Fresno's two kid-friendly Chuck E. Cheese pizza restaurants will reopen their dining rooms Friday with limited seating and other safety procedures in place, local managers said. Most of the stores' electronic games will be operational, but mascot Chuck E. Cheese himself will remain in lockdown for the time being. Like...
Brand Rolls Out Plan to Spend $92 Million in COVID-19 Funds
Mayor Lee Brand has laid out his plan to spend $92 million of federal funding from the CARES Act. The city's spending outline is in three different sections — community investment ($27 million), COVID-19 expenditures ($25 million), and reserves ($40 million). Also in Politics 101: City to spend money on...
Local Eateries Scramble for Beef and to Keep Menu Prices in Check
As restaurants reopen in Fresno, they are finding beef in short supply and paying more to get it. That's because the COVID-19 pandemic has closed down meatpacking plants throughout the country after reported outbreaks. "We had a disruption at the processing end, where the cattle go to slaughter," said Jimmy Maxey,...