As shelter-in-place continues, parks are one outlet for residents to stretch their legs and clear their heads. For the ninth year in a row, however, Fresno’s acreage and investment in parks ranks near the bottom compared to the largest 100 cities in the nation. Last year, Fresno’s ParkScore was 92 …
Read More »This Fresno Nurse Is On A Mission To Help Frontline Workers And Local Restaurants At The Same Time
Tali Whelan is a registered nurse. “I have worked the long 12-hour shifts in the past, and so I know how difficult it can be to be on your feet for so long and constantly on the go,” said Whelan. She normally works in a dermatology office, but right now, …
Read More »Corals on Great Barrier Reef will never be the same after back-to-back heat waves, scientists say
The Great Barrier Reef suffered a catastrophic die-off after two back-to-back marine heat waves in 2016 and 2017, a new study finds – and many of its reef communities have … Click to Continue »
Read More »Same person may have started 2 fires in Merced, official said
Two fires put out by firefighters in Merced Saturday evening may have been started by the same person, fire officials said. City of Merced firefighters received a call of a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Second crash in two days on the same spot along this Merced highway
On Tuesday night a car crash occurred in the same area as the four car pile up on Monday morning in Merced County, according to California Highway Patrol. Reasons for … Click to Continue »
Read More »Ken Riddick, Modesto Bee president and publisher, takes same position at Fresno Bee
Ken Riddick, The Modesto Bee’s president and publisher, was named Tuesday to the same position at The Fresno Bee. It’s a return to his roots for Riddick, 60, who first … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater man shot in same neighborhood as his two brothers
A 23-year-old Atwater man was shot twice Saturday night while standing in the doorway of his home on Atwater Boulevard, the Police Department has confirmed. Xavier Tucker was shot in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston candidate can’t be city cop and councilman at same time, law says
The second highest vote-winner in the Livingston City Council election is a police officer who works for the city’s police department, creating an apparent conflict of interest, the Sun-Star has … Click to Continue »
Read More »Save Mart to Close Central Fresno Store Weeks After Vons Closure in Same Area
Save Mart announced Tuesday it will be closing its store at Blackstone and Clinton in central Fresno on June 27 due to a recent increase in competition. This comes three weeks after a nearby Vons at Blackstone near Ashlan announced it’s closing its doors June 12. Sixty two employees work at that …
Read More »Five 1944 Graduates Now Live In Same Place
Five classmates, five high school seniors, Dorothy Jackson, Bud & Jan Richter, Melba Walker, and George Zerlang, who all graduated the same year from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1944. "Were we in the same class?" Walker said. All of them went their separate ways, but now their together again …
Read More »Parents Graduate At Same Time as Kids
It’s an incredible moment most parents and children don’t get to share. Angel Pichardo and his daughter Selina both graduated on the same day. "She was in school. She inspired me to go back as well," Angel Pichardo said. Angel earned his MBA and Selina a degree in communications. They …
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