Two Central Valley stone fruit farms are merging. In a Wednesday news release, Gerawan Farming and Wawona Packing announced they are combining companies. Dan Gerawan, owner of his namesake company, will act as the CEO. He is also the largest individual stockholder. "This merger is an exciting next step to unlock...
Cox Blasts High-Speed Rail as 'Monument to Corruption'
Earlier this month, Gavin Newsom rolled into Fresno on a big blue bus. Thursday (Sept. 27), his gubernatorial opponent John Cox rolled into town in a big green bus. Cox, the Republican candidate, met with Sheriff Margaret Mims, taking a tour of a jail program. Then, his bus rolled to...
Five Years Later, Tally Shows Gerawan Workers Want UFW Gone
“No Union. No Union.” That was the refrain from ALRB field examiner Veronica Cervantes as she read off ballots Tuesday from a 2013 election asking Gerawan Farming workers whether they wanted United Farm Workers union representation. At the end of the nearly five-hour count, 1,098 ballots indicated that Gerawan workers...
Supervisor Mendes Floats Alternate Site for Animal Shelter
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors hit the pause button Tuesday on whether to approve a zoning change that would permit a low-cost animal shelter/clinic to be built in northwest Fresno. Now, one supervisor has raised the possibility of the county building an animal shelter in a different part of the...
ALRB: Witness Comes Forward on Hall Tirade; Meeting Cancelled
A confidential witness is shedding more light upon what an Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) member allegedly said when confronting a group of farmers. And, in perhaps a coincidence, the ARLB cancelled its board meeting for Thursday (May 11). An ARLB spokesman says it is because a lack of quorum...
ALRB: Witness Comes Forward on Hall Tirade; Meeting Cancelled
A confidential witness is shedding more light upon what an Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) member allegedly said when confronting a group of farmers. And, in perhaps a coincidence, the ARLB cancelled its board meeting for Thursday (May 11). An ARLB spokesman says it is because a lack of quorum...
Gerawan Responds to ALRB Spending Story
[from GV Wire: The following is a response sent to GV Wire from lawyers representing Gerawan Farming. They say the amount the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) spends litigating the Gerawan cases is much higher than figures indicated in public records act requests and reported in our initial story. Gerawan also...
Gerawan Responds to ALRB Spending Story
[from GV Wire: The following is a response sent to GV Wire from lawyers representing Gerawan Farming. They say the amount the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) spends litigating the Gerawan cases is much higher than figures indicated in public records act requests and reported in our initial story. Gerawan also...
GV Wire Investigation: What ALRB is Spending on Gerawan
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) has spent at least $281,350 in litigation in five cases against a Fresno County fruit packing company. Gerawan Farming provided GV Wire with at least 25 cases in which its company or one of its employees has engaged with the ALRB. Each has been filed...
GV Wire Investigation: What ALRB is Spending on Gerawan
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) has spent at least $281,350 in litigation in five cases against a Fresno County fruit packing company. Gerawan Farming provided GV Wire with at least 25 cases in which its company or one of its employees has engaged with the ALRB. Each has been filed...