An audit shows the Grizzlies are still in the red, Fresno's city budget has a multimillion-dollar gap that needs filling, and medical marijuana growing is legal in Fresno County -- but there is no system to issue permits.

A 1974 memo from Dow Chemical describes several chemicals in a widely used farm fumigant as "garbage." Today, one of those useless chemicals threatens drinking water for more than 1 million people across the San Joaquin Valley.

Finding a job in the real world is always a challenge for the proverbial liberal-arts major. This year, even college graduates with vocational degrees are struggling to get work.

At a Visalia mural commemorating the heroes of World War II, military veterans last week raised an American flag to restore the site's dignity.

I imagine that when Superintendent Michael Hanson interviewed Jamilah Fraser about running Fresno Unified's public-information office, he asked if she knew how to get in front of a story.

This year's California elections will test the theory that having independently drawn districts and a "top-two" primary ballot will result in a less polarized, more collegial and more relevant political structure.