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Melissa Montalvo

@melissamyrna_

@FresnoBee accountability/enterprise reporter. @FresnoBeeGuild member. Retweets ≠ endorsement. Find me under a Bluer Sky

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Fresno Unified’s academic performance has led some to speculate whether the district’s tendencies to promote underachieving students to the next grade level harms or helps them. The answer is complicated. Leqi Zhong Fresno Bee fresnobee.com/news/local/edu…

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First story since returning from Spain: Sacramento could ban owners from running Airbnbs in homes they don’t live in sacbee.com/news/business/…

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NEW: Vast majority of immigrants nabbed by ICE on streets of Los Angeles were men with no criminal records. Great reporting by Rachel Uranga in Los Angeles Times. latimes.com/california/sto…

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New: EPA Hires Farm and Pesticide Lobbyist to Oversee Pesticide Regulation EWG President Ken Cook called the move a "stunning reversal of the campaign promises Trump and RFK Jr. made to their MAHA followers." Read more in the Food Policy Tracker. ⬇️ buff.ly/bvCK9Jm

New: EPA Hires Farm and Pesticide Lobbyist to Oversee Pesticide Regulation 

EWG President Ken Cook called the move a "stunning reversal of the campaign promises Trump and RFK Jr. made to their MAHA followers."

Read more in the Food Policy Tracker. ⬇️  
buff.ly/bvCK9Jm
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He has no criminal record. He had permission to be in the country. He is not the kind of immigrant the Trump administration or Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni’s office admit targeting. So how did he become a poster child for their synchronized effort? sfchronicle.com/california/art…

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Advocates say detainee population at Mesa Verde has surged, following end of pandemic population capacity kget.com/news/local-new…

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“He was complying with the conditions of his conviction, not a crime that makes him removable or deportable. He has a process already pending. He’s waiting on a final decision on a U visa. He’s actually been granted deferred action by USCIS." yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-new…

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Thank you The Washington Post “Once it was mostly a taco website. Now it's covering L.A. ICE raids. L.A. Taco has become a formidable media outlet amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and the resulting protests.” washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

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I wrote about how community support in Vermont has helped free three detained farmworkers “The speed and efficacy of the response is due to the groundwork that we’ve been laying now for over a decade,” -Rachel Elliott of Migrant Justice sentientmedia.org/vermont-reside…

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Most avocados sold in the U.S. come from Mexico, where farming methods have serious environmental and human-rights impacts. Yet importers continue to market the fruit as sustainably grown. Read more from Isabella Kaminski ⬇️ buff.ly/twgvgy9

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Scoop 🚨 Advocates Say Leaked Farm Industry Lobby Memo Promotes Racist Science In opposition to the Temp Act, the memo claims that Caribbean & Latino immigrants would “feel very comfortable working in New York in the summertime.” New for Documented documentedny.com/2025/07/09/tem…

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Our community is fortunate to have Fresno Bee and ⁦Edward Simon Cruz⁩ produce this kind of cultural reporting. I appreciate that The San Joaquin Valley Bookfest and my view was mentioned in this piece. 📚💛 ☺️ fresnobee.com/news/local/art…