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The Fresno City Council is dealing with a good problem, an $8.6 million windfall. The council voted Thursday to spend the net balance of the funds - $5.8…

Could the San Joaquin River, long a dividing line in the heart of California, unite the state in pursuit a more metropolitan future for the Central…

It’s been an eventful first year on the Bakersfield City Council for Andrae Gonzales, who represents downtown, Westchester and other Ward 2 neighborhoods.…

After decades of complaints from residents, a vote this week by the Fresno City Council could signal what some think is a new direction for southwest…

This week on Valley Edition we talk about the issue of hunger in the valley. A new survey of high poverty neighborhoods known as Fresno Hunger Count aims…

Will California’s high-speed rail system be German enough?That question is not a joke, as I learned last month while riding Germany’s popular high-speed…

Fresno City Council President Oliver Baines says a new city-sponsored planning effort could finally give Southwest Fresno residents the community they…

The Kearney Palms Shopping Center on Fresno Street just west of Highway 99 is often held up as the shining example of the potential future of Southwest…

The Fresno City Council has rejected a proposal to move forward with an effort to preserve area farmland from development.The council voted down the…

The Fresno City Council approved a new general plan last night that for the first time attempts to but the brakes on suburban sprawl. Over the next two…