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January 9, 2024
In five years, Fresno’s core will be transformed into the first major hub on America’s most ambitious active infrastructure project: a 500-mile bullet train shuttling people 200-plus mph from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under three hours. But unlike Interstate 5, the state’s north-south connector, it’ll run through the heart of the Central Valley.
January 2, 2024
Not only one of the more unusual stories for the Central Valley in 2023, but the discovery of an illegal bio-lab in Reedley with links to the Chinese government made headlines across the globe.
December 12, 2023
Still reeling from the discovery a year ago of a biological laboratory operating secretly – and illegally – in the city of Reedley, Fresno County supervisors unanimously gave initial approval to an ordinance requiring annual inspections of any privately-funded biological research labs that are not regulated under federal law.
December 5, 2023
California will receive about $3.1 billion from the Biden Administration to help advance planning and construction of the state’s bullet-train line through Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley, including extensions to Merced and Bakersfield. Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, announced the grant from the Federal Railroad Administration in separate statements Tuesday afternoon.
December 5, 2023
Despite mounting criticism of California’s high-speed rail project, Rep. Jim Costa of Fresno remains one of its biggest supporters. On Tuesday afternoon, Costa announced that he had secured $3.1 billion from the Biden administration for bullet-train projects in Fresno, Bakersfield, and other Valley cities.
November 16, 2023
WASHINGTON (KFSN) -- Valley Congressman Jim Costa, along with the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, has unveiled a report on their investigation into the illegal Reedley lab. Costa was joined by Congressman Mike Gallagher, former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, city officials from Reedley, and more in a news conference from the U.S. Capitol Wednesday afternoon.
November 12, 2023
FIRST ON FOX: Congress is taking steps to address the rural mental health crisis in the U.S. with new legislation aimed at expanding the mental health resources available to farmers and ranchers.
October 26, 2023
President Joe Biden sent a request to Congress that includes $2.8 billion in disaster aid for farmers and livestock producers affected by natural disasters. The overall request the White House has put together is $56 billion.
October 25, 2023
Five Democratic U.S. representatives from California are calling on the White House to include disaster relief funds for their state’s farmers and growers in their forthcoming supplemental request for domestic priorities. The lawmakers — Jim Costa, Salud Carbajal, Zoe Lofgren, Jimmy Panetta, and Julia Brownley — represent a region of California that was battered by storms and flooding in the early months of 2023, causing an estimated $1.4 billion in damages to its agricultural operations.
October 10, 2023
On the ninth annual National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, U.S. Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21), David Valadao (CA-22), John Larson (CT-01), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Paul Tonko (NY-20) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating October 8, 2023, as “National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day”.
June 18, 2026

Porterville Recorder

The fiscal year 2027 House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives contains $750,000 for improvements at the Porterville Muncipal Airport.

In addition the bill contains $3.2 million for the completion of the Farm to Market Corridor project that runs through Ducor on Avenue 56.

June 14, 2026

FOX26

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) - An American flag that flew as a symbol of freedom and service received a final salute in Fresno on Saturday.

Veterans, community leaders, and families gathered for a flag retirement ceremony honoring the flag, veterans, and America's upcoming 250th anniversary.

Issues:Veterans
June 14, 2026

ABC30 

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The City of Fresno hosted its first-ever honorable flag retirement ceremony Saturday.

It comes ahead of Flag Day on Sunday and as part of the celebrations marking 250 years of our nation's independence.

Issues:Veterans
June 12, 2026

FOX26

FRESNO, Calif. - California continues to battle the spread of invasive golden mussels, a species that experts warn could have major impacts on waterways, infrastructure, and ecosystems across the state.

FOX26 set out to answer two questions: who is leading the response to stop the species from spreading, and how often are new detections added to the state's tracking map?

Issues:Water