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Redwoods receives bowl game invite for the fourth time in five years
College of the Redwoods football is making a habit of qualifying for bowl games. On Sunday it was announced that head coach Jason White and his players will play in the 2026 Seqouia Bowl in Visalia on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. This marks the fourth time Redwoods...
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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.
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Some incumbents struggling in latest Fresno County school board election update
Another election results update is in, and in the Fresno school board trustee races many incumbents are struggling. The tight race to represent Fresno Unified School District’s Area 3, Sunnyside, is heating up with incumbent Valerie Davis falling behind Riley Talford. Talford presently has 50.72% of the expected vote, while Davis has 48.73% — a difference of about 160 votes. Similarly, McLane region incumbent Veva Islas is still trailing behind Karen Steed, who has 36.54% of the expected vote. Islas is at 33.13%, while Mirna Garcia has 29.86%. As for the election to represent the district’s Edison region, Miguel Arias is still maintaining a sizable lead — over 1,200 more votes that the runner-up — in the crowded race. In Central Unified, incumbent Josh Sellers is trailing behind John Nale by just 80 votes in the Area 1 race. However, another incumbent — Harman Singh — has nearly 49% of the vote to continue leading Area 3, putting him ahead of challengers Erica Gonzalez Piedra and Lavera Smith. The remaining Central Unified races for areas 4 and 7 do not have any incumbents in the running, though Carmen Flores and Diljot Singh are leading their races with 53.02% and 57.46%
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Sanger PD receives ‘hometown heroes’ donation
SANGER — The city’s new Tractor Supply store gave a $250 donation to the Sanger Police Department as part of the company’s annual celebration of military service members and hometown heroes. Tractor Supply Company is the nation’s largest rural lifestyle retailer, and launched its first location in...
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Local artists to bring holiday magic to Selma
SELMA – As winter magic begins to manifest across the Central Valley, the Selma Arts Center is looking to bring some festive fun to an upcoming holiday attraction. Until Nov. 23, artists from Selma and its neighboring communities are invited to submit holiday-themed artwork for display during the opening celebration of the city’s upcoming ice rink. In addition to bringing some extra holiday spirit to the rink for its Dec. 5 opening, the top three submissions will receive placement ribbons for their work, with the first place winner also receiving four free ice-skating passes.
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Fuentes concedes city council race to Singh
Rob Fuentes has conceded the election for Fresno City Council District 1 to Naindeep Singh. Fuentes made the decision after Singh took a significant lead after the latest vote update. Driving the news: Tuesday’s vote update from Fresno County pushed Singh up by roughly 6.5 points and nearly 1,000 votes....
The Fresno Bee
State Center College District picks new chancellor. She worked under embattled predecessor
The State Center Community College District has officially selected a new leader: an internal candidate who formerly worked alongside the former, controversy-embroiled chancellor. During Tuesday night’s board meeting, trustees unanimously decided that deputy chancellor Christine Holt-McDonald will assume the role of chancellor. The district entered into a two-and-a-half-year employment agreement with Holt-McDonald, who will earn an annual salary of $365,000. “I’m very honored and very humbled, to be the next chancellor of State Center Community College District,” Holt-McDonald said during the meeting. Holt-McDonald joined the district in 2025 and previously served as the chancellor of a university in Arkansas. She worked closely alongside Carole Goldsmith, who served as the chancellor from November 2021 to September 2026. In November 2025, 250 members of the district’s faculty union unanimously issued a vote of no confidence in Goldsmith’s leadership. Hours ahead of this vote, Goldsmith announced that she’d retire in September 2026 and said the union actions had nothing to do with the decision. Ahead of trustees’ decision, Keith Ford, president of the State Center Federation of Teachers, said there are some concerns surrounding the prospect of an internal candidate leading the district. “We would be looking immediately for her to break with
The Fresno Bee
Fresno council wants new license plate reader rules, but tables talks until December
The Fresno City Council has postponed consideration of new rules for the city’s use of automatic license plate readers, known as ALPRs, until next month after some officials said a deeper conversation is necessary. The city recently announced it will not renew its contract with ALPR company Flock Safety when the agreement expires in February, citing concerns the company's systems have proven vulnerable to misuse. The city still plans to find a new ALPR company to replace Flock in Fresno soon. On Thursday, the council was scheduled to begin considering stricter rules for the city’s use of ALPR camera technology, including language against the use of facial recognition and a 30-day limit on the retention of data not connected to any police investigation. Though the Fresno Police Department has its own ALPR policies, the new ordinance, sponsored by District 6 Councilmember Nick Richardson, was intended to create citywide rules and allow the council to provide oversight of the technology. The council ultimately decided to table the item until its Dec. 3 meeting after District 3 Councilmember Miguel Arias called for more time. He urged the council to wait for the newly-elected councilmembers to take office and said a discussion on
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Downtown Fresno's New $30M Courtyard Hotel Opens After 28-Year Wait
A five-story, 144-room hotel opens its doors to guests Tuesday on a downtown Fresno corner that sat empty for a generation. The Courtyard by Marriott Fresno Downtown rises at the corner of M and Inyo streets, right next to the Fresno Convention Center, finally filling a gap that city leaders had been trying to patch since at least the late 1990s.
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Fresno, Sanger West secure first girls tennis titles; water polo semis/titles set
The Fresno High girls tennis team won the Central Section Division V championship, rallying for a 5-4 victory over No. 3 Exeter to secure the first section title in school history. The top-seeded Warriors trailed 2-1 in the doubles matches, but Fresno coach Jamesa Lundberg said he had faith in his players. They pulled through, capped by a tiebreaker win at No. 1 singles by Arianna West, who lost the first set in a tiebreaker. She won the second set 6-2 and the third-set tiebreaker, 10-6. Wins also came from No. 3 Madelyn Gonzalez, Sofia Medina at No. 4, and Brianna Alonso at No. 6. Fresno reached the championship after defeating No. 16 Taft, No. 9 McLane and No. 5 Avenal. “I am extremely proud of our girls,” Lindberg said. “They stayed competitive and focused throughout the playoffs among the attention and playoff predictions. I am also extremely grateful for my assistant coach Julie Wong. She stepped up for me in her first year assisting at Fresno High and was amazing. The section title follows the Fresno boys winning the Division IV title in 2025. Other section winners from the Fresno area include No. 2 Sanger West (Division III) and