A bottle of shampoo. A tube of toothpaste. These are simple things that many folks take for granted. But they are much appreciated by human trafficking victims on the road to recovery and a fresh start in life. As part of the hospital's "No More" campaign, employees of Kaiser Permanente...
Fresno Scandal Forces Out Air National Guard Commander
The head of the California Air National Guard, Maj. Gen. Clay Garrison, was relieved of his command and replaced by Brig. Gen. Gregory Jones two months after a newspaper detailed the fallout from a scandal involving someone urinating in the boots of a service member. A guard spokesman, Lt. Col....
How Fresno Sets Its Road Repair Priorities
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand is hitting the reset button on how to distribute $12 million in SB 1 gas tax funds to repair local city roads. Four council members, whose districts' encompass south and central Fresno, vociferously objected to Brand's original plan. Esmeralda Soria, Miguel Arias, Luis Chavez, and Nelson Esparza...
After War of Words, Mayor Orders Street Fight Delay
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand on Tuesday pulled a controversial spending plan for the city’s roads off this week’s city council agenda. “In light of recent rhetoric, I have decided to pull the Administration’s proposed SB1 project plan from Thursday’s Council meeting and schedule meetings with Councilmembers as soon as possible...
Brand to Human Traffickers: All of Fresno Is Coming After You!
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand put human traffickers on notice Wednesday morning. We're coming after you. We're arresting you. You're going to prison. And here's one more thing: The flophouses on Parkway Drive and Blackstone Avenue better clean up their acts. If they don't, the city will take them over. No ifs,...
Driver in Fresno Greyhound Crash Had Suspended License
The Greyhound driver who crashed his bus into a Highway 99 guardrail Sunday in Fresno faces six years in prison if convicted of the charges filed Tuesday. The Fresno County District Attorney's Office charged Ashton Rennick Castillo, 28, of Los Angeles, with driving under the influence of a drug and...
Greyhound Driver Suspected of DUI after Fresno Crash
Authorities say a Greyhound driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing a bus into a guardrail with 35 passengers on board Sunday morning in Fresno. The California Highway Patrol says the crash happened shortly before 9:30 a.m. when the driver lost control on southbound Highway 99 as it...
Mayor Brand Comes Out Against Anti-Panhandling Proposal
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand is opposed to lame-duck City Councilman Steve Brandau's anti-panhandling proposal. The proposal called STOP for "Safe Transfer of Objects to Pedestrians", which will be taken up at Thursday's council meeting, would forbid drivers from handing anything from their vehicle to pedestrians. “I do not support this...
Will Gavin’s Law, Honoring Killed Educator, Clear First Hurdle?
Hundreds of family and friends of a Clovis Unified educator killed in a hit-and-run accident gathered at a Fresno park on Friday asking Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) one thing: Bring home justice for their beloved Gavin Gladding. “This is a very valid pursuit. We are encouraged. We are poised for...
Thousands of Screaming Fans Love Timberlake’s Fresno Return
Justin Timberlake brought it to the Save Mart Center Wednesday night. And the capacity crowd, including many thirtysomething women on a girl’s night out, enjoyed what he brought. Timberlake danced. He sang. He even played the piano and guitar and pressed buttons on a synthesizer machine. A Full Effort? But,...