Hilmar
Hilmar, CA · Municipal
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Where a Juvenile Hall Once Stood, Area 1 Candidates Make Their Case
On October 10, I went to Farber Educational Campus with a recorder in my handbag and a bit of election season cynicism. Many election forums can seem similar. This location is far from typical. Farber, Fresno Unified’s roughly $65 million alternative education campus, sits on the former Fresno County Juvenile Hall, which closed in 2006 and was torn down in 2019. Walking in, I felt that this space had not yet completely forgotten its past. Somewhere under the brand-new paint and career pathway banners this old land still seemed to be listening, wondering what the grownups would say about kids now. On the other hand, I also saw a monument to progress. Ever since I was a teenager, I have advocated against the school-to-prison pipeline, and this was a visceral representation of my goals, especially since the demolition lined up with my own senior year of high school.
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Nelson Esparza leads Shannon Grove in early Board of Equalization District 1 race
FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno City Councilmember Nelson Esparza is ahead of state Sen. Shannon Grove in the race for the state Board of Equalization’s District 1 seat, according to early election results. As of 8:08 a.m. on Nov. 4, Esparza, a Democrat, had received 53.8% of the districtwide...
fscollegian.com
Meet the candidates for District 1: Rob Fuentes and Naindeep Singh
A State Center Community College District 1 trustee and Central Unified School District trustee are running for Fresno City Council District 1 to replace Annalisa Perea. District 1 includes parts of the Tower District, the Fresno High area and neighborhoods west of Highway 99. In the primary election, Rob Fuentes...
midvalleytimes.com
UHC invites Dinuba to ‘Fall Into Wellness’
DINUBA – Local healthcare workers are preparing to have some festive fall fun with the community they serve, while raising awareness on the importance of preventative care. On Nov. 14, United Health Centers invites the community to the Fall Into Wellness Health Fair. Running from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 300 Westgate Way, the fair will bring a host of medical and dental services to the community, as well as a handful of activities for families to enjoy.
EdSource
State board green lights election for Clovis Unified teachers union
Two competing groups seeking to unionize educators in Clovis Unified School District have cleared a key hurdle, with California’s Public Employment Relations Board determining that both petitions have enough signatures to trigger an election, the groups announced Friday on social media. The labor board has yet to determine which educators will be eligible to vote, including whether the election will be limited to only... read more
The Fresno Bee
What councilmembers think of changes to Fresno's Tower District. ‘Learning in real time'
Councilmembers Annalisa Perea and Miguel Arias are sharing their thoughts on the new changes that rolled out in Fresno’s Tower District last week — particularly the increased police presence and how the “vendor market zone” is going so far. Late last weekend, The Bee visited the zone — located in a vacant parking lot at Olive and Van Ness avenues. There were four vendors and a minimal amount of people in the parking lot. Vendors expressed that their sales were negatively impacted by the city council’s decision to restrict food trucks and sidewalk vendors to the lot Thursday through Sunday. In addition to the lack of activity at the vendor zone, there were large groups of police officers throughout Tower. The Bee shared photos and videos from the Tower District with Perea and Arias, who represent portions of the neighborhood, and requested their thoughts. During a phone call Tuesday afternoon, Perea told The Bee that the increased police presence is largely focused in front of specific clubs with those businesses’ support. “The reason the community is seeing a denser presence of cops — particularly in front of Bobby’s and Vibez and MIA — is because those respective businesses are funding