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City Businesses Get More Time to Apply for COVID Impact Money. County Applications Soar.

Fresno businesses now have until the end of Friday to submit applications to receive up to a $10,000 grant. The city extended its Save Our Small Businesses Act application process for one week. This is the second round of funding for the program. Councilman Mike Karbassi, who helped author the...

Free COVID Test Site Opens in NW Fresno With ‘Painless’ Swabs

Quick, painless, easy, and best of all, free. COVID-19 testing in Fresno ramped up in a big way Wednesday with the addition of a drive-up testing site at United Health Centers' Fresno location near Herndon and Milburn avenues. Listen to this article: District 2 Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi helped...

Council Dissension? Karbassi Blasts Colleagues for Empty Promises

Councilman Mike Karbassi took to the plaza in front of City Hall on Monday to criticize his colleagues for holding a news conference last week and making false promises about a second round of Save Our Small Businesses funding. "Certain council members just haven't learned to play nice with others...

Karbassi, Neighbors Respond to Tragedy With Good Ideas

The Millburn Overlook and the San Joaquin River have provided many good memories for Tiffany Bremer and her family. "I caught tadpoles down there as a kid," she says while pointing over the overlook's back railing to the river below. "Twenty years ago, this park was a selling point" for...

Councilman Arias and Chief Hall Get Into Gun 'Battle'

The Fresno Police Department needs 900 new guns. And, the city council and the mayor's office tentatively have agreed to pay for them. But, the path to "yes" included a testy exchange between council president Miguel Arias and police chief Andy Hall at Thursday's meeting. Police Gun Request Hall told...

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Waiting for developers to build sidewalks in Fresno has put generations of schoolkids in jeopardy, and three Fresno City Council members say it's time to end the wait. Councilmembers Mike Karbassi, Luis Chavez, and Paul Capriogio are introducing the "Safer Sidewalks to Schools Program" at next Thursday's council meeting. If...

Councilmen Want to End Dirt Paths to Fresno Schools

Waiting for developers to build sidewalks in Fresno has put generations of schoolkids in jeopardy, and three Fresno City Council members say it's time to end the wait. Councilmembers Mike Karbassi, Luis Chavez, and Paul Capriogio are introducing the "Safer Sidewalks to Schools Program" at next Thursday's council meeting. If...

Is Fresno City Hall Jumping the Gun on CCW Security Policy?

Starting Thursday, new security policies will be implemented at Fresno City Hall — including a ban on CCW holders entering with guns. Among the biggest changes is the restriction of access points. Instead of visitors entering up the steps on the P Street side of the building or in the...

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