Tag Archives: State’s

Fresno State President Joseph Castro says he wants to see any new effort to build a public medical school in the San Joaquin Valley be a collaboration between the UC and CSU systems. Last month, Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula introduced a bill in Sacramento that would authorize a new medical school …

After five years of punishing drought and the state’s plan to allocate more irrigation water for fish, Assemblyman Adam Gray is rolling out newly proposed legislation to restructure the state’s … Click to Continue »

Heritage Management Group in Merced announced Wednesday that it’s the first business in the state to be certified as AT&T fiber-ready. That’s a fancy way of saying it has superfast … Click to Continue »

California teen birth rates have declined to record-low levels, and while the central San Joaquin Valley continues to have higher rates, Merced County is trending lower than many other Valley … Click to Continue »

Sheep rancher Dave Dashiell got to his feet and wiped the blood from his hands. A newborn lamb he had just delivered from a struggling ewe took one breath, then another. He laid the lamb down gently in front of its mother. "I hope he lives," Dashiell said. … Click …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-A study of North Carolina and four other southeastern states found evidence that coal ash ponds consistently contaminate nearby lakes, rivers and groundwater, Duke University scientists say. … Click to Continue »

Several times each week, Russ Lewis and a few friends pick up litter that washes ashore on a 7-mile stretch of ocean shoreline, and most of it is plastics of one kind of another. … Click to Continue »

Tom Torlakson, the state superintendent of public instruction, visited with Yosemite High students on Tuesday and congratulated them on being awarded the Gold Level of the California Green Ribbon Schools … Click to Continue »

District 21 is sixth from the top of the list of fewest independent voters California has 80 state Assembly districts Coastal and Southern California districts have more independent voters … Click to Continue »

Friday marks a landmark legal victory for the gay rights movement. By a five-to-four vote, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples nationwide have the right to marry in all 50 U.S. states. The justices said states cannot ban same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court case came after several lower …

      Fresno State’s top dog at the university was given a warm welcome by students at Ahwahnee Middle School.  University President Dr. Joseph Castro spoke to students about college and career opportunities.   Dr. Castro has been going to several valley schools.  He says he understands what its like for students these days. …