North SJ Valley: Former Merced County area mayor, ex-school board member pleads guilty in bribery case Fresno Bee Tommy Jones, a former Los Banos Unified School District board member and city mayor, has pleaded guilty in connection with the alleged bribing of a fellow ex-school board member for his vote on a school contract. Former […]

POLICY & POLITICS Deadline extended: March 15, 2019 Wonderful Public Service Graduate Fellowship The Maddy Institute Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships North SJ Valley: Stockton may be ready to expand its cannabis horizons Stockton Record Just a few months after the city modified its municipal code to allow the sale of retail cannabis, Stockton soon […]

POLICY & POLITICS Deadline extended: March 16, 2019 Wonderful Public Service Graduate Fellowship The Maddy Institute Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships North SJ Valley: Federal commission accepts MID, TID plan for river flows. Will state water board agree? Modesto Bee A federal environmental analysis recommends relicensing the Don Pedro hydroelectric project and accepts a Modesto […]

POLICY & POLITICS Deadline EXTENDED:  Wonderful Public Service Graduate Fellowship The Maddy Institute Applications for two $56,000 Fellowships Due Friday, March 15, 2019. North SJ Valley: MID board member’s outburst implicates ex-Turlock mayor in investigation Modesto Bee Gary Soiseth has not been Turlock mayor for two months, but he continues making news headlines. It’s now […]

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 […]