POLICY & POLITICS Deadline EXTENDED:  Friday, March 15th, 2019.  Wonderful Public Service Graduate Fellowship The Maddy Institute Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships Valley mayors hopeful after meeting with Newsom on high-speed rail, economic growth Fresno Bee Gov. Gavin Newsom met privately with the mayors of Fresno, Merced and Bakersfield on Wednesday to clarify his vision of […]

POLICY & POLITICS Deadline FAST APPROACHING:  Wonderful Public Service $56,000 Graduate Fellowship The Maddy Institute Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships Due Friday, February 22nd, 2019. North SJ Valley: Felicia Marcus removed from State Water Board. Who will lead this important panel? Modesto Bee Felicia Marcus, whose push for larger river flows angered farmers and community leaders in […]

POLICY & POLITICS __________________________________________________________ Support our work, please consider making a  tax-deductible contribution TODAY Thank you! __________________________________________________________ North SJ Valley: Stanislaus County ranks No. 2 in California in youth gun deaths. Is it a trend? Fresno Bee Children are being shot and killed at a staggering rate in California, according to a McClatchy review of data […]

POLICY & POLITICS Deadline FAST APPROACHING:  Wonderful Public Service Graduate Fellowship The Maddy Institute Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships Due Friday, February 22nd, 2019. North SJ Valley: Atwater offers police chief job to a law enforcement veteran with ties to central Valley Fresno Bee Coalinga (CA) Police Chief Michael Salvador accepted the tentative offer, which […]

POLICY & POLITICS Deadline FAST APPROACHING: Wonderful Public Service Graduate Fellowship The Maddy Institute Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships Due Friday, February 22nd, 2019. North SJ Valley: Here’s why Foster Farms will be adding new jobs at its Livingston chicken plant Merced Sun-Star Foster Farms on Thursday announced a multimillion-dollar capital investment project to support […]

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POLICY & POLITICS Deadline FAST APPROACHING:  Wonderful Public Service Graduate Fellowship The Maddy Institute Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships Due Friday, February 22nd, 2019. North SJ Valley: State of the Union had ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ feel, says Modesto area’s new Congressman Josh Harder Fresno Bee Rep. Josh Harder, a Democrat from Turlock, commented on the State […]

POLICY & POLITICS Deadline FAST APPROACHING:   Wonderful Public Service $56,000 Graduate Fellowship  The Maddy Institute Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships Due Friday, February 22nd, 2019. North SJ Valley: Harder brings walnut farmer from Hughson to State of the Union. He’s a Republican Modesto Bee John Casazza, a walnut grower and processor near Hughson, will attend […]

POLICY & POLITICS Deadline FAST APPROACHING:  Wonderful Public Service Graduate Fellowship Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships Due Friday, February 22nd, 2019. Smog gets bad quickly in the San Joaquin Valley. Images taken just days apart show the dramatic shift Fresno Bee Sight of the Sierra Nevada from Tulare County all but disappeared within days at the end […]