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The Fresno Bee
7 food businesses shut down by Fresno Co. health. Three have been cited before
Reality Check is a Fresno Bee series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email tips@fresnobee.com . Seven food businesses were temporarily closed by health inspectors in Fresno County in October. Of those, three had previously been cited for violations, according to data tracked and reported by The Fresno Bee. North Point Event Center’s West Bar Regency (and the connected Paramhans Restaurant ) was closed Oct. 6 following an inspection that found signs of a vermin infestation. Both businesses were allowed to reopen the following day with proof of pest control service and after re-inspection. The bar, at West and Ashlan avenues, had previously been closed for several weeks in April 2025 , and the event center itself was closed twice that year, according to past reporting in The Bee. Chalio’s , a Mexican restaurant on Front Street in Selma, remains closed after an Oct. 12 inspection that was instigated by an ownership change. According to the inspection report, the restaurant had been operating without a valid permit and had dozens of violations that needed to be correction before it would be allowed to reopen. The restaurant had previously been closed
midvalleytimes.com
Fowler weighs in on the future of local parks
FOWLER – As the city prepares to throw its hat in the ring for a chance at state funding, residents have taken the opportunity to share their two cents. On Nov. 10, Community and Economic Development Director Matthew Flood joined the Fowler Recreation Commission to give a presentation on an upcoming Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program grant application. In his presentation, Flood shared that staff have been hosting a handful of meetings for community members to weigh in on what they’d like to see from their local parks, and provided an opportunity for the commissioners themselves to give some additional input.
The Fresno Bee
High school football playoff scores: Latest results from Central Section (Nov. 13)
The semifinals and quarterfinals of high school football playoffs in the Central Section. Follow along with The Bee with updated scores. Central Section playoffs Friday Division I-AA semifinals No. 4 Bakersfield 44, No. 1 Central East 35, final No. 2 Buchanan 37, No. 6 Clovis West 26, final Division I-A semifinals No. 1 Garces 21, No. 5 Tulare Union 7, final No. 2 Bakersfield Christian 20, No. 6 Sanger 19, final Division II quarterfinals No. 9 Centennial 20, No. 1 Independence 16, final No. 4 Kingsburg 31, No. 12 San Joaquin Memorial 24, final No. 3 Redwood 24, No. 6 Arroyo Grande 14, final No. 2 Tulare Western 26, No. 7 San Luis Obispo 14, final Division III quarterfinals No. 1 Shafter 21, No. 8 Highland 14, final No. 4 Kerman 27, No. 5 Kennedy 17, final No. 3 Nipomo 70, No. 11 Madera 63, final No. 2 Immanuel 40, No. 7 Lompoc 13, final Division IV quarterfinals No. 8 McLane 21, No. 1 Chowchilla 7, final No. 4 Wasco 35, No. 12 Mission Prep 34, final No. 14 Atascadero 29, No. 6 North 15, final No. 10 Roosevelt 28, No. 2 Coalinga 7, final Division V quarterfinals No. 1
The Fresno Bee
Guadalajara ‘coming soon' to this Fresno corner. What it means for restaurant's fans
Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant’s “coming soon” sign at Olive and Fowler avenues has some people in Fresno buzzing. What is the popular restaurant planning? A permanent food truck. The restaurant, with its longtime location on Weber Avenue, plans to park a food truck on the property of Fresno Roofing Co., near the southwest corner. It will be open from about 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day except Tuesday, said Richard Garcia, part of the family that owns the restaurant. Garcia’s brother-in-law is manager at Fresno Roofing. “The owners always come to the restaurant and eats, and they’re always like, ‘Why don’t you set up your trailer there?’” So they made it happen. The food truck will have the same menu as the 38-year-old restaurant, including Guadalajara’s popular chile verde plate with rice and beans. Tacos, fajitas and the camarones a la diabla, a spicy shrimp dish, will be on the menu. All the dishes will have homemade tortillas too. Breakfast burritos will be available for morning commuters, along with family dinners for the after-work crowd. Exactly when the truck will open is still up in the air. The family has had the truck for a while, but haven’t used it
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We Ranked The 10 Best Breakfast Restaurants In Central California And Here Is Who Made The Cut
Oyster omelette. That’s a real breakfast order at one stop on this list, served alongside fluffy pancakes, and I can’t stop thinking about it. Another spot serves Danish pancakes in a town that leans hard into its Scandinavian roots. Central California covers a lot of ground, from foggy...
fresnoland.org
Two longtime Fresno Unified politicians are up against the ropes
Two veteran political incumbents are in danger of losing their seats on the Fresno Unified School Board following the latest update Friday from the Fresno County Elections Office. Sunnyside challenger Riley Talford, who emerged from behind earlier this week to overtake longtime incumbent Valarie Davis, expanded his lead Friday and...
The Fresno Bee
Which Fresno restaurants are closed or under new owners? Some have changed focus
The Enchanted Pour opened its upstairs speakeasy, Sin and Satin, in Fresno’s Tower District at the beginning of June. Five months later, the speakeasy announced it was closing, with its last day on Nov. 18. It’s one of several Central Valley restaurants and food or drink operations that have closed, are closing or have switched hands over the last few weeks. Under new ownership Doll’s Kitchen , a Fresno soul food brand that operates a food truck outside the Chevron at 5566 E. Kings Canyon Rd., announced Oct. 21 that the business acquired Rhapsody’s Restaurant , a soul food restaurant. Rhapsody’s Restaurant opened at 3209 W. Shaw Ave., Ste. 105, in September 2020. Doll’s Kitchen confirmed through a Facebook post that it will continue to operate the food truck and the restaurant, and that additional changes are coming. “We’re bringing two of Fresno’s favorite soul food spots together under one family — same flavors, same heart, even more soul,” Doll’s Kitchen posted. Closed or temporarily closed Craft 99 Pizza , a Detroit-style pizzeria at 585 W. Nees Ave. Ste. #123 in north Fresno, temporarily closed earlier this month and took its website offline. The restaurant offered no explanation on why,
fresnoland.org
Jobs vs. the San Joaquin River
Good morning! It’s Friday, Nov. 13. This is Rob. ‘Ready for something different’: Council candidate Naindeep Singh declared victory in the Fresno City Council D1 race, just days after opening up an insurmountable lead. Opponent Rob Fuentes conceded the race one day earlier. Instagram. Hello? Another day, another...
The Fresno Bee
Fresno State football team takes off before FAA ground stop; flight diverted in air
The Fresno State football team avoided the Federal Aviation Administration’s ground stop Friday afternoon, departing Fresno before the order halted flights nationwide. The Bulldogs departed Fresno Yosemite International Airport at 12:25 p.m. aboard a Sun Country Airlines flight, about an hour before the FAA ordered the ground stop, according to a Fresno State spokesperson. The team was scheduled to arrive in Austin, Texas, but the flight diverted to San Antonio. The team will board a bus to travel to Austin, where they are staying. Fresno State is scheduled to face Texas State at 1 p.m. Saturday in a Pac-12 matchup in San Marcos. Before takeoff, the Bulldogs posted a video showing coach Matt Entz greeting players as they boarded the plane. Wheels up to the Lone Star State https://t.co/0yz01LX07n — Fresno State Football (@FresnoStateFB) November 13, 2026 The FAA announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that a temporary telecommunications outage had prompted the ground stop. “Out of an abundance of caution all flights have been halted,” the FAA posted. “Every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case by case basis.”
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Fresno City Hall pays out $1.2 million to settle whistleblower complaint against the city attorney
Fresno City Hall settled a whistleblower and workplace retaliation claim Friday and agreed to pay a former employee $1.2 million with no admission of fault for the city. The Fresno City Council issued a lengthy statement after business hours on Friday, saying that, despite the hefty payout, City Hall continues to dispute that City Attorney Andrew Janz violated any laws.
midvalleytimes.com
Reedley writer shares tales of Valley farmworkers
REEDLEY – A local creative has reached a new audience thanks to a recent feature by the UFW Foundation. Rene Vera — artist, writer and Reedley resident of more than 20 years — has become the most recent addition to the UFW Foundation’s “Stories” page with his autobiographical short story, “At First Light.” Published to the foundation’s website in early October, the story vividly recounts Vera’s first time working in grape fields at 8 years old and, in Vera’s own words, the pain of that experience.
The Fresno Bee
Kim Stephens' son joins KMPH's Great Day + other changes at Fresno TV newsrooms
Finnley Pendergast may be new to KMPH’s TV newsroom , but he has some history with the station and its Great Day morning show. His mother, Kim Stephens, has co-hosted the newscast since its inception in 2003, playing counterpart to its well-known weatherman Kopi Sotiropulous. Pendergast grew up visiting her on set. “It was kind of boring then,” says the 22-year-old Fresno State graduate, who just last week joined the station as morning reporter and multimedia journalist. “I was just a kid.” But looking across the newsroom and seeing his mother behind the anchor desk, it hits different now that the pair are working together, he says. “It’s a really cool experience for both of us.” This is Pendergast’s first gig since graduating from Fresno State, where he helped produced a weekly newscast and anchor weather segments for the school’s student newscast. He also worked on the university’s newspaper as sports editor and as a staff reporter. Getting that practice in, especially in front the camera, was helpful, he says, for a guy who is mostly pretty reserved. But there was a big learning curve going into his first live remote from outside city hall, reporting on updates to the