In the two months since Fresno County social workers revealed that foster youth were being housed in harsh, unsafe, and unsanitary conditions, it appears there are continuing problems. Children once staying at the Child Welfare Services Office in downtown Fresno — the main hub for Fresno County’s Child Protective Services...
CNN Rides With Sheriff’s Deputy to Document Fresno’s ‘Meth Hell’
"Meth has taken control of a large swath of Fresno County," CNN reported Tuesday. "There were more meth overdose deaths in Fresno County in 2020 than those of any other kind of drug, according to the coroner's unit." CNN reporter Kyung Lah went on a graveyard shift ride-along with Sheriff's...
Fresno Redistricting? We Made a Map.
Anyone can be a demographer and submit the next electoral map for the city of Fresno. So, as an exercise in democracy, GV Wire submitted one. It's Public 109 on your scoresheet. The city council will consider the next round of maps submitted by the public on Thursday at 6...
Fresno State Library Namesake Was a Nazi Sympathizer. Task Force Will Review Renaming.
Fresno State's library has borne the name of longtime librarian Henry Madden since 1981, but the university is considering a name change after anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi beliefs were uncovered in his personal papers, university president Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval said Monday in an open letter to the university community. Madden's personal papers,...
CHP Searches for Car Involved in Killing of Fresno State TikTok Star
Devan Nicole Elayda, a Fresno State student and TikTok star, was killed early Saturday morning in a hit-and-run on Highway 180 near Cedar Avenue. Elayda, 23, was driving on Highway 180 when it is believed that she decided to exchange seats with a passenger, according to the California Highway Patrol....
Career as a NASA Engineer? This Fresno Teen Shoots for the Stars
Angelica Sandez wants to study aerospace or mechanical engineering at the Imperial College London in England after she graduates this spring from Career Technical Education Charter High School in Fresno. Her dad is still struggling with the idea that his youngest child could wind up at a college half a...
Second Lawsuit Claims City’s Scoring of Cannabis Applicants Flawed
The city of Fresno is facing yet another cannabis lawsuit, and if Perfect Union gets its way, the entire licensing process may be halted. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Mark Cullers will hear the marijuana retailer's request — known as a stay — at a hearing next week. Perfect Union...
Special Report: Small Farmers Struggle as Ag Titans Boswell, Vidovich Wheel Water for Profit
Farmers in the heart of California’s agricultural belt – Kings County – sense something is awry with their water supplies. In this intensively farmed, perennially dry county, water is leaving at a concerning rate. “We’ve all seen it,” said walnut farmer Steve Walker. “We haven’t sat down and put dye...
Feds in Valley Crack Down on Fentanyl as US Overdose Deaths Eclipse 103,000
After the CDC said that a record 103,300 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, the rise of illicit fentanyl was on full display at the federal courthouse in Fresno on Thursday. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced the indictments of two men in two separate cases involving fentanyl....
Westlands, Other Valley Groundwater Plans Come up Short: State
Four groundwater plans in the Central Valley — including those for Westlands Water District, Chowchilla Water District, and the Merced and Eastern San Joaquin subbasins — don’t show how they will protect water quality, keep drinking water wells from going dry, or stop already sinking land from sinking further, according...