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Neighbors Appeal 4-Story NW Fresno Apartment Project. What Are They Saying?

A 4-story apartment complex overlooking a northwest Fresno neighborhood will go before the city of Fresno Planning Commission on Wednesday after several neighbors appealed the project. A neighbor of the complex at Herndon and Prospect avenues is organizing residents to oppose the project, saying the 82-unit development will clog traffic...

Armenian President Tours Fresno, Visits William Saroyan Gravesite and Museum

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan visited Fresno on Wednesday, part of a six-day tour in California. Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer escorted Khachaturyan to the Ararat Cemetery to lay flowers at the William Saroyan gravesite, then they went to the William Saroyan House Museum. The visit concluded with lunch at The Palms....

Planned Fresno Probation Gun Buyback Program Runs Afoul of State Law and SEIU

A Fresno County Probation Department plan to sell surplus handguns and shotguns to its officers was stopped in its tracks after complaints from union members. Selling the firearms is legal under state law within certain parameters. At the very least, only peace officers may buy surplus government agency weapons. In...

Special Report: How a 1965 Law Makes It Hard for the Poor to Get Mental Health Treatment

In 1955, the U.S. had more than 550,000 inpatient psychiatric beds. When legislators created Medicaid in 1965, they didn't want the nation's vast mental health network — along with its negative perception created by books and movies — to gobble up the new federal insurance dollars, says Alice Feller, psychiatrist,...

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