‘A toxic dumping ground’: Community groups file lawsuit against Caltrans over Highway 99 expansion
Calling on Caltrans to withdraw a Highway 99 expansion plan in South Central Fresno, local community groups have filed a lawsuit against Caltrans which alleges the state agency’s environmental review violated state law.
Fresno Planning Commission moves forward another downtown Starbucks
At its March 15 meeting the Fresno Planning Commission denied an appeal and upheld a conditional use permit for a new Starbucks location at 2840 Tulare Street and continued a decision on a new car wash facility to May 3.
Fresno highway expansion plan faces new EPA inquiry
On Monday, the federal EPA told Fresnoland it is taking a closer look at Caltrans’ environmental review for a set of interchange projects in South Central Fresno, along Highway 99. The EPA’s statement comes after Fresnoland reported last week that the Caltrans environmental review contained no public health analysis. The EPA is reviewing its decision…
5,000 free air filters coming soon to south central Fresno, pending state approval
The Valley Air District is giving out approximately 5,000 free air purifiers to South Central Fresno residents – and you may be eligible for one. Details on the program are scarce, as the California Air Resources Board needs to approve the program in the coming weeks. Pending the state’s likely approval, the air filter program…
How a Madera County farmworker community got state support for better streets, cleaner air
In May of 2022, residents of a small rural community called La Viña convinced a handful of California bureaucrats to visit the front lines of one of the most intensive crop burning, pesticide, and fumigation operations in the state. Leaving their glass and concrete towers in downtown Sacramento and Oakland on a Friday morning, the…
A tall task: EPA raises the bar for troubled Valley air regulators
On Friday, the country’s top air regulator proposed to strengthen federal rules for one of the Valley’s most dangerous and common air pollutants: PM2.5 particles. The Environmental Protection Agency’s new proposal would require drastic pollution cuts from local air regulators – the Valley air district and the California Air Resources Board. San Joaquin Valley residents…
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