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City Clerk Spence tenders official complaint over Bredefeld comments
Yvonne Spence's complaint over Bredefeld's NFL comments touched off a charter showdown, forcing the Council and Executive Branch to grapple with the issue.
October 13, 2017
Years after hammering SMG, Convention Center catering deal gets minimal looks
A smooth-sailing, no-bid contract for catering the City-owned, SMG-operated Convention Center is a departure from then-Councilman Lee Brand's hard-charging attacks on SMG.
October 10, 2017
Fresno, State Center look to jump the line to score $4.5mil for West Fresno college
City Hall wants more than $4 million of Measure C funds to help build a new junior college satellite campus in West Fresno. All it will take is a big rewrite of Measure C spending rules.
October 8, 2017
How Mims, Dyer are handling dueling immigration commands from Washington, Sacramento
Jerry Brown and Jeff Sessions are in a tug-of-war over local law enforcement cooperation with ICE. Here's what's happening in Fresno.
October 6, 2017
Fresno officials see Spain magic, tested patience in high-speed rail hopes
Mayor Lee Brand and a handful of civic leaders returned on Saturday from a weeklong trip to Spain where they met with that nation’s top high-speed rail officials.
October 5, 2017
Ridership in doldrums, FAX fare cut to $1
The big challenge facing city officials: How does City Hall fix FAX if it doesn’t know why ridership fell by nearly half in a mere seven years?
October 3, 2017
Caglia joins in blitz on SW Fresno's "reverse triangle" with bid for industrial park
The Caglias' 2 million square-foot development would neighbor Amazon's fulfillment center and, if all goes according to the City's plan, the high-speed rail heavy maintenance facility
September 29, 2017
Bredefeld goes off on NFL protests
Fresno City Council Member Garry Bredefeld made the following remarks during the “council member comments” period early in…
September 28, 2017
Fresno has a new transportation director, same BRT problems
Jim Schaad will take on a FAX system with declining ridership and a Bus Rapid Transit rollout that still has many question marks.
September 27, 2017
Beefed up Fresno P.D. sticks to its guns, cuts into crime trends
Amid talk of expanding the Fresno Police Department to 1,000 officers, Chief Jerry Dyer said “I’m no longer worried” about getting qualified candidates.
September 26, 2017
