POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Federal legalization of hemp creates quandary for US police Stockton Record Truckers, now free to haul hemp from state to state, have been stopped and sometimes arrested by police who can’t tell whether they have intercepted a legal agricultural crop or the biggest marijuana bust of their careers. EDITORIAL: […]

POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Merced builder pleads guilty, admits bribing school board member in public corruption probe Fresno Bee Gregory Opinski admits to paying former Los Banos Unified School District board member Dominic Falasco money to vote him construction manager for Mercey Springs Elementary project. He avoided prison time. EDITORIAL: Kevin Blake’s bar-brawl […]

POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Proposed CA state bill aims to protect special needs students after El Dorado Hills death Merced Sun-Star A state bill aimed at protecting special needs students at nonpublic schools was introduced Monday in response to the November 2018 death of a student who was restrained at his El Dorado […]

POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: He’s had successful 30 years as a cop, he says. Can the new chief fix Atwater? Fresno Bee Police Chief Michael Salvador said he’s had success as a member of law enforcement in every agency he’s worked in the past 30 years. He said in Atwater he’s already developing […]

POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Merced council member convicted of misdemeanor in bar fight Merced Sun-Star Merced City Councilmember Kevin Blake, who is a Merced County Sheriff’s sergeant, and Sgt. Dustin Witt were convicted on misdemeanor charges for a Christmas party bar fight involving other deputies and members of the public. Central SJ Valley: […]

POLICY & POLITICS North SJ Valley: Eggman says she will seek Galgiani’s state Senate seat Stockton Record State Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman has declared her candidacy for the state Senate seat currently held by Cathleen Galgiani, who will be termed out in 2020. Central SJ Valley: Brandau proposal would ticket Fresno drivers for giving to […]