Lawsuit against Darling International also about health concerns

The future of the Darling International rendering plant could be decided soon when a Fresno County Superior Court Judge delivers his decision in a lawsuit that a citizens group filed last spring against the city and the plant. Both sides of the lawsuit met at a hearing Tuesday afternoon to give their final arguments in [...]read more »

McCarthy offers bill to speed VA disability claims

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, is adding his muscle to the effort to reduce the Department of Veterans Affairs’ disability benefits backlog. In a bill being introduced Thursday, McCarthy followed up on recommendations made by a Government Accountability Office study he ordered. The study found, among other problems, that the Los Angeles VA Regional [...]read more »

Real Estate: Housing agency aimed at Asian Americans opens Fresno office

A nonprofit housing agency with an emphasis on helping Asian American homeowners has opened an office in Fresno. The National Asian American Coalition, whose corporate headquarters is in Daly City, has a small two-person office at 2569 W. Shaw Ave., Suite 103A, between Marks Avenue and Van Ness Boulevard. The group also opened a satellite [...]read more »

Measure G is about who gets the power

READER NOTE: This blog has been updated to correct an error I made. Overtime is not pensionable for the city’s home trash drivers. My thanks to Marina Magdaleno at Local 39, Stan McDivitt at the City of Fresno Pension System and Fresno City Council Lee Brand for providing information in this updated blog. I apologize [...]read more »