Myles Barker, Author at GV Wire

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...

Audit: Cal State System Stashed $1.5 Billion, Still Raised Tuition

District Probe Faults Slatic in Clash With Army Recruiter

Slatic Defiant as Investigations into Trustee Come to Light

Slatic’s Behavior Is ‘Not Acceptable,’ Says Board President

Poll: Some Younger Workers View Aging Workforce Negatively

Police Aren’t the Only Ones Who Can Make Communities Safer

Poll: Many Feeling Vulnerable Despite Economic Gains

Trump Said Water Wars ‘Easy’ to Fix. What Do Farmers Say Now?

RIP, Bill Manders. He Took on Everyone From Liberals to Nunes.

Pumpsie Green, 1st Black Player on Boston Red Sox, Dies

Fans Descend on San Diego for the 50th Comic-Con

‘Game of Thrones’ Reigns With Record 32 Emmy Nominations

Walters: Capping High Interest Rates on Loans Doesn't Fix Poverty

Podcast: What Happens to Housing Costs After the Big Quake Hits?

Preschool Teachers Ask Why ‘Cashiers at McDonalds’ Get Better Pay

California’s Struggle to Get Food Stamps to the Hungry

District 2 Candidates Weigh in on Homeless, Police, Potholes

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

Brand to Human Traffickers: All of Fresno Is Coming After You!

A Brief History of Fresno’s Spiral Garage

Biden Aggressively Defends Health Law Known as Obamacare

Where Trump’s California Funders Are, and What They’re Giving

See Democrats Scramble for California’s Cash in 5 Charts

Trump Blasts 4 Congresswomen; Crowd Roars, ‘Send Her Back!’

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