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Fresno spent nearly $100mil during the heat of coronavirus pandemic. Here’s where it went.
During the worst months of the coronavirus pandemic, California's fifth-largest city spent tens of millions on various services. So where did it go?
June 14, 2021
DA declining to pursue death penalty against Scott Peterson
Prosecutors and Peterson's legal team are fighting over a request for new trial. If no new trial is granted, Peterson will serve life without the possibility of parole.
May 31, 2021
Fresno Unified to fully reopen in the fall with expanded school day, services
The announcement puts en masse distance learning for California's third-largest school district in the rear-view mirror
May 31, 2021
Jurors convict Mexican national of murdering Mollie Tibbetts, Iowa college student with Fresno ties
An Iowa jury on Friday convicted farmhand Cristhian Bahena Rivera of first-degree murder in the 2018 killing of college student Mollie Tibbetts.
May 28, 2021
Dyer, Soria get into spat over Pride flag as Fresno OKs new rules for flag raising
Tempers flared over the genesis of a proposal seeking to allow Fresno's City Council to decide which commemorative flags fly at City Hall.
June 14, 2021
Generous pension, poor investments left Kern Co. taxpayers with ballooning burden, grand jury says.
Sagging pension liabilities and a lengthy timetable to turn them around led are leading to calls for reforming Kern County's largest pension plan.
May 27, 2021
California voters to decide on sports betting at tribal casinos, race tracks in 2022
Sports betting and Vegas-style roulette and dice games could be headed to California's tribal casinos, but only if California voters give the OK in 2022.
May 27, 2021
Start lining up! Fresno State’s famous corn goes on sale Monday
For a subset of Fresnans, the tagline "A tradition unlike any other" applies to the first sale of Fresno State sweet corn, not the Masters Tournament.
May 27, 2021
One year after devastating Creek Fire, enviros seek to block efforts to prevent a repeat.
Nearly one year removed from California's largest wildfire in its history, environmentalists are stiffly resisting efforts by Federal forestry officials to actively manage forests.
May 26, 2021
Dyer pitches $1.4bil budget pitch heavy on public safety additions, homeless response
Dyer said he is "extremely confident that the City of Fresno is poised to rebound financially faster than any city in California."
May 26, 2021