Details are rolling out on the second effort to pass a county-wide sales tax that would raise $1.4 billion for new facilities and deferred maintenance at Fresno State. In 2022, proponents told voters that Measure E would help pay for new facilities at Fresno State, devoting two-thirds of the income...
Garbage Rate Hikes Proposed in Dyer’s $1.85 Billion City Budget
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer proposed an increase in garbage collection rates as part of his $1.85 billion 2024 budget on Thursday morning. However, he declined to estimate how big the potential increase might be. Residents currently pay $25.37 monthly for garbage pickup (gray bin), as well as $3.87 for green...
Measure C Transportation Tax Likely to Punt to 2026 Ballot
A study into the public’s reaction to Measure C offers insight into the direction Fresno County could want to go to renew the transportation tax. And the window to get it on the November 2024 ballot appears to be closing fast. Younger Population and Democrats Voted in Favor of Measure...
Two-Decade Battle Over Employee Lawsuits Heads for California Ballot
On Oct. 7, 2003, California voters decided to recall their governor, Gray Davis, less than a year after giving him a second term, and replace him with action movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger. Five days later, in one of his last acts as governor, Davis signed Senate Bill 796, the Private Attorneys General...
Valley Lawmakers Take Up Battle for Potent Firefighting Technology
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...