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Fresno Unified School Board Headed for Major Shakeup
Two incumbents on the Fresno Unified School Board appear to be in trouble following the November 3 election. In Trustee Area 3, candidate Riley Talford leads incumbent Valerie Davis with 50.72% of the vote. Talford’s victory would mark a major shakeup. Davis has served on the school board for 22 years. Talford is a juvenile correctional officer and president of SEIU Local 521 Fresno County. His campaign was endorsed by the Fresno Teachers Association and SEIU.
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Bankruptcy judge blocks state review of Highlands' charter revocation
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‘Problem’; Fresno State students launch parking campaign
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A group of Fresno state students want to change the way parking works on campus with a new campaign called Park the Problem. Ana Marquez launched the initiative at the beginning of the semester and says their cause has already gathered around 300 signatures of support from other students. She lives […]
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State Center Names New Chancellor
Dr. Christine Holt-McDonald will become the next chancellor of State Center Community College District on January 1, 2027, bringing a leadership change to the district that serves mountain-area students through Madera Community College’s Oakhurst campus. Holt-McDonald currently serves as deputy chancellor. The district’s Board of Trustees has appointed her...
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Fresno-area junior college faculty hold symbolic funeral as contract talks drag on
State Center Community College District faculty members recently held a mock funeral to mourn the death of their contract as the union enters its second year of negotiations. Members of the State Center Federation of Teachers gathered outside the district headquarters — donning black outfits and surrounding a symbolic casket — on Tuesday afternoon. Some wore suits and formal attire while others showed up in costumes. One demonstrator had a sign that read, “Our contract is dead and does not R.I.P.” When the SCCCD board of trustees meeting began, attendees carried the coffin — with the expired contract stapled inside — into the building. “Today, we’re having a symbolic, mock funeral to really kind of relay the absurdity of us being out of contract,” Fresno City College English professor Monique Quintana said. “We just want what we deserve.” SCFT president Keith Ford said ceremonial funerals are one way for labor organizers to make their frustrations heard. He said their contract expired in June 2025, though negotiations have been underway since Nov. 2024. “After making all of our points as civilly and sometimes as humorously as possible, we thought it’s time to really lay on the gravitas and say, ‘No, this