Myles Barker, Author at GV Wire

Image of cadets in formation at the Fresno City College police academy

Delays Over First-Responder Facility Irritate Local Law Enforcement

April 16, 2019

The patience of local law enforcement officials is wearing thin as they continue to wait for a new first-responder training facility to be built. Fresno City College's fire and police academies have served a...

Fresno Unified Trustees Will Decide Measure X Projects Friday

Bill McEwen and Myles Barker

April 11, 2019

One of the thorniest issues for many school boards is deciding which construction projects to fund. For Fresno Unified's seven trustees, the challenge is how to spend $172 million in remaining Measure X bond...

Historic Building With ‘G’ Sign Will Welcome College District Staff

Myles Barker

April 10, 2019

By mid-June, employees with State Center Community College District will begin moving into the historic Guarantee Building in downtown Fresno, district officials say. Interior renovation work is nearing complet...

Fresno Unified students collect surplus food from the cafeteria after lunch as part of the district's Food to Share partnership.

FUSD’s Surplus Food Used to Go to the Dump. Not Anymore.

Myles Barker

April 8, 2019

Fresno Unified schools used to throw away millions of pounds of leftover food every year that students didn't eat. Now, much of that surplus is going to food pantries, homeless shelters, and other sites that fe...

Clovis Expands Its Award-Winning Cottage Home Effort

Myles Barker

April 5, 2019

More homeowners in the city of Clovis will soon be able to add a small second home on their property and save nearly $10,000 along the way. This week, the Clovis City Council approved an expansion of the cit...

Photo of Fresno City College parking lot

Come 2022, Fresno CC Parking Hassles Should Ease for All

Myles Barker and Randy Reed

April 3, 2019

Neighborhoods near Fresno City College are looking forward to some relief from the deluge of cars that overflow daily from the school’s parking lots and crowd onto their tree-lined streets. “It is just getti...

Photo of Design Science Middle College High School students in 2017

Impoverished Students at This School Chalk Up Big Successes

Myles Barker

March 27, 2019

Design Science Middle College High School has achieved a lot since opening its doors in 2005. Education 101 Myles Barker For the past two years, the school has maintained a 100 percent grad...

A photo of Duncan Poly student Enoc Lopez working in the school's new heavy maintenance facility

How to Meet Workforce Demands? Duncan Poly Leads the Way.

Myles Barker

March 25, 2019

For years, there has been a nationwide shortage of workers in vocational and technical careers, largely caused by society adopting a more college-going culture. According to Adecco, an estimated 31 million c...

When Will ‘All Means All’ Happen at Starr Elementary?

Myles Barker

March 22, 2019

"All means all" is a slogan Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson often uses to describe inclusion efforts at California's fourth-largest school district. However, past and present trustees and parents ar...

How Do NFL Players Make a Difference? They Donate Their Cleats.

Myles Barker

March 21, 2019

In addition to special-ed students' artwork and the sound of swing-era music, those visiting the Kids' Cafe 2019 in downtown Fresno are greeted by another treat. Custom-designed cleats from Detroit Lions cor...

Opinion: We Can't Rely on the 'Important People' to Cut Carbon Pollution

Only 25 of 600 Available COVID Jabs Given at County Sites. Now One is Shut Down.

California Senate OKs Supervised Sites for Drug Users

Fresno Area Schools Hold Steady Amid California’s ‘Sharp Decline’ in Enrollment

Storm Expected to Bring More Rain & Snow This Week, But Drought Persists

Fresno Gets ‘F’ Grades in Air Quality Again, but Is Any Progress Being Made?

Paycheck Protection Loans: California Received Less Per Capita Than States Like North Dakota

Resnicks Give $250K To Help Newsom, but Pro-Recall Farmers ‘Afraid’ to Donate

Redemption Is Here for Autry's Film 'Victory By Submission'

Ted Nugent, Who Once Dismissed COVID-19, Sickened by Virus

Saddle Up and Get Vaccinated for Return of the Clovis Rodeo

How MrBeast Burgers Came to Fresno and Who Makes Them

Walters: Newsom Hurts Himself with Unforced Errors

Will Amtrak Joe Save California’s Troubled High-Speed Rail Project?

Walters : California’s ‘Tort Wars’ Flaring Up Again

Nursing Scholarship Donation Is an Investment and a Thank-you

GV Wire Unfiltered – January 12, 2021

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

After Taking on Costa and AOC, Elizabeth Heng Sets Sights on U.S. Senate

Planning Commission Delays Decision on Southwest Industrial Question

Clovis City Council Candidates Spar During Candidate Forum

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump

Myles Barker

Delays Over First-Responder Facility Irritate Local Law Enforcement

Fresno Unified Trustees Will Decide Measure X Projects Friday

Historic Building With ‘G’ Sign Will Welcome College District Staff

Clovis Expands Its Award-Winning Cottage Home Effort

Come 2022, Fresno CC Parking Hassles Should Ease for All

Impoverished Students at This School Chalk Up Big Successes

How to Meet Workforce Demands? Duncan Poly Leads the Way.

When Will ‘All Means All’ Happen at Starr Elementary?

How Do NFL Players Make a Difference? They Donate Their Cleats.

Author Myles Barker