South Dos Palos
South Dos Palos, CA · Business
The Fresno Bee
Coffee shop at Fresno's Campus Pointe adds something different. See the new store
Inside Look is a Fresno Bee series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Running a coffee shop wasn’t enough. So Sumer Rasheed, co-owner of Collect Coffee Bar , decided to open a store next to her coffee shop at Campus Pointe at Fresno State selling some of her favorite things. And it’s not just a store. It’s an experience. Customers can go olive oil tasting. They can make their own perfumes and candles. Children can blow off steam in a kids play area while their parents shop or sip a latte. And more interactive features are coming soon. The store, called Zaytoona , will celebrate its grand opening from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m Saturday. If Zaytoona sounds familiar, it’s because Rasheed and her husband, Jamal Taha, used to run a store of the same name at River Park. It closed several years ago. Now it’s reopen — with some changes — and connected to neighboring business, Collect Coffee Bar, via an open archway. The play area for children with toys and a miniature kitchen is open to customers of either business. Rasheed and her husband bought Collect Coffee several
kvpr.org
When wheat kings ruled the valley: The rise and fall of Clovis Cole
The town of Clovis bears his first name. But just who was the famed “Wheat King” Clovis Cole? His story today on KVPR’s Central Valley Roots. Cole was born in Indiana 1856, and came to California in 1873 with his father Stephen H. Cole, who himself would become a future mayor of Fresno. The family homesteaded a farm near Herndon and McCall east of present-day Clovis. The young Cole began his career as a teamster hauling logs in the Sierra. In 1880 he purchased 480 acres near today’s Old Town Clovis. Within four years, Cole’s empire reportedly reached 40,000 acres.
fresyes.com
Meet This & That: Echo Avenue’s New Father-Daughter Vintage Shop
Father-daughter duo Taylor Abels Rodriguez and Joel Abels have turned a passion for vintage and vintage-inspired goods into the Fresno High neighborhood’s latest family-owned business with the official opening of their store, This & That, today on Echo Ave. Located across from Fresno High, it’s tucked cozily between Moto Deli and Kuppa Joy Coffee.
hoodline.com
Shan-E-Punjab Plans Second Fresno Store, Restaurant for West Clinton Avenue
Shan-E-Punjab, the Fresno grocery chain known for its South Asian market and attached restaurant, is opening a second location in West Fresno at 2811 West Clinton Ave. The Singh family, who run the business, have remodeled a 3,700-square-foot space that previously housed Indian Market, and they're aiming to bring dine-in and takeout dining, plus an outdoor patio, to a neighborhood the family says has long supported their original store.
kvpr.org
Fresno's German Syndicate: The land speculators who sparked the Valley's growth
They were known as The German Syndicate. And in 1860s they placed a big bet on the land that would become Fresno. But just like today, sometimes big gambles pay off, and sometimes, those same empires collapse. The story of the investors who gave birth to Fresno, today on KVPR’s Central Valley Roots.
KMPH.com
Solar company bringing more than 600 jobs to Hanford
HANFORD, Calif. (FOX26) — A new solar manufacturing facility is coming to Hanford and could create more than 600 jobs in the Central Valley over the next few years. AMPS Solar is expanding into the Central Valley and plans to assemble and manufacture solar modules. Cole Earley, the company's...
CS Designs
The Fresno Shop Quietly Doing TV-Quality Ad Videos for Small-Business Prices
Fresno isn't exactly known as a media production hub. That's part of what makes Chad Stambaugh's pitch interesting. Stambaugh runs CS Designs, a digital marketing agency operating out of the Central Valley that has quietly expanded from bread-and-butter website work into a service most small businesses assumed was out of their budget: commercial-grade video ads built for both television and internet distribution.