After criticism of the process to redraw Fresno County electoral districts last year, one state legislator now wants to change the process. Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula, D-Fresno, proposed AB 2030 which would create an independent commission to draw lines for the county's five supervisor seats. “Fresno County must have an independent...
Metal Detector Scans Now Required for Fresno School Board Meetings
Those planning to attend Wednesday's Fresno Unified School Board meeting might want to leave home a little earlier than usual to have time for newly required metal detector scanning. The board's amended agenda includes a notice that everyone entering the Board of Education room in the district's downtown headquarters...
Does Fresno’s New Law Make It Harder to Help Homeless People?
A new coalition of homeless advocates plans to take legal action against the city of Fresno and a new ordinance members say places unnecessary restrictions on advocates working to help the homeless living in encampments. The new ordinance, which was approved on Jan. 27 and authored by Fresno City Councilmembers...
Esmeralda Soria, Assembly Candidate, Has Mounting Ethical Issues. Is She Fit to Serve?
As an elected official serving the public, it’s essential that everything you do is done with integrity and transparency, that your decisions and votes protect the taxpayer, and that any taxpayer money spent is done so appropriately. I’ve now served with Councilmember Esmeralda Soria for five years and her...
Court Says Boswell’s Heavy Equipment Can Block Pipeline Project for Now
The water fight between Kings County’s two largest growers will continue with heavy equipment intended to block a pipeline project allowed to remain in place on the Tulare Lake Canal banks. The Tulare Lake Canal Company, controlled by J.G. Boswell Company, moved the equipment onto the canal banks in...
Will It Be Rams by 30 Points or Bengals by 1 in Super Bowl?
With seemingly half the world flocking to Los Angeles for Super Bowl LVI, I am often asked which team will win come Sunday afternoon. Whether it's on the NFL Network, in this column, or interviews with other media, I strive to deliver an unvarnished assessment based on many hours...
Will Tower Theatre Sell to the City of Fresno?
The Fresno City Council will discuss buying the Tower Theatre in a closed session on Thursday. The item is vaguely listed as "under negotiation: terms and conditions of property acquisition" for the property at 809 E. Olive Avenue. It is the second straight meeting that councilmembers will discuss the...
Cost Soars to $105 Billion for CA High-Speed Rail Project
SACRAMENTO — Another $5 billion has been added to the cost of California’s ambitious but long-delayed high-speed rail line, according to estimates released Tuesday that show it could take $105 billion to finish the route from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The figures were included in the California High-Speed...
Fresno County Awards Millions to Hospitals, Marjaree Mason Center
On Tuesday morning, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors joined by Fresno County health officials, announced the approval of $6 million for community hospitals in an effort to help fight COVID-19. The recipient hospitals are Community Regional Medical Center, Saint Agnes Medical Center, and Clovis Community Medical Center. In...
‘Unfiltered’ Features Kevin McCarthy, Fresno Unified Trustees
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is tonight's featured guest on "Unfiltered," which begins streaming on multiple platforms at 6 p.m. PST. The Bakersfield Republican, who is in line to become Speaker if the GOP retakes the House in the 2022 mid-term elections, will talk about issues facing the Valley,...
