The Clovis Unified School Board has scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday afternoon with one agenda item: Considering updating the protocols for student mask enforcement. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. and will be held in the boardroom at 1680 David E. Cook Way, Clovis. School...
Rents Go ‘Insane’ Across US With No End in Sight
Krystal Guerra’s Miami apartment has a tiny kitchen, cracked tiles, warped cabinets, no dishwasher, and hardly any storage space. But Guerra was fine with the apartment’s shortcomings. It was all part of being a 32-year-old graduate student in South Florida, she reasoned, and she was happy to live there for...
Local Democratic Showdown Upended With Surprise Hurtado Move
Melissa Hurtado, the first-term Democratic state senator from Sanger seemingly headed toward an intra-party battle against fellow Democratic state Sen. Anna Caballero, has changed course. Hurtado will now run in neighboring Senate District 16, she told GV Wire on Monday night. "When the new districts were released, I initially planned...
Retiring Sheriff Mims Endorses Zanoni as Successor
Margaret Mims, the longtime Fresno County sheriff, is set to hang up her badge and retire, she announced Friday. "(It) was not an easy decision because I love my job, I love the service and I love the people in Fresno County. But I made the decision and to...
McCarthy: ‘I Want You There When Pelosi Has to Hand Me the Gavel’
The man who could be second-in-line for the presidency after the November elections visited Fresno and Clovis on Thursday to meet the leaders in a new area for him. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield held several meetings during his visit, to "listen" to new areas of the...
Police and Fire Trainees, Area VIPs, Look Ahead to New $46 Million Facility
The dusty 40-acre field at the northwest corner of North and Willow avenues southeast of Fresno has already had some significant site preparation work, but a ceremony on Thursday marked the official groundbreaking for a $46.1. million campus where police, fire, and emergency workers will some day attend classes...
Extra Cops, Less Shouting, More Demands to End COVID Mandates: Fresno Unified Meeting
The drama was a bit more low key at Wednesday night's Fresno Unified School Board meeting, thanks in part to the presence of four Fresno police officers who monitored the proceedings inside the packed board room and in the hallway outside. Unlike the meeting two weeks ago that ended...
Council OKs Two More Cannabis Dealers, Rejects Another
After the second round of appeals hearings for Fresno marijuana retail licenses, only one remains open. On Wednesday, the Fresno City Council approved two licenses, while rejecting one. Authentic 559 in west Fresno and Beyond Rooted 559 in the Tower District made the cut. High Speed Healing in downtown...
Fresno Is Investing $12 Million to Create More Affordable Housing
Financing affordable housing projects can be complex, to put it mildly. "Affordable housing is not the area where you will get a high return," said Sal Gonzales, president of Fresno developer Lance Kashian & Company. "It is more of a passion." Most affordable housing projects take a commitment of...
Assembly Bill Aims to End ‘Squaw Valley’ Name Debate
While the battle over the name of the foothill community Squaw Valley continues in Fresno County, a new Assembly bill proposes to decide the debate. Assemblymembers James C. Ramos (D-Highland), the first California Native American elected to the state Legislature, and Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens), chair of the California...
