Gregory Weaver / Fresnoland

After four decades of piecing the San Joaquin River Parkway together parcel by parcel, the state is preparing to hand six of its properties — 874 acres in all — to California State Parks, giving the long-stalled greenway its first permanent institutional landlord.

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer sent text messages to members of the Fresno Unified Board of Trustees cautioning them from passing a resolution that would oppose the Southeast Development Area plan.

A top Fresno Unified official said Mayor Dyer’s plan to open up land for nearly 45,000-homes would drain middle-class families to Clovis Unified, costing $200 million annually and forcing mass layoffs.

Behind closed doors, Fresno’s mayor strategized with builders to overcome citizen opposition and coach councilmembers into approving a 9,000-acre development that lacks any plan to pay for its infrastructure.

Federal immigration enforcement is contributing to slow Fresno County population growth, state demographer says.

A folk singer from the hills above Fresno has an answer to a set of questions shaking California to its core.

The new maps are the first to assess fire hazards in areas under local fire department control since 2011.

A string of industrial properties along Elm Avenue were rezoned to mixed-use in 2017 after a community planning process identified an over-concentration of polluting uses in residential areas. The developers and property owners say the new zoning has limited their financing options, a claim several finance experts dispute.

There's a meeting on Thursday night to discuss a proposed blast mine on the San Joaquin River. The town hall opens at 5 p.m. at the River Center, near Riverpark, with food trucks and beverages.

The Williamson Act costs a lot of money with little results. Supervisor Garry Bredefeld said he is going to be looking at the program this budget season.