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Fresno County is a book desert in the summer, and the effect on kids is ‘devastating’

Kids who ... closed over the summer, Dajsha and other elementary-aged children in Fresno County may not have access to enough books to read, with fewer than three available to each child on average. ... read more

From Foster Care to Homelessness for California Youth

California’s Failure The route from foster care to homelessness is not only well-known to the state, but is, in effect, built into the system ... told us: “If you’re going to put kids in group homes, ... read more

Could California's salmon make a comeback?

To buy the Wacky Jacky, she and her husband "hocked everything but the kids ... books, when I look at Fish Alley, where I used to sell fish for years and years, I see nothing but ghosts," he said. In ... read more

PREGAME NOTES: Pablo Sandoval is one happy All-Star, Aubrey Huff’s break starts early, Riggleman could join Giants front office, etc.

This is his 20th season as a baseball writer. Baggarly is the author of the bestselling book, A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants, and the newly published Giant Splash: Bondsian ... read more

Fresno Unified says the situation for its African American students is a state of emergency

A Fresno Unified task force says the environment for the district’s African American students is in a state of emergency. Jenelle Pitt tells the school board about how her then-4-year-old son was ... read more

Debate Over Global Warming/Climate Change Heats Up

According to Dr. Happer, the data implies that the models, which predicted quite a lot of warming, have greatly exaggerated the effect of C02. Dr. Happer thinks that most, if not all, of those who ... read more

Stories for April 2015

Should the minimum wage be raised in the county? The L.A. County Board of Supervisors has taken a step in that direction by voting unanimously to at least study the issue, the Los Angeles Times ... read more

Jerry Brown: California, Country Facing ‘Regime Crisis’ Similar To The Civil War

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — While Washington averted a government shutdown this week, California Governor Jerry Brown continues with his budget battles. The governor may feel like he’s in a recurring ... read more

As Earth Warms Up, The Sun Is Remarkably Quiet

Just as a catastrophic hurricane can occur in an otherwise quiet season, a quiet solar cycle can still cause devastating space weather, McIntosh told me. “If you look at the record of extreme events ... read more

Posey: “Last year I saw how quickly it can all be gone.”

A theme started to build when I began talking to players and coaches for this Buster Posey story. “I could talk about Buster all day,” former Giant Mark DeRosa, now with the Nationals, said. And ... read more

Using the Blog

The limitations for methoxyfenozide are contained in a series of county-specific Endangered Species Protection Bulletins (Bulletins) as part of EPA’s Endangered Species Protection Program (ESPP). EPA ... read more

Hugging the Left Coast

Relocating Mark Twain’s famous line about San Francisco: “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer on the California shore ... the ocean to the fringes of the Anza-Borrego Desert. But the county ... read more