The Maxie Parks Community Center in southwest Fresno is closed until further notice following the discovery of ground contaminants at the facility. About 10 staff that work at the center have been temporarily relocated to the Mary Ella Brown Center. The state now wants the city of Fresno to do further...
Parnell: West Fresno Automotive Training Center Will Be ‘Biggest West of the Mississippi River’
Educators and politicians gathered Wednesday morning in a courtyard at the Fresno City College Old Administration Building to celebrate the award of a $66 million contract to build a new campus in west Fresno. They also celebrated the refinancing of bond measure dollars that will save $1.2 million. The refinancing...
Fresno Homeless Count: 45% More People on Streets, More People Housed
Even as local leaders marshal more resources and team up to tackle homelessness, the number of people living on the streets of Fresno has climbed 45%. Listen to this article: That's the big takeaway from Wednesday's announcement of the point-in-time homeless count conducted in late January in Fresno and Madera...
Grizzlies Miss Rent Payments on Ballpark. City Looking at Collection Options.
The Fresno Grizzlies have not paid their rent at city-owned Chukchansi Park since the COVID-19 pandemic began, officials with Mayor Lee Brand's administration said this week. City leaders are now looking at options for how to collect. Also in Politics 101: City policy prevents commercial tenant eviction. Brand calls pending...
Demands to Defund Police Pepper Fresno Budget Opener
At its first budget hearing for the next fiscal year, the Fresno City Council stepped into the "Twilight Zone" as one member put it Tuesday. Budgeting looked much different amid the pandemic and following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. The council started debating a...
Restaurants Can Reopen Now in Fresno County as State OKs Local Plan
All Fresno County restaurants can fully reopen now. The state Department of Public Health gave the green light to Fresno County's application to move further into reopening businesses under the state's Stage 2 economic roadmap. Hours earlier, the city of Fresno announced its plan to rescind its shelter-in-place ordinance —...
Mayor Expected to Reveal Plan to Reopen Fresno Today
Update: Calling it a dramatic change in policy, Fresno Mayor Lee Brand announced in a Thursday news conference the end of the city’s shelter-in-place order effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, May 26. You can read the updated story at this link. Original story: Mayor Lee Brand will address the city at noon...
Dyer: Goal Is ‘Hundreds of Businesses’ Back Open by May 7
GV Wire asked Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer and Fresno City Councilmembers for their thoughts on Friday's extension of the shelter-in-place order through May 31. Mayor Lee Brand made the announcement, along with a plan to reopen businesses and require masks for most public activities. Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer "It is my intent...
Emergency Grants City Broad Powers Including Ban of Liquor, Gun Sales
In a public emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local laws give great latitude to leaders to do what they must to protect citizens. For example, the city of Fresno could legally end the sale of beer and liquor, gasoline, and firearms. The Fresno City Council didn't talk...
Price Gouging Ordinance on Tap for Emergency Fresno Council Meeting Today
The Fresno City Council has a tentative emergency meeting today at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a news release from Council President Miguel Arias, the council will discuss declaring a state of emergency and an anti-price gouging ordiance. As of time of publication, no agenda has...