As a beaver and children played in the San Joaquin River, a Fresno assemblyman talked about changes he wants to see on the state board that governs access to the local waterway. During a news conference to celebrate a $15 million allocation in the state budget for the San Joaquin...
Mrs. Mims Goes to Washington (Virtually)
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims testified at a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Thursday, talking about police interactions with people experiencing behavioral health issues. Mims participated remotely for the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism. She testified that responding to calls can be "very dynamic and, in some cases, dangerous" because deputies...
Bill Would Change Board Overseeing SJ River Access. Is Update Needed?
The San Joaquin River Conservancy Board could expand under proposed legislation from Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula. The 15-member board — its membership comprised of elected officials from Fresno and Madera, along with appointees from state agencies and the public — sets policy and manages lands for the river parkway from Highway...
Vehicle Access Plan for San Joaquin River Gets Conservancy OK
After decades in the making and years discussing the current plan, the government agency in charge of improving public access to the San Joaquin River has agreed on a path forward. The San Joaquin River Conservancy board approved a plan to build roads and access points at both Spano Park...
Raging Waters: River Conservancy Board Sued Over Access Vote
It was only a matter of time before the San Joaquin River Conservancy Board faced a lawsuit about where to build an access point to the river. That time was 30 days. In December 2017, the board voted to build at Spano Park, at the end of Palm Avenue at...
Board Flip-Flops on River Access Plan, More Delays Ahead
Brett Frazier stormed out of Fresno City Hall chambers, his face as red as his hair. Angry, he didn’t want to talk about the previous five hours chairing the San Joaquin River Conservancy Board meeting. The Madera County supervisor and his colleagues from various local and state agencies endured what...
Absentee Returns Suggest Strong Interest in Supervisor Race
The election clerk’s office reports that voters have returned nearly 11,000 absentee ballots in the March 5 election for a vacant Fresno County supervisor seat. That is a 15% return rate of the approximately 71,600 sent out. In all, District 2 has 113,596 registered voters, meaning 63% received mail-in ballots. The...
Johnson's 'Small' Donors? They Include Big Labor.
At Monday’s (Feb. 11) Board of Supervisors forum, candidate Nasreen Johnson criticized Steve Brandau for taking developer contributions. “My campaign comes from folks like you, writing small contributions. That’s how I’m running my campaign. I’m not tied to any developers, and I truly have the voice of the people and...