In a list of 93 cities across the U.S. ranking the best dog park cities, Fresno landed in a much lower spot after ranking in the top 50 in 2021. This year’s 2022 report by the lawn care website, LawnStarter, shows Fresno received an overall rank of 72 - dropping...
Area Police Agencies Quickly Snap up Latest Academy Grads
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims had kind of a homecoming Friday afternoon at the Fresno City College Basic Police Academy Completion Ceremony, which was held at CrossCity Church in northeast Fresno. Mims, who will retire at the end of this year after 42 years in law enforcement, graduated as a...
Clovis West Pool Gets $7.5M Makeover That Comes With Shade
A $7.5 million project now underway at the Clovis West Aquatics Center will repair leaking pipes, replaster the 50-meter pool and dive well, and replace the pool deck. About the only thing left standing at this point is the dive tower where high schoolers have taken the plunge for...
‘Zoombombing’ Derails Fresno Roads Tax Discussion
Technology problems canceled a discussion to renew a countywide transportation tax at Fresno COG headquarters. Instead of taking the next step to get Measure C — the half-cent Fresno County sales tax for transportation projects — on the November ballot, the Fresno Council of Governments spent most of its...
Fresno City Council Cuts Its Huge Pay Raise by Nearly Half
Pumping the brakes on a 69% pay raise, the Fresno City Council opted for a more modest pay bump. Instead of receiving a $55,000 raise all at once, the city council instead will receive smaller amounts paid incrementally throughout the next three years. Citing public feedback, the three city...
New Shelter and Fresh Approaches Usher in Better Days for Fresno Pets
Fresno leaders joined together on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the new $20 million Fresno Animal Center near the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Along with the ribbon-cutting, leaders announced more than $600,000 in grant funding for the shelter as well as a new holistic approach to reuniting...
It’s Polk No More. Trustees Vote to Strip Slave-Owning President’s Name from School
Malachi Suarez and his family cheered Tuesday night when the Central Unified School Board voted 5-2 to rename James K. Polk Elementary School because of Polk's slave-owning and racist history. It was Malachi's GATE project more than two years ago that started him on a lobbying effort to change...
Feds Are Raising San Luis Reservoir Dam 10 Feet. Why Not 20 Feet?
Work started last week on raising the B.F. Sisk Dam at San Luis Reservoir 10 feet to reduce the risk of the massive earthen structure collapsing in a major earthquake. This comes after exploratory blasting began in spring 2020 at the reservoir adjacent to Highway 152 near Los Banos....
Community Rallies to Help Planet Vegan Owner Burned in Explosion
A GoFundMe campaign to help the co-owner of a popular Fresno food truck recover from burns sustained in an explosion Friday has raised nearly $40,000 as of 9 a.m. Tuesday. And the help is expected to grow substantially. Nearly 30 local food trucks at six venues will donate a...
Will Fresno Airport Get F-35 Fighters? Decision Could Come Soon
Fresno residents could regularly see advanced F-35A fighter jets streaking across the local skies in the future. That's because the U.S. Air Force is considering deploying its latest warfighting aircraft to the Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The Fresno base remains one of...