A pair of near tragedies inspired the White family to demand improvements for Fresno’s historic Jackson neighborhood.
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Amid division, attempt to remove Fresno City College academic senate president fails
The Fresno City College Academic Senate on Wednesday failed to take action on tenured communication instructor Tom Boroujeni, who has been on involuntary administrative leave since Nov. 30 but has refused to step down as president. During the final meeting of the semester, not enough members of the senate voted to remove Boroujeni as president, […]
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No hate crime charges against Fresno man over Tower District violence
Fresno County prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges against the man arrested after last month’s Tower District Porchfest violence, but declined to seek hate crime charges despite acknowledging the incident was racially-fueled. Francisco Samaniego faced a felony robbery charge and three misdemeanor counts of battery at his arraignment May 16 in Fresno County Superior Court. […]
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Fresno to celebrate Hmong American Day this Saturday
In 1975, as communist troops took control of Saigon and the United States ordered its personnel to evacuate, millions of people fled Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. On May 14 that year, the last airlift of Hmong families and soldiers who had supported U.S. efforts, departed for refugee camps in Thailand and later established new lives […]
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Another setback for Fresno’s multi-million dollar downtown revitalization plan
Gov. Gavin Newsom has delayed for another year $200 million of funding for Fresno infrastructure, posing the latest obstacle to Mayor Jerry Dyer’s plans to revitalize the city’s downtown. It was previously delayed for only one year, but at Dyer’s annual State of the City address Thursday, he said he got the bad news last […]
Posted inDevelopment
Fresno’s sprawl ambitions collide with market realities, report finds
A sweeping analysis of Fresno’s long-term development trends by the Urban Institute is raising red flags about the city’s plan to build a major new suburban community on its southeastern flank. Even as city leaders tout the 9,000-acre South East Development Area (SEDA) as a model for sustainable sprawl, the project appears to be running […]
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Fresno Unified’s new interim superintendent wants ‘double-digit gains’ in student performance
Misty Her, who will take over as Fresno Unified interim superintendent once Bob Nelson steps down from the district’s top job, shared her priorities for the district in a news conference Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Her said she was working on a 100-day plan and said she wants to see “double-digit gains” in student achievement. […]
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‘Very, very unusual.’ Is Valley Children’s taking more than it’s giving back?
The pandemic spelled disaster for countless Central Valley industries and businesses, including hospitals. In Madera County, the only general acute care hospital cited financial challenges before shuttering in 2022 and later filing for bankruptcy. But just a 20-minute drive south to Valley Children’s Hospital, an entirely different financial reality unfolded in the same county. At […]
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Fresno’s newest judge makes local and California state history
Fresno’s chief assistant city attorney will join the Fresno County Superior Court bench following his recent appointment by the California governor. Raj Singh Badhesha becomes the first ever Sikh to wear a judge’s robe in Fresno County and the first Sikh judge in California who observes the practice of wearing the Sikh headdress known as […]
Posted inSafety
How a suicide crisis led to change at the Tulare County jail
VISALIA – Lt. Buddy Hirayama sagged into his desk chair after a busy morning on his first day leading a county jail system running along the eastern edge of California’s San Joaquin Valley. A call crackled across his radio: “Man down. Unresponsive.” Hirayama and almost two dozen deputies raced to a cell where a man […]
