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Francisco De Leon Alonso
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation swept through parts of the San Joaquin Valley last week, sowing chaos in a region where much of the nation’s fresh fruits and vegetables are grown by a workforce that is overwhelmingly Latino and undocumented.
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Jeff Chiu/APA Nicaraguan woman staying legally in the United States has chosen to leave because of concern over President-elect Donald Trump's campaign for mass deportations. She is an example of the "self-deportations" that the Trump administration has encouraged as a way to help achieve deportation goals without the government having to spend or do anything. -
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Kerry Klein/KVPRA state inspection of Madera Community Hospital next month could be the final step before it reopens. A community group said residents are ready to have their hospital back. -
Kern County Fire Department Facebook Page“The Wonderful Company uses less than 1% of the state’s water,” wrote Seth Oster, a Wonderful spokesman, in an email. The company put out a thread on “X” in response to the swirl of social media falsities.
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California has a few major changes coming to its health policy landscape in 2025. New laws that took effect Jan. 1 ban medical debt from credit reports, allow public health inspections of private immigration detention centers, and ban toxic chemicals in makeup. -
Border patrol agents make arrests in California’s Central Valley as Trump’s ‘mass deportations’ loomThere are plans by immigration officials to expand the operation across the Central Valley – as far north as Sacramento. -
Some lecturers at University of California Merced were laid off at the start of the year. But university officials neither wanted to confirm the layoffs nor answer questions about how it will impact courses. -
Kings County has released its first-ever 5-year plan for improving public health. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom hammered down on a ceremonial railroad tie during a special visit to Kern County on Monday. -
A resolution for the billion-dollar lawsuit against one of Fresno’s major hospital operators will be hashed out in private for now, according to December court filings. -
A former cattle ranch in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills with proximity to the headwaters of Deer Creek is one step closer to being conserved thanks to a $2.4 million grant and collaborative efforts between the Tule River Indian Tribe, California Natural Resources Agency, The Conservation Fund and the Wildlife Conservation Board.
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Wright was hired to design a building to house a popular Yosemite Valley Cafe, but his vision clashed with the National Park Service.
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