Proposed bipartisan legislation from two Valley congressmen would jump-start the effort to bring a wildfire-fighting technology used in other parts of the world to the United States. It's the very technology that a Fresno company has sold to other countries and the U.S. Air Force for years. Under the bipartisan...
Fresno’s ‘Economic Ambassador’ Lee Ann Eager Announces Retirement
One of Fresno’s biggest boosters is stepping down from her role at the Fresno County Economic Development Corp. Lee Ann Eager — often described by colleagues as "Fresno’s economic ambassador to the world" — told GV Wire Monday that she is retiring as president/CEO of the public/private nonprofit. Aug. 4...
Newsom’s Budget Commits $250M for Fresno Downtown Revitalization
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer called Friday a “historic day” after plans to use a proposed $250 million grant in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised May budget proposal toward infrastructure and transportation in downtown Fresno. If the money can survive the legislature’s approval amidst a projected $32 billion budget deficit, the list...
Newsom’s Budget Commits $250M for Fresno Downtown Revitalization
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer called Friday a “historic day” after plans to use a proposed $250 million grant in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised May budget proposal toward infrastructure and transportation in downtown Fresno. If the money can survive the legislature’s approval amidst a projected $32 billion budget deficit, the list...
NASA Tracks Tulare Lake Rebirth With Amazing Satellite Images
The San Joaquin Valley sits like a bowl at the base of the southern Sierra. Close to the middle of that bowl is the historic lakebed of Tulare Lake, which was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. Since the 1920s, the rivers that fed the lake...
State Will Pay up to $20 Million for Latest Rebuild of Corcoran Levee
The state will front Kings County $17 million to $20 million to pay for raising the Corcoran levee but said it didn’t want to throw “good money after bad” and would require local groundwater agencies to do more to stem sinking land. Gov. Newsom’s administration made the announcement Thursday as...
Grand Jury Asks, When Will the New Clovis Library Open?
The Fresno County Grand Jury came knocking, wondering when the new Clovis library would open. In its report on the Fresno County library system this week, the Grand Jury recommended that the library market itself better and said that the Board of Supervisors pay more attention to library operations. But, no...
Should Foreign Governments Own CA Farmland and Water Rights?
A Valley legislator has reworked a bill to stop foreign powers from owning ag land and having rights to water and food production. But concessions made to the bill could have little impact on what lawmakers hope to solve. Senate Bill 224 from state Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) will ban...
Two More Join Crowded Race for Bredefeld’s City Council Seat
Two residents known for their service to the community want to become the next city councilmember representing northeast Fresno. Longtime banker and former city planning commissioner Raj Sodhi-Layne tells Politics 101 she intends to run. So does Fresno Police Sgt. Danny Kim. They join a field of three other candidates...
Cost to Maintain ‘Clovis Way of Life’ Has Council Searching for Options
How much should Clovis residents pay to maintain the "Clovis Way of Life?" That is a question Clovis City Councilman Vong Mouanoutoua posed at Monday's respectful, but slogging debate over how to increase development impact fees. "How much are you willing to keep it?" Mouanoutoua asked. The council delayed any...