About 100 business owners along Blackstone Avenue and residents from the area gathered at Fresno First Baptist Church this week to discuss problems in the area. Organized by executive director of the Blackstone Merchant's Association AJ Rassamni, speakers brought up issues of public safety, crime, and the effect homeless shelters...
Fresno County Agencies Seek $40M to Fix Flood Damage, Prep for El Niño
Agencies in Fresno County, from small cities to irrigation districts, are hoping money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency arrives in time to help them fix damage from last winter’s battering storms as they scramble to get ready for another looming wet winter. Fresno County was slammed hard by storms...
Fresno County Agencies Seek $40M to Fix Flood Damage, Prep for El Niño
Agencies in Fresno County, from small cities to irrigation districts, are hoping money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency arrives in time to help them fix damage from last winter’s battering storms as they scramble to get ready for another looming wet winter. Fresno County was slammed hard by storms...
Owners of North Fresno Mobile Home Park Want to Close It. What’s Next for Residents?
Less than a year after taking control of a north Fresno mobile home park, owners want to close the site. And Fresno officials will get the first look at a report of what that means for the remaining residents. California law requires that tenants receive notice a year before landowners...
Owners of North Fresno Mobile Home Park Want to Close It. What’s Next for Residents?
Less than a year after taking control of a north Fresno mobile home park, owners want to close the site. And Fresno officials will get the first look at a report of what that means for the remaining residents. California law requires that tenants receive notice a year before landowners...
Developing ‘Super’ El Niño Could Match California’s Great Deluge of 1997-98
Current El Niño conditions appear likely to become comparable to the "great" El Niño of 1997-98, according to an experimental prediction system used by the National Science Foundation’s National Center for Atmospheric Research. “Our forecast system has shown that it can do a remarkably good job of accurately hindcasting past...
Developing ‘Super’ El Niño Could Match California’s Great Deluge of 1997-98
Current El Niño conditions appear likely to become comparable to the "great" El Niño of 1997-98, according to an experimental prediction system used by the National Science Foundation’s National Center for Atmospheric Research. “Our forecast system has shown that it can do a remarkably good job of accurately hindcasting past...
Lawmakers Resolve California Fast Food Battle but Clash Still Rages in Another Industry
The California Legislature devoted much of its time this year to a battle over regulating wages and working conditions of fast food workers. Last year, legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom created a state agency that would oversee the fast food industry, which fought back with a referendum asking voters to...
Lawmakers Resolve California Fast Food Battle but Clash Still Rages in Another Industry
The California Legislature devoted much of its time this year to a battle over regulating wages and working conditions of fast food workers. Last year, legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom created a state agency that would oversee the fast food industry, which fought back with a referendum asking voters to...
It’s Only ‘Yokuts Valley’ on Maps? The Confusing Fight Over a Fresno County Town Isn’t Over
In January, the U.S. government removed a racist and sexist slur for Indigenous women from the names of almost 650 geographic features and locations — including the foothill community of Yokuts Valley in Fresno County. Or did they? It depends who you ask. “Fresno County recognizes Squaw Valley as Squaw...