West Fresno’s Sweet Potato Project offers hope, dreams to disadvantaged youth

On the crisply cold Saturday morning before Halloween, approximately 50 young people, ages 12-15, wearing broad farmers’ straw hats and white T-shirts emblazoned with the “Sweet Potato Project,” mingled with an impressive lineup of guests. Mark Salazar, the Fresno Police’s deputy chief, told the students to recognize they’re “part of a special program” and to…

City Council rezones 25% of 92.5 acres of disputed land to industrial, asks city planner to find solution for the rest

When the Fresno City Council began its hearing on the application by developers to rezone 92.5-acre, 15-parcel site in southwest Fresno from the current Neighborhood Mixed Use zoning to Light Industrial Use, the potential outcomes seemed straightforward. The council had four options: to approve, to reject, to table, or to  approve with modifications. The council…

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