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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
‘They don’t have a lot of options left.’ Fresno projects $23.3 million budget deficit
The messy inside story of how City Hall discovered embezzlement allegations at the Fresno Arts Council
HOUSING
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…
‘This is dirty.’ Fresno City Council erupts over corruption allegations and legal threatÂ
Fresno city councilmembers threw accusations of backdoor dealing and inappropriate decorum at one another Thursday in a case of mudslinging that also resurrected an old debate around a controversial city rezoning plan. Thursday’s testy council argument erupted during a hearing to adopt the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan. Specific plans are roadmap documents that City…
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Resources for Renters
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
How a Fresno judge shut down landmark environmental suit against Caltrans’ Highway 99 expansion
On the coast of Monterey in the early 1990s, residents of Carmel-by-the-Sea went to federal court to stop Caltrans from building a freeway through Hatton Canyon, a stretch of wetlands and rare Monterey pines just east of town. Caltrans’ plan called for a new bridge over the Carmel River, two new interchanges, and a widening…
WORK
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…
Thousands of Fresno-area truck drivers in limbo amid legal fights with California and the Trump Administration
A December lawsuit filed by the Sikh Coalition and others on behalf of the Jakara Movement and five anonymous immigrant drivers challenges the DMV’s planned cancellation of nearly 20,000 commercial driver’s licenses.
Community
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…
‘An opportunity to love people.’ Inside Fresno’s growing devotion to faith-based coffee
A wave of Christian coffee shops is emerging across Fresno and Clovis, serving affordable coffee, while doubling down as hubs of community care and connection.