San Joaquin Valley

Central California Rep. Devin Nunes leaving Congress …

Rep. Devin Nunes, a California Republican and ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks during an impeachment inquiry hearing on Nov. 21, 2019. (Credit: Andrew Harrer / Getty Images)

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Central California pleading to send COVID patients to …

Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno.(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

California judge rejects contract for nation’s largest …

In this June 25, 2013, photo, workers move irrigation pipes from a field in the Westlands Water District near Five Points, Calif. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File)

California bullet train facing more cost increases from …

A 700-foot-long bridge in Madera under construction for the California bullet train.(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

ICU beds filling up in California’s Central Valley amid …

Karen Parker-Bryant, 64, raises a hand skyward after she was released from Clovis Community Hospital in Fresno after a battle with COVID-19 on May 19, 2020. (John Walker / The Fresno Bee via Associated Press)

Drought threatening California’s almond industry, which …

Farmer Joe Del Bosque inspects almonds in his orchard in Firebaugh, Calif., on July 9, 2021. He is considering tearing one of his almond orchards later this year if the water situation doesn't improve. California's deepening drought threatens its $6 billion almond industry, which produces about 80 percent of the world's almonds. As water becomes scarce and expensive, some growers have stopped irrigating their orchards and plan to tear them out years earlier than planned. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Cruz Reynoso, California’s first Latino state Supreme …

Hispanic Heritage Award winner Cruz Reynoso poses for photographers at the Hispanic Heritage Awards September 7, 2000 in Washington D.C. (Michael Smith/Newsmakers)

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UC Merced guarantees freshman admission to eligible …

UC’s newest and smallest campus comes into its own as it breaks ground on a major expansion. A new program aims to expand access for local students.(Tomas Ovalle)

California GOP delegates seek to censure David Valadao …

In this Jan. 6, 2015, file photo, Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., poses during a ceremonial re-enactment of his swearing-in ceremony in the Rayburn Room on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

South L.A.’s MLK hospital would be at capacity with …

A patient is loaded onto an ambulance outside of the emergency entrance to PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)

Once a role model in fight against COVID-19, California …

In this Dec. 17, 2020, file photo, medical workers remove a stretcher from an ambulance near medical tents outside the emergency room at UCI Medical Center, in Irvine, Calif. (Ashley Landis/AP Photo)

SoCal, other parts of state likely to have lockdown …

Held by grandmother Maria Ortiz, 11-year-old Star Estrada, center, wipes her tears after registered nurse Angela Coomds collected a nasal swab sample from her in a COVID-19 triage tent at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Court orders Central Valley Foster Farms plant to …

In this Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, a truck enters the Foster Farms processing plant, in Livingston, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California hospitals struggling to find beds for …

Patients wait in line for medical evaluation next to medical tents set at the CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)