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Fresno church land becomes site of first faith-based affordable housing under new state law

Community leaders broke ground Friday morning at the future location of Binion Senior Cottages, a 21-unit affordable housing ...
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Pebble Beach golf, Maui resorts, European tours: How special interests woo California lawmakers

A golf tournament at the scenic Pebble Beach Golf Links with free spa treatments. A six-day stay at an upscale resort in Maui. Tours to Spain, Portugal, Norway and Australia. Those are among dozens of ...
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High oil prices knock down stocks and erase Wall Street’s hopes for a cut to interest rates

Another climb for oil prices shook stock markets on Friday, as hopes collapsed for a possible cut to interest rates this year by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% to close ...
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Bill to fund Homeland Security fails again as concern grows about airport lines

A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed to advance Friday in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country's biggest airports.
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Teenagers sue Musk’s xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minors

Three teenagers in Tennessee sued Elon Musk's xAI this week, claiming the company's image-generation tools were used to morph real photos of them into explicitly sexual images. The high school ...
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Arizona community hits 110 degrees F, the highest March temperature recorded in the US

A desert community in southwestern Arizona reached 110 degrees (43.3 C) on Thursday, breaking a record for the highest March temperature recorded in the United States. The record-setting temperature w ...
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Valley Children’s acquires 277 acres from Gunner Ranch, Inc.

Valley Children’s Hospital has acquired Gunner Ranch, Inc., adding 277 acres next to its campus with the aim of improving ...
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Business owners seek to disqualify Councilmember Arias from zoning vote, citing bias

Business owners behind the Elm Avenue Business Park are calling for Fresno City Councilmember Miguel Arias to be disqualified ...
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UFW advocates for farmworkers, but represents fewer now than during Chavez’s era

Most farmworkers in the United States today aren't represented by labor unions, but United Farm Workers is known by many as their voice. Roughly 60 years after its founding by César Chavez and other ...
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YCSRESOYA: Ed Kashian’s philosophy, and why Fresno loves him for it

Fresno’s preeminent developer hit the stage at Pardini’s on Friday to accept the prestigious Leon S. Peters Award, drawing ...
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Unspecified allegations against labor rights icon Cesar Chavez lead to cancellation of celebrations

The United Farm Workers union has distanced itself from annual celebrations of its founder, Cesar Chavez, amid what it said were troubling but unspecified allegations. In a statement Tuesday, the unio ...
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Tesla faces wider probe of self-driving feature as it prepares to sell cars without steering wheels

Federal auto regulators have escalated a probe of Tesla after several of its cars crashed while using its self-driving feature, just as CEO Elon Musk prepares to roll out a new model with no steering ...