Next time you go to pay a traffic ticket or see a city employee looking for people watering their yards on banned watering days, that employee might be carrying a concealed fire arm. A proposal that could be before the Fresno City Council would allow just that. There are more …
Read More »Work is wrapping outside Madera on the Fresno River Viaduct for high speed rail
This May update from the California High Speed Rail Authority shows progress on various construction projects in and around Fresno including two viaducts and the Tuolumne Street bridge near downtown Fresno. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Want to be green? Work at home
Expanding mass-transit systems is a pillar of green and “new urbanist” thinking, but with few exceptions, the idea of ever-larger numbers of people commuting into an urban core ignores a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater’s budget proposed to climb as the city tries to work its way out of deficit
Atwater is looking at a $ 44.8 million budget for the new fiscal year, which includes the addition of positions for patrol officers, according to records. The balanced 2017-18 budget is … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘High-Risk Pools’ Have Been Tried Before In California. Did They Work?
California’s Republican congressmen were crucial to getting the American Health Care Act passed through the U.S. House of Representatives last week. One change to that bill was key in getting the support of at least one of those congressman: additional money for something known as ‘high-risk pools’. However, they are …
Read More »Fresno Selects Napa Artist To Create New Work For Downtown’s Mariposa Plaza
Downtown Fresno’s Mariposa Plaza could soon get a major new piece of public art. The Fresno City Council is set to vote on a proposal Thursday May 25th to award a Napa artist a $ 200,000 contract to create a new piece of public art for square at Fulton and …
Read More »No one is looking forward to traffic issues from Merced’s bridge work
It didn’t take long for the bridge work that began this week in Merced to rile residents who say they expect traffic to overflow down their street. The city is … Click to Continue »
Read More »Education, hard work part of success for Merced Latina leaders
Martha Ramirez remembers the challenges she faced when she first came to the United States in 1983 when she was about 11 years old. She overcame the difficulties of learning … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced bridge work will affect traffic beginning in April
Drivers can expect some traffic disruptions on M and G streets beginning in April, when a contractor will start work on the bridges over Bear Creek, according to city staffers. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Work on Hwy 120 to Yosemite continues; completion date is unclear
Highway 120 into Yosemite National Park remains closed while crews continue to repair the road damaged by recent storms, park officials said Monday. Also called Big Oak Flat Road, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Highway 120 West to Yosemite closed; repair work to begin next week
Repair work is expected to begin next week on Highway 120 West near Yosemite National Park where the road is too damaged to be used by motorists, park officials said … Click to Continue »
Read More »Drivers and businesses frustrated by lengthy work on Merced’s R Street
The railroad crossing at Merced’s R Street has been closed nearly three times as long as originally planned, an inconvenience and a damper on business, residents and business folks say. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Railroad crossing work in Merced delayed by recent rainstorms
Railroad crossings on Merced northernmost tracks have been closed longer than initially planned because of recent rains, according to Merced city staffers. The R Street crossing of the BNSF Railroad … Click to Continue »
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