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Could Fresno County get a hotel tax? Supervisors to ask voters with a ballot measure
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (369+ words) FRESNO COUNTY, Calif (KSEE/KGPE) "The Fresno County Board of Supervisors will be asking voters to decide if people staying at hotels and short-term vacation rentals in Fresno County should pay a so-called "transient occupancy tax" (also known as a…...
Motorcyclist killed in Fresno hit-and-run, police say
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (120+ words) FRESNO, Calif (KSEE/KGPE) "A motorcyclist was killed after a crash involving a hit-and-run driver in Fresno Wednesday night. Officers say the motorcyclist was heading west on Dakota Avenue around 9 p. m. when an SUV made a left turn from Fruit Avenue…...
IDENTIFIED: Person killed in overnight Fresno collision
16+ hour, 10+ min ago (125+ words) FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) " The pedestrian who died after being struck by a vehicle last week in Fresno has been named by the Fresno County Coroner's Office. The person killed was identified on Wednesday as 39-year-old Mitchell Wright. Officers responded…...
IDENTIFIED: Woman killed in Fresno County crash into truck carrying classroom
15+ hour, 2+ min ago (138+ words) NOTE: The video in this story is from an earlier report. FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) " The woman who was killed after crashing into a semi-truck Monday morning has been identified by the coroner's office. They named her as 43-year-old…...
The best of the Central Valley: Mendota students win national engineering championship
16+ hour, 33+ min ago (195+ words) MENDOTA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) " Students from a small Central Valley town brought home a national championship in engineering for their innovative and potentially life-saving mental health app. The app, known as Safe Space, was created by Mendota High Juniors'Jonathan Alfaro…...
Fresno State officially moves into Pac-12
20+ hour, 16+ min ago (166+ words) yourcentralvalley. com FRESNO, CA (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno State Athletics have entered a new era, becoming one of seven full-time member institutions to join the Pac-12 conference beginning July 1 The Bulldogs make the move along with Boise State, Colorado State, Gonzaga,…...
Overnight Visalia garage fire displaces residents
21+ hour, 19+ min ago (99+ words) VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) " Residents are displaced after an overnight fire damaged a garage and attic at a Visalia home, according to the Visalia Fire Department. Firefighters were called around 2 a. m. Wednesday to the 4700 block of West Nicholas Street and arrived…...
The US, Canada and Mexico begin bumpy negotiations to renew North American trade pact
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1301+ words) It adds up. The United States trades $1. 9 trillion a year " $5 billion a day " worth of goods and services with its neighbors, Canada and Mexico. They have supplanted China to become America's top two trading partners. So the stakes are high…...
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats longtime US House incumbent in Colorado
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (939+ words) Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U. S. Rep. Diana De Gette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win for progressive challengers across the country. Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer…...
Bill to prevent registered sex offenders from running for office in California fails
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (536+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) " A bill designed to keep registered sex offenders from running for public office failed in the State Senate elections committee in Sacramento on Tuesday. State Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria authored the bill after a registered sex offender…...