Infrastructure is downtown Fresno’s word of the week as the former Southern Pacific Depot building will receive $20 million from the Biden Administration for renovations and electric vehicle charging stations in preparation for the arrival of high-speed rail. "The restoration of the nationally registered historic passenger rail depot includes building...
Federal, State Law Enforcement Investigating Bitwise
Federal and state law enforcement agencies are investigating the collapse of Bitwise Industries. A high-ranking official at Fresno City Hall with direct knowledge tells GV Wire that the FBI sent an informal inquiry for financial dealings between the city and Bitwise. The Fresno tech and real estate company collapsed in...
Federal, State Law Enforcement Investigating Bitwise
Federal and state law enforcement agencies are investigating the collapse of Bitwise Industries. A high-ranking official at Fresno City Hall with direct knowledge tells GV Wire that the FBI sent an informal inquiry for financial dealings between the city and Bitwise. The Fresno tech and real estate company collapsed in...
Nearly Half of Californians Are Thinking About Packing Up and Moving Out of State
Four in ten Californians are seriously considering packing their bags and moving out of the state, according to a recent poll conducted by Strategies 360, in partnership with the Los Angeles Times. Of the Californians polled, 61% said the state was too expensive and 27% said their political views do...
Nearly Half of Californians Are Thinking About Packing Up and Moving Out of State
Four in ten Californians are seriously considering packing their bags and moving out of the state, according to a recent poll conducted by Strategies 360, in partnership with the Los Angeles Times. Of the Californians polled, 61% said the state was too expensive and 27% said their political views do...
Fresno State Tax Oversight Committee Members Would Be Paid up to $81K a Year
With the Measure E Redux petition being circulated beginning Monday, Fresno County residents got their first glimpse at the language of the .25% sales tax measure. And a look at the Citizen's Oversight Committee shows a board possibly paid as much as $80,574 each annually. Signature gathering for the Fresno...
Fresno State Tax Oversight Committee Members Would Be Paid up to $81K a Year
With the Measure E Redux petition being circulated beginning Monday, Fresno County residents got their first glimpse at the language of the .25% sales tax measure. And a look at the Citizen's Oversight Committee shows a board possibly paid as much as $80,574 each annually. Signature gathering for the Fresno...
Special Interests Lining up for Goodies in California Budget Negotiations
This is the week when Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders are supposed to agree on a more or less final state budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year that begins on Saturday. The negotiations are being conducted in secret with the main hang-up being the authority Newsom seeks to streamline environmental clearance for some...
Special Interests Lining up for Goodies in California Budget Negotiations
This is the week when Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders are supposed to agree on a more or less final state budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year that begins on Saturday. The negotiations are being conducted in secret with the main hang-up being the authority Newsom seeks to streamline environmental clearance for some...
Prepare for Firecracker-Hot Temperatures This Weekend Through the Fourth
If June came in like a lamb — an 85-degree lamb, that is — it's going out like a blast furnace, thanks to the return of triple-digit temperatures to Fresno and the Valley. After almost an entire month of what some are describing as "$200-a-day resort weather," this week's temperatures...