Danielle Bergstrom

Fresno

Executive Director at Fresnoland

Mama x 2. Having fun in @fresnoland. Urban planner, always. Journalist, mostly. [email protected]

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Articles

Join us on April 22 with California and Fresno leaders to talk about the future of high-speed rail

2 weeks ago | fresnoland.org | Danielle Bergstrom

10 years ago, every major politician in California trotted down to Fresno to break ground on the state’s first high-speed rail project. The ambitions for Fresno have been large. But while the project has hit some success despite the several obstacles, it’s over a decade behind the initial schedule projections, without a clear timeline to connect Central Valley residents with the Bay Area or LA. The stakes for the project couldn’t be higher right now.
Intro interview: Fresno District 6 Councilmember Nick Richardson talks speeding on Friant, CEMEX, and policing

2 weeks ago | fresnoland.org | Danielle Bergstrom

Fresnoland is holding intro interviews with incoming Fresno City Councilmembers and Fresno County Supervisors on our weekly podcast, Fresnolandia, starting with Supervisor Luis Chavez. A lightly edited version of our conversation with newly elected District 6 councilmember Nick Richardson is below. Listen to the full episode below, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Fresnolandia Podcast: The innovative rural health program at risk

3 weeks ago | fresnoland.org | Danielle Bergstrom

On this week’s Fresnolandia podcast, Jordan and Danielle talk with Genoveva Islas, executive director of Fresno-based nonprofit Cultiva La Salud about recent cuts from the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Department to Fresno County’s public health department.
Community health nonprofits in Fresno lose millions to Trump cuts

3 weeks ago | fresnoland.org | Danielle Bergstrom

Fresno County officials notified nearly a dozen nonprofits this week that $11 million in federal grants for community health have been canceled, according to a county memo acquired by Fresnoland. The immediate cuts – effective March 24 – are a result of the Trump Administration’s move this week to cancel more than $12 billion in funding to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control.
How to vote in the Fresno special election March 18

1 month ago | fresnoland.org | Julianna Morano |Danielle Bergstrom

What’s at stake? The March 18 special election is a showdown between four candidates to win the District 5 Fresno City Council seat vacated by Luis Chavez, who left the council to after winning an election to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. Early voting for the District 5 Fresno City Council special election is underway – and there’s several ways to make sure you can cast your ballot before polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Fresnolandia Podcast: Will Fresno still benefit from high-speed rail?

1 month ago | fresnoland.org | Danielle Bergstrom

Have thoughts or questions about high-speed rail’s future for Fresno that you want Fresnoland to explore? Fill out our survey here. On this week’s Fresnolandia, Jordan and Danielle speak with Egon Terplan, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley’s Institute for Transportation Studies and a former senior advisor for Gov. Gavin Newsom on high-speed rail and economic development, about what the project’s shaky future could still mean for Fresno.
Fresno, let's talk high-speed rail.

1 month ago | fresnoland.org | Danielle Bergstrom

10 years ago, every major politician in California trotted down to Fresno to break ground on the nations’s first high-speed rail project. The ambitions for Fresno have been large. A revitalized downtown, connected in just an hour to the Silicon Valley. Tech companies relocating to Fresno. Building an ag-tech hub in Fresno and Merced. Tens of thousands of construction jobs, paving the way to even more middle and higher-wage permanent jobs.
Peach Avenue park in southeast Fresno was years in the making

1 month ago | fresnoland.org | Danielle Bergstrom

Northeast Fresno has Woodward. Central Fresno has Roeding. At the edge of southwest Fresno, Kearney Park. And now, after a nearly 15-year long effort, southeast Fresno has broken ground on its own regional park. Northeast Fresno has Woodward. Central Fresno has Roeding. At the edge of southwest Fresno, Kearney Park. And now, after a nearly 15-year long effort, southeast Fresno has broken ground on its own regional park.
Fresnolandia Podcast: Will Fresno go for a public safety tax?

1 month ago | fresnoland.org | Danielle Bergstrom

On this week’s Fresnolandia, Jordan and Danielle talk with Fresnoland’s government accountability reporter, Omar S. Rashad, about Fresno’s public safety funding crisis and early talks to go to the voters to finance the city’s major investment in more cops and firefighters. They also spoke with Julianna Morano, Fresnoland’s labor and economy reporter, about the special election to fill Luis Chavez’ former seat on the Fresno City Council. Spotify | Apple Podcasts New taxes?
Fresno leaders split on federal decision to audit high-speed rail

2 months ago | fresnoland.org | Danielle Bergstrom |Omar Rashad

What's at stake? Facing potentially more delays and cost overruns, this most recent audit - which could potentially attempt to clawback $4 billion in federal grants - could be a death knell to the project. Fresno leaders are split about the future of California’s high-speed rail project as the federal government plans to audit the project for fraud and waste.