A Kerman farmer says that so many of his employees were affected by a COVID-19 outbreak at Skaggs Bridge Park he was nearly shut down. Fresno County Supervisor Brian Pacheco says more than 1,000 people crowded into Skaggs Bridge Park on the San Joaquin River during the weekend of August...
Large Crowds at SJ River Park Led to COVID Outbreak, Supervisor Says
Over 1,000 people crowded into Skaggs Bridge Park on the San Joaquin River last weekend led to a cluster of COVID-19 cases, Fresno County Supervisor Brian Pacheco said this week. "There was a person there — I'm sure there were multiple people there — that had the virus," Pacheco said....
County Adds 300 Contact Tracers for Outreach to Vulnerable Communities
Fresno County is partnering with the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission to immediately add 300 contact tracers to help stop a surge of COVID-19 cases. Officials announced on Tuesday that $5.5 million in Fresno County CARES act funding would go toward the effort. Many of the contact tracers had been volunteering...
$5,000 Grants Available for Fresno County Small Businesses
Fresno County businesses left out of previous grants or loans have new hope. On Tuesday, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a small business grant program open to any Fresno County business with 10 or fewer full-time employees. The county set aside $5 million from its $82 million in...
Highway City's New Community Center Puts Resources Under One Roof
Art exhibits, library books, parent education, health, and wellness — Fresno's newest community resource center is offering all that, and much more, to a community and neighborhood long thirsting for easy access to such services. The Granville-Teague Community Resource Center, the first of its kind in the Highway City community,...
2020 Will Bring a Whole New Way to Vote in Fresno
Big changes are coming in 2020 to the way elections are conducted in Fresno County. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 to implement provisions of California's Voter's Choice Act which is intended to make casting a ballot more convenient. Under the new plan, every registered voter in the county...
Animal Shelter Gets Green Light, but Likely Lawsuit Awaits
Overcome with emotion, Derrel Ridenour wiped his eyes with tears of joy and tears of victory. Moments earlier Tuesday, the business magnate and animal lover heard the news he’s fought years to hear — unanimous approval of the animal shelter he wants to build. “When you go to shelters, and...
Like a Good Neighbor? Resistance to Animal Shelter in NW Fresno.
Hundreds of northwest Fresno residents attended a community meeting Wednesday night (Oct. 10) with a majority of speakers opposing a proposed $6 million animal shelter and clinic in the area. Residents clad in Fresno Humane Animal Services shirts aired support for the project, too. Whether it goes forward is up to...
Will Supervisors Give OK to New Animal Shelter West of 99?
Fresno Humane Animal Services wants to build a new $6 million shelter and animal hospital. It has the land. It has preliminary approvals. It is fundraising to build a first-rate operation. But some residents are against the four-acre facility, which is proposed on Grantland Avenue, between Parkway Drive, Tenaya Avenue,...
Jack's Resort Owner Says He'll Fix It. Residents Await Help.
One week after GV Wire reported about the plight at Jack’s Resort RV Park, which provides low-income housing in trailers near Mendota, public and private agencies say they are working to alleviate the situation. The California Housing and Community Development department cited 161 health and safety violations in early April...