Fresno State will receive a $690,000 federal grant that the university will use to help dairy farmers develop high-value products such as artisanal cheeses and organic products. The award by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced last week by Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, is intended to support dairy businesses in...
Fresno Unified Maintains Focus on Making Routes to School Safer for Kids
Fresno Unified School District is embarking on Year 2 of seeking solutions to improving safety for students and their families who walk and bicycle to and from school. The district, using a grant from the Office of Traffic Safety, is partnering with Toole Design Inc. to conduct Safe Routes to...
Merced’s District Attorney Wants to Establish a Family Justice Center for Crime Victims
Long before she became Merced County's top prosecutor, Nicole Silveira witnessed firsthand the level of courage it takes for victims of crime to go through the justice system. Her first felony assignment upon joining the Merced County District Attorney's Office more than a decade ago was domestic violence and sexual...
Read This Before Voting on Prop. 35, Which Promises Billions for Health Care
Among the blitz of election ads flooding TV, social media and street corners, you won't see any opposition to a ballot measure proposing to lock in billions of dollars to pay doctors more for treating low-income patients. But opponents of Proposition 35 have a warning even if they don't have...
California Fires Scorch Over 1 Million Acres in 2024, Destroying Nearly 1,500 Structures
California has seen 1,005,564 acres burn across the state this year as of Tuesday — triple the acreage in 2022 and 2023 each, according to CalFire. A total of 6,693 wildfires have ignited, resulting in the destruction of 1,437 structures, with 271 more sustaining damage. Additionally, there have been 109...
Supervisors Pick Contractor for New Clovis, Reedley Libraries. Is Highway City Next?
Fresno County Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously selected a contractor to build two new libraries, one in Clovis and one in Reedley. Supervisor Brian Pacheco, however, wanted to make it clear that Highway City is next in line. In addition, Fresno County Board Chair Nathan Magsig directed Fresno-based Harris Construction to...
Controversial Kamala Harris Portrait Returns to Big Fresno Fair Art Exhibit
Ma Ly is ready to move on. The Fresno artist and teacher submitted an acrylic portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris for the annual Big Fresno Fair art contest. By mistake — the fair admitted — it was disqualified from the annual competition and taken off display in the Fine...
She Lost Job After Talking to State Auditors. She Just Won $8.7M in Whistleblower Case.
Tamara Evans found something fishy in the expenses filed by a San Diego contractor for the state's police certification commission. Classes were reported as full to her employer, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, even if they weren't. Meeting room space was billed, but no rooms were actually...
Merced County CHP Traffic Stop Turns Into $1.2 Million Fentanyl Bust
A traffic stop on Interstate 5 led to a significant drug seizure by a California Highway Patrol Central Division K-9 officer, who confiscated approximately 120,000 fentanyl-laced pills valued at $1.2 million, the agency reported Tuesday on social media. The stop resulted in the arrest of two men, aged 25 and...
Unity and Remembrance: Fresno’s Oct. 7 Call for Middle East Peace
On Monday, the Fresno community gathered at Temple Beth Israel for an evening of reflection and unity on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Rabbi Rick Winer and others shared prayers, thoughts, and hopes for peace in response to the ongoing crisis in the Middle...