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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...

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...

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/ 15 hours ago

Trita Parsi: Blind Support for Israel Erodes Western Democracies

The outrageous clampdown on protests against Israel’s slaughter in Gaza are not isolated incidents. They reveal a larger, ominous real...

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/ 2 days 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...

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/ 3 days ago

Legislation Pandering to Tribal Casinos Is a Bad Bet for Fresno Cardroom Employees

More than 600 Fresno area residents risk losing their well-paying jobs because elected officials are more interested in pandering to tribal ...

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/ 4 days 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...

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/ 5 days ago

By Remembering the Genocide, We Can Help Rebuild Armenia

Imagine a 3,500-year-old civilization. Some accounts suggest even longer, that they’d been in that area since the 7th Century B.C. Ima...

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/ 6 days ago

Californians Worry About Crime, Setting up a Ballot Measure Showdown

Californians once supported criminal justice reforms to lighten penalties for crime but attitudes have changed. A November ballot measure co...

Crime

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McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines Are So Unreliable They’re a Meme. They Might Also Be a Climate Solution.

McDonald’s might just be a new frontier in our fight against the climate crisis. Reid Heavner Special to CalMatters Opinion Yes, that McD...

Environment

/ 1 week ago

Will State AG Rob Bonta Jump Into 2026 Race for CA Governor?

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been busy lately, or so it would seem from the never-ending stream of news releases from the Depar...

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Local Leaders Must Put Their Shoulders Into Making Fresno ‘Education City USA’

Fresno leaders keep searching for the silver bullet that will make California’s fifth-largest city sparkle. And they just keep shootin...

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California Legislation Wants to Uncover the ‘Hidden Homicides’ of Domestic Violence

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California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

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Trita Parsi: Blind Support for Israel Erodes Western Democracies

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Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

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Legislation Pandering to Tribal Casinos Is a Bad Bet for Fresno Cardroom Employees

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

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By Remembering the Genocide, We Can Help Rebuild Armenia

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Californians Worry About Crime, Setting up a Ballot Measure Showdown

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McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines Are So Unreliable They’re a Meme. They Might Also Be a Climate Solution.

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Local Leaders Must Put Their Shoulders Into Making Fresno ‘Education City USA’

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Ramirez Defeats Barthelemy in Front of Hometown Crowd

California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

California Officials Debate Prop. 47 Changes to Curb Crime. On the Street, Answers Aren’t That Simple.

Campus Chaos: Students Across the US Rise Up Against Universities’ Ties to Israel-Hamas War

California Legislation Wants to Uncover the ‘Hidden Homicides’ of Domestic Violence

The Summer After Barbenheimer and the Strikes, Hollywood Charts a New Course

Fresno Oops? Garbage Hike Protest Vote Delayed by Error

Trump’s Potential VP Pick Boasts About Executing Puppy

Blockchain Expert Unravels Misconceptions and Realities of Bitcoin Documentaries

Fresno Unified Comedy Night: ‘President Trump’ Meets ‘Superintendent Biden’

Cruisin’ Through Kingsburg’s 29th Annual Car Show

Meet the Valley Republican Predicting a November Win Over Esmeralda Soria

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