Want to spruce up Fresno and meet people who also take pride in our city? Keep Fresno Beautiful can put you to work Saturday along the McKenzie Trail in southeast Fresno on Saturday. Planting 180 Trees City landscape crews are teaming with Tree Fresno and community volunteers to plant 180...
Tiger Giving Closet Helps Edison Students Meet Wardrobe Needs
Students at Edison High School who need a little help with wardrobe or life's other necessities — or even formalwear for prom — can now turn to the Tiger Giving Closet. The project, which Edison staffers have been working on for three years, kicked off Thursday with a pop-up event...
Recall Group Gives Slatic Notice to Remove Him from Office
Supporters of the recall of Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic formally began the process Monday. During a court hearing on a restraining order filed by a student against the trustee, the Recall Slatic group served the school board member the official Notice of Intention. Slatic downplayed the event. Listen to...
Tree Fresno Throws Shade. But in a Very Good Way.
What's better than sitting underneath the shade of a tree on a hot Fresno day? Not much! Tree Fresno's mission is planting and maintaining trees in and around the city. "A life without green space is a life that is not going to be satisfying. It isn't going to be healthy....
Step Up, Fresno: Vote 'Yes' on Measure P!
I am a new reader of GV Wire, so it was with great interest that I turned to your Voter Guide. I was quite shocked to see the content of the “No” commentary on Measure P. First, the opponents of Measure P are not giving Fresno residents much credit: They...
Backers See a 'Green Light' for Fresno Parks Tax on November Ballot
Polling conducted by The Trust For Public Land shows "overwhelming support" for a sales tax aimed at improving and expanding the city of Fresno's park system, a California representative of the national nonprofit told GV Wire on Monday. "There's always a lot of work to be done before election day,"...