Does Fresno County’s Friant Ranch new town have enough water to get through another big drought?
For three decades, developers have tried to build a new town at the foot of Friant Dam. On Tuesday, Fresno County supervisors may finally approve one, based on a water plan built on a claim the federal government says is false. Friant Ranch is a billion-dollar new town proposal just south of the community of…
Historic return of salmon to California’s once-dry San Joaquin River is spawning toward recovery, one egg at a time
It’s salmon squeezing time at California’s newest, most technologically advanced fish hatchery. Standing in a large tank filled with 54 degree water, a fish technician passes an ultrasound wand across the abdomen of an adult female Chinook salmon to ensure its eggs are fully developed. If so, techs then squeeze out some eggs from the…
Mayor Dyer joins councilmember’s push to ban data centers in Fresno
Mayor Jerry Dyer will co-sponsor a councilmember’s push to prohibit data centers in Fresno, his office announced Wednesday, a day before the city council takes up the measure. The statement puts Dyer alongside northeast Fresno City Councilmember Nick Richardson, whose resolution directs staff to write a 10-year citywide ban into the city’s Development Code. Dyer…
Fresno data center ban? Councilmember proposes citywide prohibition
A Fresno councilmember will ask his colleagues to begin writing a citywide ban on data centers, a step that would strip power the city’s Planning Director currently has to allow one. The resolution, from Councilmember Nick Richardson, directs staff to prepare an amendment to the city’s Development Code defining data centers — including facilities built…
Fresno County’s lawsuit against California, Better Roads group gets yet another judge ahead of Tuesday’s hearing
Fresno County’s lawsuit against the State of California gets its third judge swap ahead of Tuesday’s start date for the case that will decide whether a controversial countywide transportation tax proposal gets placed on the November ballot. Judge Jonathan Skiles has been selected to oversee Fresno County’s Better Roads lawsuit following 10 days’ worth of…
Meet the next judge overseeing Fresno County’s transportation tax lawsuit
Updated story: Read the latest developments on Fresno County’s lawsuit here. The dust has mostly settled on the judge disqualification spree this week in Fresno County’s lawsuit against the State of California, their own elections clerk and a local transportation tax campaign, and Judge Lisa Gamoian has emerged as the likely arbiter on the critical…
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