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Kaiser Permanente Grants Help Local Schoolkids Get Fit, Stay Hydrated

September 13, 2019

There's a whole lot less sitting around in after-school programs at Fresno Unified School District these days after a $75,000 grant from Kaiser Permanent Fresno helped buy new equipment and hire staffers to help kids get fit — and stay there. Earlier this m...

Young children cooling off in front of air conditioner.

Where’s the AC? Fresno Unified Students, Teachers Feel the Heat

Nancy Price

September 6, 2019

Air conditioning continues to be a hot-button issue for Fresno Unified School District, which has grappled with about 800 requests for service since the start of the school year Aug. 19. For those classrooms...

What Fresno Unified’s Top Officials Learned This Summer at Harvard

Nancy Price

September 5, 2019

When six Fresno Unified trustees and the superintendent traveled to Boston this summer, it wasn't so they could take in a ballgame at Fenway Park, go on a sightseeing tour of the Boston Common or Old North Chur...

Students Hot and Parent Bothered Over Lack of AC on FUSD Buses

Nancy Price

August 28, 2019

Brandi Alexander's 10-year-old son normally doesn't mind the long school bus ride to Yokomi Elementary, where he is a GATE student. But when the summer temperatures are in the triple digits, those rides are nearly unbearable, Alexander says. When he gets ho...

Who is Taking Bullard Students Off-Campus for Birth Control Pills?

Nancy Price

August 23, 2019

Students at Bullard High School are being driven off-campus during the school day to pick up birth control pills in vehicles that aren't owned by Fresno Unified School District and by people who don't work for ...

Photo of Carole Goldsmith and Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula holding a check

West Fresno Satellite Campus Gets Giant $1 Million Check

Nancy Price

August 23, 2019

Fresno City College's West Fresno satellite campus is still a couple years away, but there should be plenty of training equipment for nursing and automotive students on opening day. On Aug. 16 Assemblymember...

Fresno Unified Board Considers New Censure, Complaint Rules

Nancy Price

August 21, 2019

The Fresno Unified School District board tabled a vote on a new bylaw detailing procedures for trustee censure at Wednesday's board meeting, just two weeks after the board took the rare step of censuring a fellow trustee. Board members said they wanted mor...

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Straight Talk From Bob Nelson on the State of Fresno Unified

Bill McEwen

August 8, 2019

Bob Nelson begins his third year as superintendent of Fresno Unified radiating his trademark optimism but with eyes wide open and hands gripping a full plate of big challenges. Bill McEwen "Th...

Fresno Unified Board Censures Trustee Slatic, Says He Needs Anger Management Course

Nancy Price

August 8, 2019

The Fresno Unified School Board voted 6-0 to censure trustee Terry Slatic, a rare public condemnation of a fellow elected official, and to strip him of leadership functions until he successfully completes an an...

Environmental portrait of Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic

Proposed Censure Includes Anger Management for Trustee Slatic

Nancy Price and David Taub

August 5, 2019

A proposed censure of Fresno Unified School District trustee Terry Slatic would remove him from committee leaderships and bar him from representing the district at public events until he completes a district-approved anger management program. The resolution...

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At UC Merced, a Pipeline for More Diverse Faculty

Why Community-Owned Grocery Stores Like Co-Ops Are the Best Recipe for Revitalizing Food Deserts

How TV Cameras Influence Candidates’ Debate Success

Efforts to Minimize Opioid Painkillers After Surgery Appear to Be Working

It's Back to Work for Bulldogs After Heartbreaking Loss Saturday

Fresno Standouts Ellard, McDonald, Neal Nominated for Pro Football HOF

Family: Eddie Money, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ Singer, Dies

Will New California Labor Bill Affect WWE Wrestlers?

US Women's Soccer Pay Gap More Complicated Than You Think

Why Community-Owned Grocery Stores Like Co-Ops Are the Best Recipe for Revitalizing Food Deserts

Meet California’s Most Unlikely Philanthropist: 18-Year-Old Fabiola

How TV Cameras Influence Candidates’ Debate Success

NW Fresno Council Candidates Clash Over Police, Homeless

Can You Hear Us Now? Give the GV Wire ‘Listen’ Feature a Try.

District 2 Candidates Weigh in on Homeless, Police, Potholes

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

Debate Offers Harris Chance to Regain Momentum in 2020 Race

Vow to Ban Assault Weapons Gives O’Rourke Debate Breakout

Democratic Debate: Top 2020 Contenders Finally on the Same Stage

Are Fresno Supervisors Targeting Janz’s Mayoral Campaign?

Kaiser Permanente Grants Help Local Schoolkids Get Fit, Stay Hydrated

Where’s the AC? Fresno Unified Students, Teachers Feel the Heat

What Fresno Unified’s Top Officials Learned This Summer at Harvard

Students Hot and Parent Bothered Over Lack of AC on FUSD Buses

Who is Taking Bullard Students Off-Campus for Birth Control Pills?

West Fresno Satellite Campus Gets Giant $1 Million Check

Fresno Unified Board Considers New Censure, Complaint Rules

Straight Talk From Bob Nelson on the State of Fresno Unified

Fresno Unified Board Censures Trustee Slatic, Says He Needs Anger Management Course

Proposed Censure Includes Anger Management for Trustee Slatic

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