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…
Fresnoland’s 2025 in Review: Five of our favorite neighborhood stories
Looking back at Fresnoland accomplishments in 2025, one of the efforts of which I’m most proud was our decision to go even deeper into our neighborhoods. We wanted to explore the often untold or forgotten stories of the store owners, the artists, the cooks and history makers that shape our community as much and sometimes…
Do you have old photos or stories about West Fresno? A whole bunch of artists want to talk to you
As a kid, Ronda Kelley remembers seeing Napoleon riding around West Fresno. Not the pillaging French emperor, but a much more welcome visitor to her side of town in the ’70s. In West Fresno, Napoleon sold fruits and vegetables out of his truck when there weren’t any grocery stores you could get to without having…
New public charter school campus near Fresno zoo set for July 2026 completion
A new public charter school campus in Fresno Unified is on schedule to be completed by July of 2026 and will be the new site for Golden Charter Academy. Founded by former NFL player and Edison High alum Robert Golden, Golden Charter Academy is a K-8 charter school with an emphasis on environmental conservation. They…
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