Even in his office in Los Angeles, Damian Kevitt knows how dangerous Fresno can be for pedestrians and cyclists. "Fresno's known, at least in the road safety community, for its bad intersections," said Kevitt, executive director of Streets Are For Everyone. "I'm in Los Angeles and I know how bad...
Special Report: Did Newsom’s $3.8 Billion Hotels-to-Housing Program Pay Off?
As COVID-19 tore through California, Jennifer Hark Dietz had a decision to make. The state was making perhaps its biggest push ever to get people off the street, offering up billions of dollars for cities and organizations like hers to turn old motels into new homes. It was risky. The...
UC Merced Researchers Sound Alarm on Dust. What Does It Mean for You?
The wind whipped around UC Merced graduate student Adeola Fagbayibo one afternoon as he pulled on some latex gloves. He needed the gloves to take out a filter from an air sampling machine, called an “active air respirator,” near UC Merced’s smart farm. “You can think of it as a...
Fresno County Serial Killer Sentenced to Life Without Parole in 3 Murders
A Yokuts Valley man who admitted killing three men over a five-year span and later directed investigators to their burial sites was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office. Buford Jonathan King, 40, received a sentence of 50...
Who Is Endorsing Who in Fresno County Superintendent Race?
The race for Fresno County Superintendent of Schools is heating up with candidates hoping to impress voters with high-profile endorsements. However, not all endorsements are ringing true for incumbent Dr. Michelle Cantwell-Copher and challenger Dr. Eimear O'Brien. Cantwell-Copher named Fresno Unified Superintendent Misty Her, responsible for the largest local school...
Fresno’s Revised NW Costco Plan Gets First Green Light. What’s Different?
The environmental plan behind what would be Fresno's newest Costco got its first approval Wednesday, with revisions made to lessen the impact on nearby traffic. However, the environmental attorney behind a previous successful lawsuit against the new location said the new proposal doesn't solve greenhouse gas impacts. In a quiet...
Fresno Regains Major Housing Designation: Mayor Dyer
On Wednesday, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer at his State of the City event, lauded construction projects throughout the city, saying the building he promised in 2025 is well underway. Alongside those construction projects, he previewed future projects. These include the city's plan to develop the southeast part of town, and...
How Redistricting and Supreme Court Cut Voters Out of US House Races
The number of competitive U.S. House of Representatives districts in this fall’s midterm elections was already near historic lows before the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday opened the door to even more aggressive efforts to draw district lines for political gain. The court’s ruling, which arrived amid what was...
Fresno Judge Denies Eviction Bid at Granite Park, Setting Up Trial
The city of Fresno is headed for a legal showdown to evict the operator of the city-owned Granite Park Sports Complex. Fresno County Superior Court Judge Maria G. Diaz on Friday denied the city's motion for summary judgment. She ruled there are too many disputed facts between the city and...
‘False Prophet’ Dillon Savory Responds to Ed Kashian’s SEDA Op-Ed
Hear ye, hear ye! I, the “False Prophet,” do humbly address the good people of Fresno, having been so anointed, not by divine hand, but by the royal decree of the King of Commercial Expansion, his grace, Edward Kashian, or as I spell it, Cash-in. It has been proclaimed that...