For two years, they brought southwest Fresno together for fun and exercise. Then City Hall got involved
Dakari Cleveland could go on and on about the impact of a health and wellness program he and his friends have organized on Fresno’s westside since 2024. There’s no way to talk about it without explaining how Wellness to the West redefined the under-utilized and almost abandoned Kearney Triangle Park in southwest Fresno as a…
Meet the (seven!) candidates for Fresno City Council, District 3
Voters in southwest Fresno, downtown and the Tower District will elect a new councilmember for the first time in eight years on June 2. Councilmember Miguel Arias, who first won the District 3 seat in 2018, hits his two-term limit this year. The open seat has drawn seven candidates — including a sitting state assemblymember,…
A guide to Fresno County’s Hmong and Mien strawberry stands
Springtime in the Central Valley means it’s busy season for Kevin Yang and other local strawberry farmers. The fields at Sunshine’s Farm fill with families eager to pick the juiciest strawberries, enjoy food trucks, and just relax in the sunshine during the goldilocks season before it gets too hot. Yang’s family is among dozens of…
Meet the ‘Dream Team’ bringing R&B — and thousands of people — to West Fresno’s Kearney Park
Delanno Hopkins wanted something at the scale of downtown Fresno’s Tequila Fest, but built with the city’s Black communities in mind. That dream gave rise to last October’s first-ever R and B in the Park event, which drew nearly 1,000 visitors to West Fresno’s historic Kearney Park. But it took some mountain-moving to get to…
Southwest Fresno fights to defend its landmark plan
For more than three years, the owners of roughly $47 million worth of industrial property in southwest Fresno – including a minority owner of the Sacramento Kings – have been trying to rezone 55 acres of one of California’s most polluted neighborhoods back to industrial. The state’s air regulator, the city’s planning commission, city planning…
‘This is dirty.’ Fresno City Council erupts over corruption allegations and legal threat
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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