Melissa Montalvo

13 hours ago | fresnobee.com | Melissa Montalvo

Fresno’s largest healthcare provider was fined $31.5M for alleged kickback schemes involving referrals, violating the False Claims Act, federal officials say.

1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Melissa Montalvo

Valley Public Radio and Valley PBS are at risk of losing more than $1 million in federal funding. On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the Center for Public Broadcasting and all executive departments and agencies to cease federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. Trump has repeatedly called the public media outlets "biased."It's unclear whether Trump has the authority to order the cuts.

2 weeks ago | fresnobee.com | Melissa Montalvo

Dozens of nonprofits, foundations and government agencies in the San Joaquin Valley risk losing millions of dollars of funding cuts or freezes under the Trump administration's push to reduce "wasteful" government spending. Many are scaling back programs, tapping into reserves, aggressively fundraising or warning employees of terminations as a result of sudden cuts to federal funding under Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Melissa Montalvo

Si la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos planea realizar más operativos en el centro de California como la redada en el condado de Kern en enero, se le prohibirá realizar arrestos a menos que cuente con una orden judicial o sospeche que una persona podría huir antes de obtenerla, dictaminó un juez federal el martes 29 de abril.

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Melissa Montalvo

FRESNO, Calif. - If U.S. Border Patrol plans to carry out any more operations in Central California like the Kern County raid in January, it will be barred from making any arrests unless they have a warrant or suspect a person might flee before they obtain one, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.