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Employment

11 Mar

Nearly Certified on Day One: How Fresno City College is solving the technician shortage

published on March 11, 2026 - 2:56 PM

Fresno City College’s new Advanced Transportation Center is helping students prepare for a workforce feeding a nationwide technician shortage, boasting

06 Mar

Fresno concrete drivers vote to remove Teamsters representation

published on March 6, 2026 - 3:29 PM

Cement truck drivers for CalPortland Ready-mix Fresno facility voted to end their union representation last month. The Ready-mix drivers voted

19 Feb

PrideStaff Visalia franchise under new ownership

published on February 19, 2026 - 1:02 PM

PrideStaff, a nationally franchised staffing firm, has announced two of its franchises in Visalia have new ownership. PrideStaff and PrideStaff

12 Feb

At its ‘Zenith,’ national workers’ comp insurer opens new Fresno office

published on February 12, 2026 - 2:33 PM

Editor’s note: A previous headline to this story incorrectly stated that Zenith had opened its first office in Fresno last

22 Jan

Meet ‘job hugging,’ quiet quitting’s risk-averse cousin in a weaker hiring market

published on January 22, 2026 - 2:56 PM

Workers across the Central Valley are staying in their jobs at unusually high rates — not because they’re thrilled, but

07 Jan

Fresno concrete drivers get a date to decertify Teamsters representation

published on January 7, 2026 - 11:09 AM

Workers at the Fresno operation of Southern California-based construction materials company CalPortland will be able to move forward with a

26 Dec

Local staffing firms PSU, Key Staffing & Consulting to merge in January

published on December 26, 2025 - 2:42 PM

Two locally owned and operated staffing firms are gearing up to merge at the start of the new year. Personnel

31 Oct

Drivers at Fresno concrete plant file to end representation by Teamsters

published on October 31, 2025 - 4:48 PM

Workers at CalPortland’s Fresno ready mix plant have filed a petition to end their Teamsters Local 431 union representation. Drivers

13 Oct

Industry leaders form alliance to protect undocumented workers

published on October 13, 2025 - 6:01 PM

Central Valley business leaders recently launched a new organization to protect frontline workers as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown continues.

24 Sep

San Joaquin Valley College opens first out-of-state campus in Phoenix

published on September 24, 2025 - 2:54 PM

San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC) expanded outside of California for the first time with the launch of its Phoenix Trades

BLOG: The Central Valley — California’s manufacturing bright spot

Posted: March 13, 2026 at 2:07 pm

If you follow the headlines, you might conclude that manufacturing
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BLOG: California’s tribal casinos trample smaller cardrooms with new regulations

Posted: March 11, 2026 at 9:18 am

While writing a book about California politics a quarter-century ago, I devoted
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