Fresno deputies couldn't stop him. A fence also was no match for his athletic prowess. But, the mud on the other side of the fence was his undoing. Around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an alarm that had been triggered at some canal pumps near Manning...
All School Staff in Fresno County Could Be Vaccinated by End of March, Officials Say
The race to vaccinate school teachers and staff in Fresno County appears to be shifting into high gear. In a meeting Wednesday with area school district superintendents, county health department officials said that 8,000 COVID vaccine doses will be available weekly for school workers starting Monday, according to Fresno County...
Local Teachers, School Staff Will Get Vaccine Priority Starting March 1
About 2,000 Fresno County school staffers and child care workers will be pushed to the front of the COVID-19 vaccination line starting March 1, county public health officials said Friday afternoon. Fresno County's weekly allotment is expanding to 21,000 doses starting next week. Per the directive announced Friday by Gov....
County Opens More Vaccination Appointments as Allocation Increases
California is set to receive more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next week and Fresno County will be getting a bigger share, as well, officials announced during a Friday call with reporters. 21,000 doses of vaccine are headed to the county, which is 2,000 more than the prior week. The...
Waves, Algorithms, Equity. How State’s Blue Shield Contract Will Impact Local COVID Fight
Blue Shield of California's contract with the state calls for a statewide vaccine distribution network and just went into effect Monday. The state set a goal of being able to administer 3 million doses a week, according to newly released contract details. Part of the contract states, "It is anticipated that...
Mendes: A Mass Vaccination Site Would Be Great. So Long as County Gets Enough Vaccine.
The possibility that Fresno could get picked for a mass vaccination site supported by federal emergency and state public health agencies would be "great," says County Supervisor Buddy Mendes, but more shipments of vaccine would be even better. "The thing is, we'd rather have the vaccine," says Mendes, who is...
‘Serious Conversations’ About Using Save Mart Center as Mass Vaccination Site
Although Fresno wasn't one of the two California sites chosen earlier this week by federal and state emergency officials to be mass vaccination centers, Fresno County officials say they are lobbying hard for the Save Mart Center to be considered by FEMA and the California Office of Emergency Services. "There...
Effort to Rename County’s Squaw Valley Area Put on Hold After Complaints
A proposal seeking to change the name of the Squaw Valley area of Fresno County was postponed Wednesday night by the Orange Cove City Council. Mayor Victor Lopez said the delay in discussing a resolution calling for renaming the area "Nim Valley" was done to allow the city to seek...
Fresno’s Top Doc Says Lifting of State COVID Order Was ‘Disorienting’
Governor Gavin Newsom lifted the stay at home order Monday based on projections that hospital intensive care capacity would climb above 15% within the next 4-weeks. In the San Joaquin Valley Region, as defined by California's online dashboard, ICU capacity remains at 0% as of Tuesday. Getting into the more granular...
Supervisors Demand More Vaccine From Newsom or Efforts Will ‘Falter’
"We need more vaccines," said Fresno County Supervisor Brian Pacheco during Tuesday morning's Board of Supervisors meeting. The board voted 5-0 to send a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom and describing the COVID vaccine situation in the county "urgent". In the letter, the county is requesting an immediate increase in...