It's amazing what a wet year can mean to the Valley's farming economy. The rains of 2017, coming after five years of drought, enabled Fresno County growers, ranchers, and dairymen to eclipse $7 billion in agricultural production last year. It was a record total for the county. Fresno County's total...
Looking For Skills in High-Demand Careers? Check Out CTEC.
There's still time for students interested in a different kind of education to enroll at CTEC — Fresno's newest high school. What Is CTEC? At the Career Technical Education Charter High School, students have the opportunity to study not only subjects like math, English, and science, but also technical courses such as...
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Fired Heng Campaign Consultant Sues
A breakup between a Fresno congressional candidate and her former campaign management team is leading to bad blood and a pending court date. Elizabeth Heng’s former campaign consultant filed suit against her after she fired the firm in June. Heng’s attorney, Roger Bonakdar, said that the legal action is politically motivated....
What Fresno County Is Doing to Prevent Deadly Wildfires
It has become an annual tradition of tragedy — wildfires ravaging large swaths of the California landscape, each year shattering records of destruction seemingly set only months prior. Once again wildfires rage in our own backyard, blazing through countless acres of dead and dying vegetation still struggling to recover following...
Fresno Unemployment Rate Rises, But Better Than a Year Ago
Fresno County continues to enjoy the fruits of the strong U.S. economy under President Donald Trump, according to the latest figures released by the state of California. However, Fresno County's unemployment rate, at 7.6% for June, remains well above the national (4.2%) and state rates (4.5%). Clovis continues to have the strongest...
State to RV Park Owner: Fix Problems or Pay Up!
Despite the promises of the owner of a run-down RV park to fix his facility, nothing has changed. Now, the owner could face tens of thousands of dollars in fines and time in jail. Mohamed Saeed, the owner of Jack’s Resort RV Park, told GV Wire he would fix his...
Mangano Says Prosecutor Experience is Ticket to the Bench
Robert Mangano hopes to parlay his 15 years working in the prosecutor’s office to working on the other side of the courtroom bench. He is running for Fresno County Superior Court judge against Brent Woodward. Mangano sat down for a GV Wire Take 5 video interview to talk about his...
Housing Crisis: Residents Told To Leave After 161 Violations Found
Nearly half of the residents who call an RV park on the outskirts of Mendota home are being told to leave. This comes after a state inspection found 161 health and safety violations. The California Housing and Community Development department inspected the property after being alerted to conditions there by GV...
14 States Have Seen Record-Low Unemployment
Eight states, including California, hit record lows for unemployment in March. That brings the number of states setting marks for low unemployment rates to 14 in the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS has compiled employment figures for individual states since 1976. "The states hitting new unemployment...
County Hired Convicted Murderer in 2015. Dictos Says Hires Now Must Pass Background Checks.
Fresno County Assessor-Recorder Paul Dictos says he does not want another Tony Amundson situation. Amundson is an appraiser working for Dictos. Amundson has murder and assault convictions in his long-ago past that went unnoticed because no one bothered to ask before he was hired in 2015. They came to light...