One classic Fresno eatery is using Restaurant Week to test new items on its menu. One new restaurant run by a familiar name hopes to use the promotional event to get the word out. Restaurant Week is back, and for the first time it is being organized by the Fresno...
Fresno Businesses Push State for Help With Worker Shortage
Fresno's business community is calling on state leaders for help hiring and retaining workers. Amidst cars going through the line at Belmont Car Wash in southeast Fresno, local leaders had a simple message — help! To that end, the Fresno Chamber of Commerce's political action committee is creating an advocacy...
In Surprise Move, Fresno Business Group Parts Ways With CEO
Nathan Ahle is out as president and CEO of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, in what is being called an "amicable" parting. The move came as unexpected to Ahle, who was recently working with Fresno Councilman Luis Chavez on a policy to handle business closures in the wake of diminishing...
Success, Leadership, Philanthropy Propel Musson to Leon S. Peters Award
Karen Musson of GAR Tootelian Inc. is the 2020 recipient of the Leon S. Peters Award from the Fresno Chamber of Commerce. “It really truly is an honor to be recognized,” Musson said. “I’m a small-town farm girl and nurturing and cultivating is part of everything we do — on the...
Community Leaders and Groups React to Brand’s Shocking News
Community leaders and groups had much to say about Monday's announcement by Fresno Mayor Lee Brand that he will not seek re-election in 2020: “During his time as a council member and as Mayor, Lee Brand has been a great friend to the Fresno business community. The effect of his...
Arias Will Resign Fresno Unified Post on Friday
Miguel Arias and Nelson Esparza are officially Fresno city councilmen, assuming office Tuesday, as prescribed by the city charter. They will be ceremonially sworn in Thursday (Jan. 10). For Arias, he will focus his time and attention fully on City Hall. He tells GV Wire he is resigning his position as...
Police End Probe into Arias. He Denies Wrongdoing.
UPDATE: 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2 Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says his department will not move forward in a criminal investigation against city council candidate Miguel Arias. “Detectives from the Fresno Police Department have conducted several interviews. Based on the statements provided and the lack of physical evidence, and...
Heng Attacks Costa. He Fires Back With His Own Shots.
Has Rep. Jim Costa done enough for the Central Valley? That appears to be one of the defining questions of the veteran Democrat's race against Republican challenger Elizabeth Heng. The incumbent congressman calls himself a problem-solver. In fact, Costa is a member of the bipartisan 48-member Problem Solver Caucus. Heng...
Fresno Parks Tax Advocates, Foes to Meet in Public Forum on Thursday
Advocates and opponents of a new tax to support public parks in Fresno will debate the issue in a public forum Thursday night. Measure P would raise the local sales tax by 3/8 percent and generate close to $38 million per year to build, upgrade and maintain parks across Fresno for...
Arias Says Ethics Complaint Is 'Character Assassination'
Fresno City Council candidate Miguel Arias is the subject of another ethics complaint. And he's responding by assailing "the ultra-conservative folks in Fresno" he says are his critics. The Fair Political Practices Commission, the state agency in charge of compliance with election laws, confirmed to GV Wire that it received...