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Edward Smith began reporting for GV Wire in May 2023. His reporting career began at Fresno City College, graduating with an associate degree in journalism. After leaving school he spent the next six years with The Business Journal, doing research for the publication as well as covering the restaurant industry. Soon after, he took on real estate and agriculture beats, winning multiple awards at the local, state and national level. You can contact Edward at 559-440-8372 or at Edward.Smith@gvwire.com.

Stories by Edward Smith

Esparza Disappears During Protracted Fresno Council Meeting

With the contentious Fresno City Council meeting Thursday passing a 14-hour runtime, the author of the four ballot proposals that largely ca...
Politics

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Fresno Council Delays Term Limits Vote, Halting Dyer’s Third-Term Bid

Fresno City Council on Thursday delayed a decision to put a city charter change before voters that would change term limits to allow three c...
Elections

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Esparza’s Fresno Redistricting Commission Ballot Initiative Fails

After a voting bloc of Fresno councilmembers appeared to coalesce around vocal members of the public who said the powers of a proposed redis...
Local Elections

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Fresno Council Sends Sales Tax Plan to November Ballot

Fresno City Hall’s proposed stop-gap to make up lost revenue from an expiring county transportation tax got approval from the city cou...
Transportation

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Composite image of Brandon Vang and Nelson Esparza's jousting over a SEDA ballot proposal in Fresno, California

Fresno Council Delay Puts Esparza’s SEDA Ballot Plan in Doubt

A decision to table Fresno City Council President Nelson Esparza’s financing plan to limit municipal investment in the Southeast Devel...
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How Much Would It Cost to Get Esparza’s Initiatives on Fresno Ballot?

At the 11th hour, Fresno City Council President Nelson Esparza announced four initiatives changing the city charter that will go to the coun...
Local Elections

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Can Fresno Code Enforcement Handle a New Tobacco License in the City?

Saying they want to crack down on retailers selling illegal tobacco products to minors, three Fresno City Council members have proposed a ne...
Business

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Fresno Receives $32 Million Grant to Convert Motel Into Affordable Housing

A $32 million grant from the state of California will fund the conversion of the Valley Inn motel in Fresno into 84 permanent affordable hou...
Housing

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Dyer Wants Third Term. New Fresno Initiative Could Make That Legal

Saying a proposal to extend term limits to 12 years would allow him to finish the work he’s started, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said he w...
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Dyer Says He’s OK With Esparza Proposal to Hand SEDA Decisions to Voters

A new proposal limiting city spending in the city’s southeast development area from Fresno City Council President Nelson Esparza would...
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People wait in line at In-N-Out near the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, on July 21, 2026. The state gave rise to fast-food culture decades ago, but some cities are spurning drive-throughs because of the environmental and aesthetic impacts. (Gabriela Bhaskar/ The New York Times)
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, center, speaks to reporters after a meeting with senators ahead of a vote on a bill that would impose new sanctions on Russia at the Capitol in Washington, on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Ukraine and its supporters have invested years in trying to undo the skepticism of the country’s war effort harbored by President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement and the president himself. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
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