By Craig Settles The high rate of rural hospital closures is one factor driving the increasing interest in telemedicine, which uses high speed internet services to …

By Tim Sheehan, tsheehan@fresnobee.com Fresno County employers paid out more than $22.1 billion to compensate their workers last year. How much of that did you take …

By Harold Pierce, hpierce@bakersfield.com Marisela Rodriguez, a Cal State Bakersfield student navigating her freshman year of college, sometimes goes home to an empty kitchen. Between paying …

By The Business Journal staff Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia was recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 best hospitals for cardiac surgery and …

By Ed Coghlan The California Economic Summit has been focusing some of its attention on the economic prospects of rural California. California has a significant landmass-encompassing …

By VPR Staff An online tool from tech giant Google is giving California residents a new look at ground level air pollution in their neighborhoods. The …

By Harold Pierce Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood grew up in Kern County. He hikes here, he rides horses here and golfs here. He remembers elementary …

By Eddie Hughes The October San Joaquin Valley Business Conditions Index fell slightly to 58.2 from 58.4 last month, but remains in a range that points …

By Don Lee U.S. employment snapped back last month after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma depressed payrolls in September, suggesting that the long expansion in the labor …