Angels of Grace Foster Family Agency received $10,687 Tuesday night from the Granville Furniture Auction at the home builder's Belterra community in Fresno. A crowd of about 250, including 89 registered bidders, braved the 100-plus degree temperatures to pick up bargains and benefit the Fresno nonprofit. Fresno auctioneer Dan Cobb...
Newsom in Fresno: Supports Prop. 47 and Gas Tax
Visiting Fresno for the first time since the primary election, California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom expressed support for a state law that local law enforcement leaders say has increased crime. In fact, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer directly blamed Proposition 47 for the recent homicide of Nick Kauls. Kauls, a...
A Better Fresno Is Within Our Grasp. Will We Do the Smart Thing?
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand isn't giving up on seeing a half-cent public-safety and parks sales tax — split right down the middle — make it to the November ballot. Despite the rejection of his proposal by the Fresno City Council, he's determined to see the plan's resuscitation and, ultimately, $44...
Sneak Peek at Designer Furniture Auction To Benefit Angels of Grace
Thinking about beautifying your home? Then you might want to head Tuesday evening to Granville Homes Belterra Community at Fowler Avenue between Shields and Clinton avenues. Granville will auction dozens of designer furniture pieces and accessories from its model homes. And 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Angels of...
Neither Brain Freeze Nor Heat of Day Stymied My Slurpee Challenge
While many might use the word ‘gluttony’ to describe my quest to pick up a free frozen drink at all 25 Fresno and Clovis 7-Eleven stores, I call it Wednesday. 7-Eleven offers a free small Slurpee to celebrate its birthday every year on July 11. The convenience store chain estimates...
Fed Up, He Takes on River West Trash With His Own Hands
Sometimes there comes a point when even a patient person who has spent much of his life in government and understands how things work there can't take the red tape and turf wars anymore. That's what happened to Tom Bohigian, the longtime state director for former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer...
It's Free Slurpee Day: 19 Down & 6 To Go
Joey Chestnut can scarf down 74 hotdogs in 10 minutes. I’m thinking of doing something more practical. Today is July 11, 7-11. And the store with the same name, 7-Eleven, is giving away free Slurpees. It is the convenience-store chain's 91st birthday. The small-sized slush drink will be available at the...
Parks & Public Safety Advocates Work Behind Scenes on Sales Tax
In what one City Hall insider described as a game of chicken, two sides advancing sales tax plans are attempting to work out a deal. Multiple sources tell GV Wire that Fresno for Parks, the Ashley Swearengin-led group advocating for a 3/8ths of a cent sales tax plan, has met...
Fresno Mosquitoes Carry Deadly Viruses. How To Protect Yourself.
The Fresno Bee reported Friday that the first positive case of West Nile virus in Fresno County for this year was confirmed by health officials. County health officials said the infected individual, who was older than 65, was not hospitalized but had body aches, shortness of breath, headache and fatigue....
Is Anti-Parks Tax Ad Evoking Randa Jarrar Fair? Listen and Decide.
A conservative activist is fighting a tax plan to benefit Fresno parks. And he's raising the specter of controversial Fresno State English professor Randa Jarrar in a bid for success. Tal Cloud of Common Sense Information, a 527 political organization, released an audio advertisement Monday denouncing the Fresno for Parks plan,...