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Will California Supreme Court Knock Anti-Tax Measure Off the November Ballot?

When California’s voters 46 years ago passed Proposition 13, its iconic property tax limit, they ignited a perpetual conflict over how much ...

Will California Supreme Court Knock Anti-Tax Measure Off the November Ballot?

When California’s voters 46 years ago passed Proposition 13, its iconic property tax limit, they ignited a perpetual conflict over how much ...

Opinion

/ 3 days ago

Politicians Keep Shifting Blame as California’s Homelessness Crisis Worsens

Over the last half-decade, state government has spent about $24 billion to ameliorate California’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness crisis. ...

Opinion

/ 6 days ago

CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

Last Friday, a friend and I met at a chain restaurant in Sacramento for our customary weekly lunch. Both of us ordered $16 plates of Mexican...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

After Losing Population in Recent Years, California Grows Again. Is That a Good Thing?

After Jerry Brown became governor of California for the first time nearly a half-century ago, he declared that the state had entered “an era...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-impor...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

New Battlegrounds Emerge in California’s Political Guerrilla War Over Housing

At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing. Dan Walter...

Housing

/ 2 weeks ago

As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

A couple of weeks ago, the California Water Resources Control Board put five agricultural water agencies in Kings County on probation for fa...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

California’s public schools, with nearly 6 million students, are feeling the financial impacts of a quintuple whammy. Dan Walters CalMatte...

Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

The must-follow website this month among California’s politicians, bureaucrats, and interest group lobbyists is the “California Personal Inc...

Opinion

/ 3 weeks ago

Newsom Criticizes Local Response to Homelessness. He Should Look in the Mirror.

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom reiterated one of his favorite complaints — that local government officials aren’t doing enough to reduce Calif...

Opinion

/ 3 weeks ago

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Fewer US Overdose Deaths Were Reported Last Year, But Experts Are Still Cautious

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Billionaire Frank McCourt Assembles Consortium to Acquire TikTok

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On the Eve of His Visit to China, Putin Says Russia Is Prepared to Negotiate Over Ukraine

World /

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Manhunt Underway in France for Gang That Killed 2 Officers in Prison Break

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Astronomers Find the Biggest Known Batch of Planet Ingredients Swirling Around Young Star

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As UC Regents Meet in Merced, Students Bring Gaza Protests to Them

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Barring ‘an Act of God,’ Big Sur’s Highway 1 Will Reopen Friday

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Red Lobster Closes Dozens of Locations After ‘Endless Shrimp’ Losses. Did Fresno Dodge the Cut?

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Forget Everything You’ve Seen in the Movies About Rattlesnake Bites

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What Drove Fowler City Manager to Surprise Resignation?

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Fresno Student Pilot Makes History with First-in-Nation Flight Training in Electric Plane

Local Education /

6 days ago

Misty Her Is Looking Forward to Tackling FUSD’s Challenges. Even if It Means Visiting Absentee Kids at Their Homes.

Education /

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Fewer US Overdose Deaths Were Reported Last Year, But Experts Are Still Cautious

Billionaire Frank McCourt Assembles Consortium to Acquire TikTok

On the Eve of His Visit to China, Putin Says Russia Is Prepared to Negotiate Over Ukraine

Manhunt Underway in France for Gang That Killed 2 Officers in Prison Break

Astronomers Find the Biggest Known Batch of Planet Ingredients Swirling Around Young Star

As UC Regents Meet in Merced, Students Bring Gaza Protests to Them

Barring ‘an Act of God,’ Big Sur’s Highway 1 Will Reopen Friday

Red Lobster Closes Dozens of Locations After ‘Endless Shrimp’ Losses. Did Fresno Dodge the Cut?

California to Make $3.3 Billion Available for Mental Health, Substance Use Treatment Centers

Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee Will Seek Second Opinion On Injured Shoulder

Will California Supreme Court Knock Anti-Tax Measure Off the November Ballot?

Will California Supreme Court Knock Anti-Tax Measure Off the November Ballot?

/ 3 days ago

Politicians Keep Shifting Blame as California’s Homelessness Crisis Worsens

/ 6 days ago

CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

/ 1 week ago

After Losing Population in Recent Years, California Grows Again. Is That a Good Thing?

/ 1 week ago

Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

/ 2 weeks ago

New Battlegrounds Emerge in California’s Political Guerrilla War Over Housing

/ 2 weeks ago

As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

/ 2 weeks ago

California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

/ 2 weeks ago

Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

/ 3 weeks ago

Newsom Criticizes Local Response to Homelessness. He Should Look in the Mirror.

/ 3 weeks ago

Fewer US Overdose Deaths Were Reported Last Year, But Experts Are Still Cautious

Billionaire Frank McCourt Assembles Consortium to Acquire TikTok

On the Eve of His Visit to China, Putin Says Russia Is Prepared to Negotiate Over Ukraine

Manhunt Underway in France for Gang That Killed 2 Officers in Prison Break

Astronomers Find the Biggest Known Batch of Planet Ingredients Swirling Around Young Star

As UC Regents Meet in Merced, Students Bring Gaza Protests to Them

Barring ‘an Act of God,’ Big Sur’s Highway 1 Will Reopen Friday

Red Lobster Closes Dozens of Locations After ‘Endless Shrimp’ Losses. Did Fresno Dodge the Cut?

Forget Everything You’ve Seen in the Movies About Rattlesnake Bites

What Drove Fowler City Manager to Surprise Resignation?

Fresno Student Pilot Makes History with First-in-Nation Flight Training in Electric Plane

Misty Her Is Looking Forward to Tackling FUSD’s Challenges. Even if It Means Visiting Absentee Kids at Their Homes.

Bob Nelson Defends ‘Militant Positivity’ in His Farewell Speech as Outgoing FUSD Superintendent

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