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Valley Air District Releases 2025 Annual Report, Documenting Continued Air Quality Progress in San Joaquin Valley
Report highlights improvement trends over two decades even as Valley population grows and vehicle miles increase
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240 Summer Programs. Four Area Codes. One Free List.
We built the summer guide the Central Valley and East Bay never had.
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Community Sentiment Brief | Edition 20
A weekly dispatch on community sentiment, institutional accountability, and local power across California's 209 and 707 corridors.
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The Second Generation
A 1978 murder left two boys without parents and a family without answers. Forty-eight years later, the system that failed them is quoting their name in…
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The Government Opened the Door. Now Someone Has to Guard It.
The DOJ opened the market. It didn't fix it. Now a private accountability framework is stepping into federal court to finish the job.
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Your Kid's School Was Hacked. Here's What Your District Isn't Telling You.
A criminal extortion group has seized control of Canvas — the learning platform used by thousands of California schools — and is holding student data…
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Federal Judge Accepts Independent Watchdog Into Live Nation Remedy Proceedings
The Live Events Standards Council is now in the record — the only non-industry, non-government voice before Judge Subramanian following the April 15…
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Community Sentiment Brief | Edition 19
A weekly dispatch on community sentiment, institutional accountability, and local power across California's 209 and 707 corridors.
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The Accountability Void: How California’s Education Bureaucracy Puts Progress on Permanent Hold
Investigative reporting reveals a culture of "hollow procedural management" at the CDE as Superintendent Tony Thurmond’s gubernatorial campaign faces a…
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