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1 week ago | 
fresnoland.org | Diego A. Vargas
According to the city’s Vision Zero page, the city saw around 500 fatal or serious crashes from 2018 through 2022, with 127 pedestrians killed by cars. In late March, Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez walked around the block of Calwa Elementary School, examining crosswalks, streets and sidewalks as part of a county effort to improve student pedestrian safety around schools.
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2 weeks ago | 
fresnoland.org | Diego A. Vargas
What’s at stake? Protesters stood in front of the Fresno VA Medical Center on Saturday to rally against planned budget cuts that would cut 17% of the VA’s workforce along with hundreds of contracts that provide veterans with healthcare services. Demonstrations continue in Fresno against the Trump administration’s budget cuts, with veterans and citizens lining the front of the Veterans Affairs hospital on Saturday.
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3 weeks ago | 
kvpr.org | Diego A. Vargas
This story was originally published by Fresnoland. Some local Fresno County elected school leaders have their work cut out for them to make sure they’re legally transparent to the public about their decision-making. In its first report of the year, the Fresno County Civil Grand Jury found that elected board members in Fresno County school districts were unaware of required ethics training and of the consequences of violating the Ralph M.
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3 weeks ago | 
fresnoland.org | Diego A. Vargas
What's at stake? A report released by the Fresno County Civil Grand Jury found that board members across Fresno County School districts were poorly informed about state-mandated trainings and consequences related to the Brown Act. Some local Fresno County elected school leaders have their work cut out for them to make sure they’re legally transparent to the public about their decision-making.
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1 month ago | 
fresnoland.org | Diego A. Vargas
What's at stake? The Fresno City Council approved initial work to begin on three corridors in the city to expand with bike lanes. New bike lane expansions may be coming to Fresno following the city council’s approval to begin preliminary work on three selected corridors.
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1 month ago | 
fresnoland.org | Diego A. Vargas
Overview: During the State of Downtown event, Mayor Jerry Dyer announced a survey where Fresnans can vote to bring back the street market portion of Art Hop on the first Thursday or first Friday of every month. The hall of The Grand 1401 erupted in cheers when Mayor Jerry Dyer announced the return of the street market portion of ArtHop during Thursday’s “State of Downtown” event.
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1 month ago | 
fresnoland.org | Pablo Orihuela |Diego A. Vargas
A Fresno County superior court judge today dismissed the case against 77-year old unhoused Fresno man charged with violating the city’s anti-camping ban ordinance, saying that the Fresno city attorney’s office violated his right to a speedy trial. Judge Brian Alvarez presided over the case Thursday morning.
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1 month ago | 
fresnoland.org | Pablo Orihuela |Diego A. Vargas
Overview: What was meant to be the first trial of a homeless resident fighting the city’s anti-encampment ordinance in court Thursday ended up, instead, as a quick procedural matter — as Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez dismissed the case entirely. The judge dismissed the city’s case against defendant Wickey Two Hands, saying the city violated Two Hands' right to a speedy trial.
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2 months ago | 
fresnoland.org | Diego A. Vargas
What happened? Nearly 2,000 protesters filled the sidewalk along Shaw Avenue on Saturday as part of a nationwide protest calling out President Donald Trump’s cuts to social programs and services. As part of larger nationwide protests, nearly 2,000 Fresnans gathered along East Shaw Avenue on Saturday to speak out against the Trump administration’s policies affecting multiple sectors of American life, including healthcare, immigration and education.
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2 months ago | 
fresnoland.org | Diego A. Vargas
What's at stake? Protests against the Trump Administration and Elon Musk’s planned budget cuts to public services and programs have begun to make themselves apparent in Fresno, with two protests occurring this past week and more still to come. As protests spark across the nation against President Donald Trump’s plans to gut programs like Medicaid and the United States Postal Service, local residents have taken to the streets of Fresno to call for action.
