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Schools Must Pull Kids in, Not Turn Them Away

Robert Ross | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Oakland, Education News, School Discipline, Public Schools, California, South Los Angeles, California Teachers Association, Fresno, Boyle Heights, School Suspensions, Schools, The California Endowment, Education News
Robert Ross

For each day that a young person is suspended from school, his or her educational attainment experiences a setback.

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Fifth-Graders Attempt To Poison Teacher With Coffee, Cupcake

The Huffington Post | Hilary Tuttle | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Poison, California, Fresno, California Crime, Poisoning, Students Poison Teacher, Balderas Elementary School, Teacher Poisoned, Crime News

Teachers beware: The bad apples in your classrooms may be the ones left on educators' desks. One instructor at Balderas Elementary in Fresno, Calif...

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The Rise And Fall Of Spanish-Language Weekly Newspapers In California

Eduardo Stanley | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: El Sol 2000, El Mexicalo, Latino Journalism, Noticiero Semanal, Visalia Times Delta, Spanish Newspapers, Fresno, Vida en El Valle, Fresno California, Print Publications, Latino Voices News
Eduardo Stanley

Spanish-language weeklies created by English-language dailies, which began to emerge in the mid in California's Central Valley in the 1990s, are now disappearing.

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LOOK: Car Lands On Roof

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Benjamin Tucker, Video, Car Accident, California, Car on Roof, Car Lands on a Roof, Fresno, Weird California, Cars, California Crime, Car Stuck on Roof, Car on Top of House, Car on a Roof, Weird News News

He won't want to give up that parking spot. Police in California say that a man driving a stolen vehicle at unsafe speeds struck a rock and then a ...

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HuffPost Guides: China Peak Mountain Resort

The Huffington Post | Angela Clark | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Video, Ski Resorts, California, Fresno, California Travel, Fresno Travel, China Peak Mountain Resort, Skiing, Travel News

China Peak Mountain Resort in California is a popular destination for skiers and snowboarders. As part of a series on ski resorts, Huffington Post Tra...

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Heating and Air Pollution

Marcelo Mena | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Fresno, Chile, Santiago, San Joaquin Valley, Wood Burning, Air Pollution, Pm2.5, Chimney, Air Quality, Residential Wood Burning, Wood Burning Pollution, Wood Stoves, Green News
Marcelo Mena

What's the point of spending money on all clean technology, when it is clearly more cost-effective to clean up residential wood burning?

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Movie Review: Dirty Girl

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Abe Sylvia, Dwight Yoakam, Dirty Girl, Juno Temple, Joan Jett, Dirty Girl Movie Review, Joan Crawford, Fresno, Killer Joe, Dirty Girl Comedy, Abe Sylvia Dirty Girl, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Dirty Girl barely elicits a chuckle and, indeed, provokes groans with its obvious use of '80s artifacts.

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California's High-Speed Rail Mistake

Joel Epstein | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Philadelphia, San Diego, Wilshire Subway, Los Angeles, New York, Muni, Farmer?S Field, Fresno, Metro, Bart, Bolt Bus, San Francisco, California High-Speed Rail, Anaheim, Sacramento, Aeg, Jobs, Afl-Cio, California Legislature, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

In an ideal world there would be enough money to build both the high-speed rail and all the regional mass transit California needs. But we don't live in that Emerald City.

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Obama Launches Community-Based Urban Program To Spark Growth

Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Bing West, Hilda Solis, New Orlenans, Cleveland, Fresno, Detroit, Obama Administration, Hud, Urban America, Economic Growth, Mephis, Shaun Donovan, Housing and Urban Development, Pilot Program, Business News

DETROIT -- The Obama administration is launching a pilot program designed to spark economic growth in urban America by partnering federal officials wi...

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WATCH: High School Senior Class Lip Sync Parting Words

Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Class 2011, Fresno, Clovis High School, Senior, Lip Sync, Katy Perry, Bon Jovi, Video, Education News

In a single take, seniors from Clovis High School take viewers on an 11-minute, unedited lip-syncing journey through campus grounds and the many facet...

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Fresno Homeless Man Commemorates Deceased Companions

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fresno, Homeless, Ray Polk, California, Homelessness, Homeless Death, Impact News

Reporting from Fresno The flower is fake, the puppy belongs to a 24-year-old homeless woman and this strip of dirt under a highway overpass that Ray P...

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PHOTOS: Most Walkable Cities In The U.S. -- Did YOURS Make The Cut?

The Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Beach, Philadelphia, San Jose, Chicago, San Diego, Portland, Boston, Livable Communities, Green Living, Denver, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, New York, California, Seattle, Louisville, Cleveland, Baltimore Washington, Walk Score, Fresno, Sacramento, Walkable, San Francisco, D.C., Slidepollajax, walkscore.com, Most Walkable Cities, Green News

Cul-de-sacs are so passé. Having a walkable city isn't just about avoiding smelly car exhaust and noise pollution, fighting climate change, or curb...

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Modernism, Fresno and the Future of a City's Heart

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pedestrian Malls, Modernism, Modernist Landscape Architecture, Urban Revitalization, Urban Planning, Fresno, Architecture, Retail, Malls, Fulton Mall, Garrett Eckbo, Arts News
Charles A. Birnbaum

The face of US post-war urban planning was irrevocably changed with the opening of Fresno, California's Fulton Mall, in 1964.

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Paul Krugman: The Lights Are Literally Going Out On America

nytimes.com | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Erie Canal, Budget Cuts, Streetlights, Unemployment Insurance, Fresno, Hawaii, Philadelphia, Colorado Springs, Barack Obama, Recession, Federal Budget, Business News

The lights are going out all over America -- literally. Colorado Springs has made headlines with its desperate attempt to save money by turning off a ...

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Arthur Delaney

State, Local Governments To Fire 481,000 Workers: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fresno, Portland Oregon, State Jobs, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, City Layoffs, State Layoffs, Cities, Dallas, Politics News

To cover for lost tax revenues, local governments will fire nearly 500,000 workers in the coming year, according to a national survey of counties and ...

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Chegg Rent-Don't-Buy Textbook Mantra Takes Hold In California Schools

Business Week | Ari Levy and Joseph Galante | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Beach, California, College, Textbooks, UC Berkeley, Barnes and Noble, Fresno, Chegg, Bookrenter, Follett, Books News

May 3 (Bloomberg) -- No more $120 chemistry books. That's the message from textbook-rental service Chegg Inc., which is urging college students to s...

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Repeat Police Offenders Remain on Force and Hidden from Public

Rinku Sen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fresno, Police Brutality, Criminal Justice, Police Accountability, Politics News
Rinku Sen

In a joint investigation, ColorLines and the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute discovered dozens of Fresno police officers involved in repeat inappropriate shootings of civilians.

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Officer In Fresno Shootout Taken Off Life Support

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rick Liles, Fresno, Fresno Shootout, Javier Bejar, Los Angeles News

FRESNO, Calif. — After praying four days for a miracle, the family of a California police officer critically wounded in a gunbattle seemed to ac...

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Fresno Shooting: Police Officers SHOT As Authorities Surround Suspect's House In Minkler

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fresno Shooting, Fresno-California, Police Officers Shot, California, Minkler, Crime, Fresno, Los Angeles, Minkler Shooting, Los Angeles News

Two sheriff deputies and a fire official were shot in a Fresno shooting today, as police officers surrounded the home of a suspect in the town of Mink...

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Drunkest Cities In America: California Boasts 3 Of Top 10 (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 'Drunkest' Cities, Fresno Drunkest City, Drunkest Cities in America, California, Drunkest Cities, Men's Health, Slidepoll, Fresno, America's Drunkest, Fresno California, America's Drunkest Cities, Study, Drinking, Los Angeles News

The 'drunkest' cities in America for this year have been released by Men's Health, and Fresno, California tops the list. Fresno edged a city in Nev...

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FTC, 18 states act to stop sham loan consultants

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Irvine, Huntington Beach-California, Anaheim-California, Corona, Aliso Viejo-California, Los Angeles-California, Fresno, Newport, Newport Beach-California, Santa Ana, Home News

Prosecutors nationwide filed 189 legal actions Wednesday against loan modification consultants accused of bilking homeowners who are desperate to make their mortgage payments more affordable.

The lawsuits and cease-and-desist orders announced by Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown were part of a nationwide sweep of alleged sham consultants by the federal agency and officials in 18 states.

Leibowitz used the announcement to put scam artists on notice and urged homeowners to protect themselves from being exploited.

He said fraudulent loan modification consultants are "full of hollow promises designed to fatten the pockets of criminals and con men."

The lawsuits filed by the FTC included allegations that Aliso Viejo-based Lucas Law Center persuaded distressed borrowers to stop paying their mortgages in order to pay the firm's fees of up to $3,995.

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