Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer offered a sobering prediction Monday about potential business losses in Fresno resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. "I anticipate 30-40% of our restaurants in Fresno will never open again," Dyer said during an online panel discussion with other California mayors. Adding to the impact, "The vast majority of those...
Dyer’s Roller Coaster Experience Dealing with COVID
Fresno's next mayor is experience a roller coaster of recovery from COVID-19. Just after Fresno Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer told GV Wire℠his condition was improving, after contracting COVID-19, things took a turn for the worse, again. "The symptoms come and go, but I feel much better this morning. I have a...
Dyer on COVID: Says He’s Feeling Worse. Former Commissioner Confirms Hosting Event.
Incoming Fresno mayor Jerry Dyer said he is feeling worse, one day after revealing he tested positive for COVID-19. "It got a little worse today. It hurts to cough or move. I feel like all my energy has been stripped away. This is a weird virus in that just when...
Fresno Mayor-elect Dyer Tests Positive for COVID-19
Fresno Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer tested positive for COVID-19, he announced on Tuesday. "After being notified of my exposure to Steve Brandau last Tuesday evening at a small dinner gathering, I had a Rapid PCR test done Tuesday evening. That test showed no detection of Covid. I started to experience a...
Mayor-Elect Dyer Builds His Team, Prepares to Take City’s Helm
Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer announced his incoming administration's leadership team on Friday, as he prepares to take over the city's top political office in January. GV Wire℠reported on most of the names earlier in the day. “I have assembled an All-Star team that will assist me in implementing my 'One...
Baines Gets Personal with Emotional Comments as Police Reform Panel Wraps
For four months, Oliver Baines held his emotions in check while leading a 39-member commission on the contentious issue of police reform. A former councilman and Fresno police officer, Baines was asked to guide the city through a process aimed at addressing issues that have been simmering for decades. After...
Dyer Reveals Plans To Stop Gang Violence at City Hall Rally
Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer didn't just stop by a peace rally at Fresno City Hall to say a few words. He laid out a series of moves he plans to make within his first 90 days of taking office in January. Dyer says Fresno has experienced 289 more shootings so far...
Rally Leaders Say Funds, Communication Lacking from City Hall in Anti-Violence Effort
Fresno police say they're seeing more shootings in every policing district this year than at the same time last year. Resources are stretched thin, different strategies are being utilized, and some progress is being made, according to deputy chief Mark Salazar. However, what's not working according to some community members?...
Panel Vets 7 Fresno Police Chief Hopefuls as Selection Nears
Seven candidates vying to become Fresno's next police chief have been interviewed over the last two days, GV Wire℠has learned. One internal candidate — newly promoted Deputy Chief Mark Salazar — is being considered. Five of the others are high ranking police officials from across the country. One is a...
PD Reform Commission Debates Cops on Campus, Breaking the Chains
The Fresno Commission on Police Reform held a marathon five-hour meeting, hearing updates from its four subcommittees and proposed changes, as well as news that a community survey is underway. The commission's request for more time to complete its work was granted by Fresno City Council President Miguel Arias. The...