City Hall is serious about the anti-price gouging ordinance and shelter-in-place order put into effect in mid-March, and it shared the updated numbers Thursday morning to show what's been done so far. Fresno Price-Gouging Complaints Code enforcement has investigated 246 complaints of price gouging. Its officers also have investigated 265...
Mayor Orders Fresno Parks Closed Easter Weekend
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand announced Wednesday that all city parks will be closed Easter weekend, April 11-12, in the name of COVID-19 safety. Brand called it "an extremely difficult decision." Traditionally, Roeding Park and Woodward Park, two city-operated regional parks, draw huge crowds of families and friends celebrating the holiday....
Fresno Shelter-in-Place Order Extended to April 12
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand announced the extension of the city's shelter-in-place order through April 12 during a news conference Thursday morning at his northeast Fresno home. "All indications are we have yet to see the worst of this pandemic. I know how difficult this is for everyone," Brand said. "My...
Fresno Police Chief: Stay-at-Home Orders Only 'Panic' Community
Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall says that shelter-in-place orders spurred by the coronavirus are "symbolic in nature and will only serve to panic an already uneasy and unstable community." While Hall agrees with limiting gathering places and staying at home, he also said this in a Thursday morning email to the...
'Toughest Decision I've Made in My Time Here,' Says Mayor
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand says knew there would be pushback on his decision to impose a shelter-in-place emergency order — even one calling for voluntary compliance. He was being inundated with phone calls from worried business owners. And he knew Fresno County and Clovis leaders likely would further evaluate the...
Fresno Shelter-in-Place Ordinance Takes Effect at 12:01 AM Thursday
Citing a need to save lives and stay ahead of the curve on the worst-case COVID-19 scenarios, the city of Fresno imposed a shelter-in-place emergency ordinance Wednesday that goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Under the extraordinary measure, Fresno residents will join at least eight million other Californians who...
Mass Shootings Transform How America Talks, Prays, Prepares
CHICAGO — Pardeep Singh Kaleka has surveyed the landscape of an America scarred by mass shootings. Seven years ago, a white supremacist invaded a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and killed six worshippers — among them Kaleka's father, who died clutching a butter knife he'd grabbed in a desperate attempt to...