Recent media reports claim that Fresno has the worst homeless rate per capita in the United States. Data reviewed by GV Wire doesn't rank Fresno No. 1 for homelessness, but it paints a grim picture of the challenges ahead for getting more people off the street. Nonprofit think-tank Brookings Institute...
Fong Is Allowed to Run for Congress, Judge Rules
A Sacramento Superior Court judge has ruled that Assemblymember Vince Fong will be allowed to run for Kevin McCarthy's vacated seat in Congress. Fong, R-Bakersfield, ran afoul of interpretations of state election laws that would prevent a candidate from running for two positions on the same ballot. In a seven-page...
Fong Is Allowed to Run for Congress, Judge Rules
A Sacramento Superior Court judge has ruled that Assemblymember Vince Fong will be allowed to run for Kevin McCarthy's vacated seat in Congress. Fong, R-Bakersfield, ran afoul of interpretations of state election laws that would prevent a candidate from running for two positions on the same ballot. In a seven-page...
Appeal Court Rules City of Fresno Owes Measure P Backer $363K
The city of Fresno owes a Measure P backer hundreds of thousands of dollars, an appeal court ruled this week. Lawyers representing the city unsuccessfully argued that Fresno's municipal government did not oppose the measure and thus should be off the hook. The 3-0 ruling by the Fresno-based Fifth District...
Appeal Court Rules City of Fresno Owes Measure P Backer $363K
The city of Fresno owes a Measure P backer hundreds of thousands of dollars, an appeal court ruled this week. Lawyers representing the city unsuccessfully argued that Fresno's municipal government did not oppose the measure and thus should be off the hook. The 3-0 ruling by the Fresno-based Fifth District...
Is This Any Way to Run a City? Parlier Council Squabbles Lead to Police Report, DA Inquiry
In-fighting continues at the Parlier City Council, with private arguments publicly manifesting earlier this month. Last year, Janie Molina defeated incumbent Trinidad Pimentel and Diego Garza defeated Diane Maldonado in council elections. The year before, Alma Beltran won her third term as mayor of the city, which has about 14,500...
Is This Any Way to Run a City? Parlier Council Squabbles Lead to Police Report, DA Inquiry
In-fighting continues at the Parlier City Council, with private arguments publicly manifesting earlier this month. Last year, Janie Molina defeated incumbent Trinidad Pimentel and Diego Garza defeated Diane Maldonado in council elections. The year before, Alma Beltran won her third term as mayor of the city, which has about 14,500...
Turkey’s President Compares Israel Leader to Hitler as Gaza Attacks Intensify
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has likened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler, drawing parallels between Israel's attacks on Gaza and the Nazi's genocide of Jews, according to recent reporting in Al Jazeera. Erdogan made these remarks during an awards ceremony in Ankara, questioning the difference between Netanyahu...
Turkey’s President Compares Israel Leader to Hitler as Gaza Attacks Intensify
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has likened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler, drawing parallels between Israel's attacks on Gaza and the Nazi's genocide of Jews, according to recent reporting in Al Jazeera. Erdogan made these remarks during an awards ceremony in Ankara, questioning the difference between Netanyahu...
City Secretly Settles Lawsuit Filed by Domestic Violence Victims
After the city of Fresno settled a lawsuit with two domestic violence victims and their families, civil rights attorney Kevin Little said Tuesday that police didn't do enough nearly nine years ago for the late Pamela Motley and Cindy Raygoza, and have still not done enough. The $500,000 settlement between...