Good morning! Today is Tuesday, March 26. Danielle, here.
Love books and kids? Fresno County is now recruiting for the new Community Parent and Guardian Review Committee. The committee, approved by a majority of supervisors last year, has been criticized for its perceived aims to ban books with LGBTQ+ themes from Fresno County libraries. Applications can be filed on the county’s website here. Appointments will be made after April 4, 2024.
Will Fresno residents support higher trash collection fees? Debate begins this week
The first of a series of meetings begin this week ahead of a proposal to raise garbage collection fees across Fresno. The first meeting to discuss the Solid Waste Management Division’s five-year plan is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 27 in the Council Chambers at City Hall. Additional meetings […]
The outrage over Valley Childrens’ Hospital executive pay, explained
Fresno got big mad last week when it was revealed that the CEO of Valley Children’s Hospital earned more than $5 million in 2021, Fresnoland’s Omar Shaikh Rashad reported. Councilmembers Miguel Arias and Garry Bredefeld called executive compensation at the children’s hospital a “disgrace” and an “absolute outrage.” Four other […]
Fresno had just five neighborhood watch groups in 2022. Soon we could have more than 200
The City of Fresno gave a $100,000 grant to Fresno Police and Neighborhood Watch, a nonprofit that organizes local neighborhood watch groups across the city. The grant was approved by the Fresno City Council at a Thursday city council meeting, along with 23 other items on the consent agenda — […]
