Alfredo Gonzalez, 42, sat down in the Project Rebound office at Fresno State on a Wednesday morning. He was there to register for a two-day criminal justice class that would count for one unit toward his bachelor’s degree. “Although I’m at (Fresno) City I’ve been part of Project Rebound since …
Read More »Calixtro will stand trial in DUI crash that killed retired court commissioner
Moments before retired Merced County Commissioner Ralph Cook was killed in a possible drunken-driving crash on Highway 99 last year, a witness said the driver — Cook’s girlfriend, Jacqulin Calixtro … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC sexual misconduct files show faculty resigned, retired; Merced professor was demoted
An associate UCLA professor who pursued a student until she was afraid to attend classes paid the university $ 7,500 in lieu of suspension. At UC Irvine, a dean accused of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Girlfriend pleads not guilty in crash that killed retired court commissioner
Jacqulin Calixtro pleaded not guilty Monday morning in Merced Superior Court to charges related to the June crash that killed her boyfriend, retired Merced County court commissioner Ralph Cook. The … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced College names retired police captain as new chief
Capt. Tom Trindad will be chief, officials announced in an email The sheriff’s office, which oversaw the campus police, moved out last week The college and sheriff’s office could not agree on a contract … Click to Continue »
Read More »Retired Fresno State Professor New U.S. Poet Laureate
There is a new U.S. Poet Laureate and he is right here in the valley. He is in the same company as Robert Frost and Philip Levine. Retired Fresno State professor Juan Felipe Herrera is the first Latino, U-S Poet Laureate. His experience growing up in the fields of the …
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