Before arriving at a 7-0 vote to conduct a spending audit, the Fresno City Council engaged in a 70-minute insult fest Thursday. The bruising debate came one week after city councilman Garry Bredefeld called out four of his colleagues for alleged misuse of taxpayer funds. He provided financial documents to...
Meet the Woman From Fresno Trying to Fix California Traffic
Lee Ann Eager of Fresno became chair of the California Transportation Commission on March 1 — making her the head of an agency that approves about $7 billion annually for roads, passenger rail, transit, bike lanes, and sidewalks. Politico's Debra Kahn posed several questions to Eager about transportation in...
Fresno County Garlic Fest Funding Cooks up Flavorful Debate
Organizers of the National Garlic Festival and Food Expo in Fresno had a dire warning about the event's future if it did not receive public funding. "If we don't get these funds, this thing goes away just plain and simple. We won't have enough to get it done," Fresno-based...
Fresno State Professor Wants to Fight Ovarian Cancer the Way Doctors Treat COVID
In the U.S., 19,880 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year and 12,880 will die fighting it, according to the American Cancer Society. Unfortunately, ovarian cancer is hard to detect and is often diagnosed after the cancer has spread, making it difficult to treat with methods used...
ATM Scammers Using Latest High-Tech Tools in Fresno
ATM scammers are back in Fresno, outwitting banks, convenience store owners, and customers with sophisticated new technology. A video showing an overlay pad on a card reader at the 7-Eleven at Golden State and Shaw Avenue in Fresno has gone viral on social media, and the Fresno Police Department says...
Developer Says Spiral Garage Graffiti Could Be Cleaned ‘In a Week’
The city of Fresno says there is still no timetable to clean up a 20-foot high graffiti eyesore on the side of the Spiral Garage downtown. But one developer in the area thinks the city could do it much faster. "If they wanted to hire a private contractor, we...
In Person Voting Set for Nunes Successor; Mathys Sues Over Trump Label
In-person voting starts this weekend for voters in Fresno and Tulare counties who will pick a short-term successor to Rep. Devin Nunes, who resigned in January. Mail-in ballots for the special election began arriving at voters' homes two weeks ago. In Fresno County, the election office will open five voting...
Fear, Death, and Horror: My Escape From Mariupol With My Son
Yesterday we left Mariupol under shelling at our own risk, spent the night in the field, in the gray zone, did not make it before curfew, it was cold outside, thank God we are alive. They are alive to scream that everyone who stayed in Mariupol needs help. This...
City Not Sure How to Remove Spiral Garage Graffiti
Taggers have left a giant mark in downtown Fresno. The city of Fresno graffiti team is not quite sure how to clean up the tagging on the side of the Spiral Garage, at the corner of Fulton and Inyo streets. The city would need a boom crane to remove...
Parent Café Is a Life-Saver for Stressed Fresno Families
Following on the heels of Fresno County's efforts to improve access to mental health care for adults and children, Brain Wise Solutions and Every Neighborhood Partnership have partnered to offer Parent Café workshops. These community talking sessions have been a success with mothers and fathers learning to cope with...