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Full focus on Code Enforcement: Summerset showdown delayed to June
The main event – City of Fresno vs. Chris Henry – is still on. But it turns out one side wants more training time.
May 17, 2016
City, Chris Henry prepare for appeal showdown in Council chamber
You’ve got to have a prelim before any big fight. Fresno’s code-enforcement appeal court is no different. Administrative…
May 16, 2016
Nuisance law fix or not, rebuilding good neighborhoods is more fundamental
The real question Fresno's substandard housing problems: Is it the house that makes the person or the person that makes the house?
May 13, 2016
Laying bare what ails Fresno is a tall task
When a French journalist inspecting Fresno, a new sister city, wonders why Fulton Mall is a ghost town, the answer is complex.
May 12, 2016
Fresno Unified preps to expand Fresno P.D. reach to middle schools
The Fresno City Council if it wanted on Thursday could very easily conduct a dress rehearsal for the…
May 11, 2016
City Hall scores first victory in War on Slumlords
Fresno is finally ripping into irresponsible landlords – or “slumlords” as City Hall prefers to call them.
May 9, 2016
Downtown water project ties together to parts of Swearengin's legacy
Fresno City Hall is putting the finishing touches on the best thing to happen to the South Stadium…
May 5, 2016
Mayoral campaigns could learn from Measure G defeat, Arambula victory
Lately there’s been a lot of talk about public-policy issues in the Fresno mayoral race. I think it’s…
May 4, 2016
These are the 30 Fresno streets most likely to see new signals
The City just released its list of traffic signal targets for replacement. Take a look at the top 30 of 64 intersections slated for brighter lights.
May 2, 2016
Housing element opens debate about Fresno's housing mix
How did Joseph Chamberlain wind up at Fresno City Hall on Thursday? I thought he was deader than…
April 29, 2016