Fresno

Gov. Newsom touts the first of 13 regional plans to boost economic development across the state, which will go into a statewide blueprint to be released in January.

The closure of Madera Community Hospital created a new health care desert in a community that already had fewer doctors per capita than other parts of the state. UCSF and Adventist have a plan to reopen it.

A decade-long legal dispute over the construction of a Fresno middle school seems to be reaching a climax. The outcome could affect other school construction projects in California.

If you listen to California’s political class, the high-speed rail project sounds like a textbook boondoggle. Yet in communities across California’s farm belt, the discourse is different. High-speed rail isn't "a train to nowhere" – it's a symbol of transformation.

Student workers at the 23-campus system say their pay is low, their hours are restricted and they get no sick pay. They are hoping to join the employees union to fix that.

The money will go to infrastructure, parking, and other investments city leaders say would lure residential developers to downtown.

From CalMatters reporter Marisa Kendall: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration took credit Tuesday for shipping 36 asylum-seeking migrants to Sacramento over the past week, prompting another round of political shots between Florida officials and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.   In a written statement, a spokesperson for the Florida Division of Emergency Management characterized the migrants as […]

Fresno is one of the most economically distressed and unequal regions in California. Fresno DRIVE, a public-private effort, is starting to boost minority businesses, agricultural technology, and other initiatives.

As tens of thousands of low-income Californians struggle to pay their water bills, the Legislature approved a bill offering assistance. But the program has no funding.

California's undocumented immigrants risked themselves working during pandemic. Lawmakers want to pay them unemployment benefits.