San Joaquin News

In these days of high prices at gas pumps and grocery lines, Gabriel Palafox says it helps the family's budget for his children to visit a ministry center in a west-central Fresno neighborhood -- and eat free ...

Interim Fire Chief Chris Haas will have the "interim" taken off his title Aug. 21 when he is officially sworn in as Manteca's eighth paid fire chief.

Already struggling to stay open, a bankrupt chain of health clinics serving the poor of Fresno County now also faces a state Medi-Cal fraud investigation.

Date : Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:22:19 +0500 CLERGY HOT UNDER THE COLLAR WEARING VESTMENTS IN SUMMER By Ron Orozco The Fresno Bee McClatchy-Tribune News Service July 30, 2008 Wednesday California FRESNO, Calif.

Local and regional water agencies and water companies must jointly develop a strategy to avoid water shortages now that the Southland's traditional sources are drying up, according to a study released today.

Just like people damage their skin in the sun, fruits and vegetables can also get nasty burns.

Republican John McCain said Monday that drilling for oil off the U.S. coast is an essential part of any plan to lower gas prices and reduce dependence on foreign sources, and he criticized Democrat Barack Obama ...

According to CAL Fire's Lisa Williams, the 80 percent contained Serpentine Fire, currently listed at 150 acres, will be 100 percent contained at 8am Monday.

Two public meetings, on separate topics, are scheduled this week, but information from this evening's public workshop for San Joaquin County's Airport Land Use Plan Update - which maps out growth and land-use ...

The good news for 46,500 Fresno County homeowners is that their property tax bills are now a lot less.

The good news for 46,500 Fresno County homeowners is that their property tax bills are now a lot less.

Two San Joaquin County schools were among 193 schools in California to be awarded more than $251 million in construction grants Thursday.

Seven Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions through use of a "cap and trade" system.

Two farm workers were killed and six others hurt this morning when the van they were in clipped a big rig and rolled several times, ejecting three of the passengers.

The House has approved a still-controversial housing bill supporters say could offer some relief for the San Joaquin Valley's foreclosure crisis.

The Fresno County Coroner's Office this morning made public the name of the woman killed Tuesday morning when a car she was in collided with a van on Highway 145 south of Kerman.

A federal judge has concluded that California's water operations are driving some salmon runs toward extinction - but he declined to intervene.

A team of UC Davis researchers today is recommending that a peripheral canal is the best solution to restore the Delta environment and protect the fresh water that moves through it to millions of people and ...

A new study says a San Joaquin Valley congressional district is the nation's poorest in terms of "human development." The study said rates of income, health and educational attainment are lower in the 20th ...

California must drastically change the way it funnels drinking water to two-thirds of state residents by building a canal around the delta, according to a report released Tuesday.