Archive for September 6th, 2013

Historic Grant to Bring Back Vehicular Traffic to Fulton Mall

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FRESNO – The official announcement of the $15.9 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Transportation to bring vehicular traffic back to the Fulton Mall occurred at a celebration on the mall today. The project on Fulton Mall is just one of 52 across the country to receive a piece of a total of $474 [...]

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University Receives Four New Patents for Drought-tolerant Plants

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FRESNO – Fresno State received four new patents for cultivated varieties of cactus plants that can be grown in areas of the Valley with high selenium levels and limited access to quality water. The patents are co-owned by the university, Red Rock Ranch and the United States Department of Agriculture. “Developing new salt- and boron-tolerant [...]

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California Stands Out as the State Where Americans Most – and Least – Want to Live

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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Someone light the candles! California, our nation’s 31st state, celebrates its 164th birthday next Monday. Clearly many Americans think its best years are still ahead of it – when asked where, excluding their current state, they would most like to live, The Golden State is at the top of the list; fellow oceanfront states Hawaii (2) [...]

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