As Fresno Planning Commission re-approves northwest Costco, major critic eyes $40 million developer fee exemption for relocation
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Judge says Fresno’s city council violated state law with illegal budget process first exposed by Fresnoland
Fresno Unified projects a $55 million deficit next year. Could Gov. Gavin Newsom fix it?
Ex-Fresno Arts Council manager to plead guilty in $1.82 million wire fraud case
Did Fresno break the law for five straight years? The case is in the judge’s hands now
HOUSING
‘Tens of millions of dollars’ could soon bring more houses to Fresno as City Hall regains a crucial designation
The City of Fresno is back in the good graces of the state’s housing regulators. That’s just one of the many announcements Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer shared on Wednesday during his 2026 State of the City address. The speech primarily focused on new housing and commercial opportunities the city can expect to see in the…
From Wall Street to Belmont Avenue, corporate landlords could be in the Fresno City Council’s crosshairs
From Trump to Newsom, there’s a new bipartisan culprit for escalating housing prices: corporate landlords. And last month, the Fresno City Council entered the chat, led by Councilmember Annalisa Perea. Her proposal – unanimously approved by the council – asks the city attorney’s office to study recent trends around corporate landlords, from rent to ownership…
Clovis Planning Commission clears way for mandatory affordable housing in new developments
The Clovis Planning Commission unanimously approved a new policy that aims to help the city build more affordable housing by leaning on developers of market-rate housing to include it in their developments. Among the biggest commitments that the new Mixed Income Zoning Ordinance asks of Clovis developers will be in making at least 5%of new…
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How to report substandard housing conditions in Fresno
If you are a renter who thinks your housing might be in need of repairs that your landlord is refusing to fix, the City of Fresno’s Anti Slum Enforcement Team may be able to help.
ENVIRONMENT
After four decades, Fresno gets a state park. Here’s what it means for the San Joaquin River Parkway.
After four decades of piecing the San Joaquin River Parkway together parcel by parcel, the state is preparing to hand six of its properties — 874 acres in all — to California State Parks, giving the long-stalled greenway its first permanent institutional landlord. The new San Joaquin River Parkway State Park is one of three…
WORK
Hundreds march in downtown Fresno in commemoration of May Day
Hundreds of Fresno workers and advocates gathered in downtown Fresno on Friday to commemorate May Day as the fight for employees’ rights take on new significance under the second Trump administration. “This May Day, we are at a historical juncture,” said Ana Padilla, executive director of the UC Merced Community and Labor Center that helped…
Things keep getting worse for California farmworkers. Would a minimum wage help?
Four years after a landmark report from UC Merced painted a dire picture of health outcomes among California’s more than 900,000 farmworkers, a new study suggests not much has improved. If anything, matters seem to have only worsened since 2022, as the 21 farmworkers interviewed for the new study told researchers. As the prices of…
Whistleblower social worker says Fresno County is mishandling cases and kids are being ‘reabused’
In 2021, the Fresno County Department of Social Services made national headlines following the revelation of poor living conditions for its foster children. First reported by The Fresno Bee, whistleblowers described children sleeping on tables inside the department’s office building, relieving themselves in water bottles, and other subpar living conditions. Now, five years later, one…
Community
With Fresno County partnership, Fresno Arts Council begins moving past embezzlement scandal
The Fresno Arts Council will remain the county’s primary arts agency. Fresno County supervisors unanimously approved keeping the Fresno Arts Council as its partner for state funding on Tuesday in spite of the arts nonprofit’s $1.8 million embezzlement scandal. Tuesday’s vote allows the council to serve as the county’s partner for the State and Local…
Fresno arts community gets its first look at how the city will run Measure P grants
Fresno’s arts community got its first peek on Wednesday at what the next Measure P arts grant cycle will look like with the City of Fresno holding the reins. City staffers with the parks department presented draft guidelines for the next cycle of funding at a meeting Wednesday night, which came with some proposed changes…
City Hall saves Advance Peace Fresno (for now), calls for greater local investment
The Fresno City Council extended a short-term financial lifeline to one of the most successful local criminal violence prevention programs, and hinted at additional support coming later this year. The council on Thursday approved a $250,000 grant for Advance Peace Fresno, extending the crime prevention program through October. Aaron Foster, program manager for Advance Peace,…
Can Fresno save one of its most effective gun-violence prevention programs?
An anti-violence program that researchers say played a major role in Fresno’s historic drop in gun violence and murder could get a second life this week at City Hall. The future of Advance Peace Fresno has been in doubt since last year when the White House gutted the program’s $2 million federal grant at the…