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Just off Highway 99, halfway between Fresno and Bakersfield, lies the small community of Goshen. It’s mostly known for its ethanol plant, but among the warehouses and agricultural supply stores that line its commercial streets, there’s a jewel of a joint whose popularity goes well beyond even state lines: a …

These days, do you ever find yourself looking out the window of your house or apartment and wondering ‘how are my neighbors doing during this pandemic?’ I was thinking a lot about my neighbor Dorothy Jones so I reached out to her. She turns 100 this year and she still …

At the Fresno Fairgrounds inside the Industrial Education building, a large photo of Xy Lee holding a guitar hung above a stage. Beneath it, family and friends gathered around an open casket. There were floral arrangements in the shape of a guitar and a huge heart. “Right now, they are …

Governor Gavin Newsom signed his first pieces of legislation into law on Wednesday, and he chose to sign them at a school where the water contains a carcinogen and kids can’t even use the drinking fountains. Newsom opened his visit in a history classroom, introducing the bills to a room …

The recent drought underscored the struggles of private well owners as wells across Tulare County went dry. But an underlying issue has existed all along: even those who have drinking water don’t necessarily know if it’s safe. “The problem is that those people that live outside of the city and …

The Kern County city of Arvin has received funding to drill a new drinking water well to serve its nearly 21,000 residents. The EPA has agreed to provide the city with $ 2.5 million in funding for the well, which will replace an existing well that’s polluted with arsenic and …

We have an update on Fresno Fire Captain Pete Dern. He’s the firefighter who was injured last month when he fell through the roof of a burning home. Fire Chief Kerri Donis says Dern is responding well to some skin-grafting surgery that began on Friday. Some of Dern’s skin was …

A puppy is recovering after he was rescued from a well. The story started to unfold Tuesday afternoon at a home on Grant and Willow in Fresno. It wasn’t a typical call for fire fighters. A puppy stuck 50 feet down a pipe for an old well. The fire fighters …