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Portrait of former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera

Will FUSD’s Newest Elementary Be Ready by 2021? Maybe Not.

September 17, 2019

The first day of classes at a new elementary school in southeast Fresno might have to be pushed back to August 2022 unless Fresno Unified School District soon advertises for bids on the $44 million project, a district administrator warns. Listen to this a...

Kaiser Permanente Grants Help Local Schoolkids Get Fit, Stay Hydrated

Nancy Price

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 hel...

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 Church, or tuck into a Cape Cod picnic. Their desti...

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 nea...

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 Joaquin Arambula presented an oversized check rep...

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 fell...

Photo of Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson

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 anger management course. The vote was met by thun...

Down Millions, Fees on Local Construction Could Increase

Forest Thinning to Stop Wildfires as Strong as Weakest Link

Who Steals From Homeless Youth? This Former Fresno IRS Worker.

Looking for Extra Cash? County Needs Election Workers.

Bond Measures Could Raise Megabucks for Schools — and Taxes

Farmworker Reform Bill Passes House. What’s Next?

Nunes’ Reliably Red District Remains So, But Is Slipping

The Kanye Effect? New Polls Show Black Support for Trump Surging

Study: Inconsistent Seams, Player Behavior Behind HR Uptick

Blue-Collar Character Actor Danny Aiello Has Died at Age 86

How To Reduce Food Waste

If Fresno State Can’t Sign DeBoer, Bulldogs Should Go Young

Walters: The GOP's Decline and Fall in California

Do You Really Know the Bill of Rights? Take This Quiz.

Schwarzenegger, Brown Talk Solar and Robots in Clovis

Visalia Catholics Think Big, and It’s a Wonderful Thing

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Many Specialists Will Be on Hand at Free Health Clinic in Fresno

US Growth of Islam Creates Need for Religious Scholars

Islamic Center Dinner To Feature Texas TV Reporter Who Wears a Hijab

16th District House Race: Costa vs. Soria Fundraising

Looking for Extra Cash? County Needs Election Workers.

Revenge of the Arambulas? Big Donation to Defeat Dyer.

Bloomberg at UN: US President Must End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Will FUSD’s Newest Elementary Be Ready by 2021? Maybe Not.

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

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