Fresno City College may be the bargain location for political rallies. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' event on Nov. 15 cost just $1,704.50 for the venue according to documents from the college. With an estimated 2,700 people attending, that's 63 cents a head. The college did not spend any of...
Owner: Fresno Foxes Pro Soccer Team Is Folding
Fresno's professional soccer club announced it is folding after failing to secure a stadium. Fresno FC, nicknamed the Foxes (and alternately Los Zoros), finished its second season in the United Soccer League — American pro soccer's top minor league. According to league rules, teams need to play in a soccer-specific...
Soccer Fans Unite. Want Foxes to Stay in Fresno.
Supporter groups at Chukchansi Park for Fresno FC's regular-season home finale cheered their team as they have for the last two seasons. They banged drums, played vuvuzelas and trumpets, and shook their tambourines. But the fans added a new wrinkle in their enthusiasm for their favorite local soccer team —...
20,000 People Can’t Be Wrong. Downtown Fresno Is the Place to Be.
Who knew so many people would bombard downtown Fresno on a Saturday night? Apparently, the organizers of the FresYes Fest and Alley Wave did. Those two events, along with the home opener for the Fresno Foxes minor league soccer team, dominated the Fulton Street/Inyo Street areas Saturday. FresYes, in its...
Recreational Cannabis Shops? Mayor Brand Says No Way.
The top story out of Thursday’s (June 14) Fresno City Council meeting was the approval of a November ballot measure taxing cannabis sales. Regulations are still needed before there is anything to tax. And two-thirds of voters would have to approve the tax for it to become law. But based...
Help Us, Trump! No State Gas Tax Aid for Veterans Boulevard
Advocates for building the Veterans Boulevard interchange in northwest Fresno have suffered a $23 million setback. Staff from the California Transportation Commission did not include the project among 27 proposals recommended for a total of $308.8 million in Senate Bill 1 funding Wednesday (April 25). “We are very disappointed. We thought...
What Leads Annual Wish List of Clovis Residents?
The Clovis City Council will hear results of a survey on what its citizens want Monday night. However, it is a familiar tune: public safety and street repairs. City staff will present the results of the mostly-online unscientific survey of budgeting priorities. But, a staff report says, "the response was valuable...