old Fresno man suspected of killing a woman in a Concord hotel room was arrested a gunpoint early Monday outside Atwater, the California Highway Patrol reported. Devon Tarrell Crocketts … Click to Continue »
Read More »Driver charged in fatal Livingston bus crash denies responsibility, reports show
Moments after the white tour bus he was driving on Highway 99 near Livingston crashed into a steel pole and tore through the bus last August, Mario David Vasquez got … Click to Continue »
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