California is not new to wildfire seasons with smoke that becomes widely dispersed throughout the state. The smoke dispersal is not necessarily a change, but the persistence, frequency and size of these fires have created recurring air quality concerns at times of the year when residents are not typically concerned about wildfires. The Creek Fire [...]

American Express has found success by operating differently than the traditional credit cards. This video talks about what’s different about them and why it works.    

Tulare, CA – For more than 52 years, World Ag Expo® has served agriculture by bringing buyers and sellers together to innovate, collaborate, and advance agriculture. In 2021, the show will not be held live for the first time in World Ag Expo® history. “After working with the Tulare County Health Department and other officials, [...]

For the fifth consecutive year, Fresno State is ranked among the top three of the nation’s best public universities for graduation-rate performance in U.S. News and World Report’s 2021 Best College rankings issued today. The University scored third-highest among public national universities and was No. 4 overall among all national universities, according to an analysis of U.S. News’ [...]

Over the past few years, Steak ‘n Shake has been on the decline. This video talks about potential reasons behind it while highlighting some of the rises and falls they’ve experienced throughout their almost 90 year history.  

Over the past decade, Uber has been one of the most scandalous companies out there. This video outlines some of their major ones.    

In May of 2020, the rental car company Hertz filed for bankruptcy. This video takes a look at their constantly changing history while trying to find reasons behind their recent troubles.    

This video talks about how the world’s largest encyclopedia came to be and how it operates differently than most other popular websites.      

HBO can be considered the first cable channel and have been making their impact on the industry ever since. This video talks about the various ways they’ve done it.    

GNC has filed for bankruptcy. This video explains the reasons behind it while taking at their unique history.

This video compares two of the biggest names in credit cards. Including their size, how they make money, how they’ve evolved, and any differences between them.    

Monster is the #1 energy drink in the United States, recently passing Red Bull which is no easy task. But they didn’t start by selling energy drinks. In fact, this company existed for years by selling different products, with a much different image than they have today.        

Zoom Video Communications has not only found its way into one of the most competitive industries out there, they’ve become a leader of it. This video talks about how they did it while attempting to explain why they’re successful.    

Clouds of white and pink smoke loom from the windows of a large Fresno County Rural Transit Authority electric bus in a Selma transportation yard during an airflow simulation study. Sitting inside — 6 feet away from one another — is a masked, multidisciplinary team of researchers and industry professionals working to understand how the [...]

(May 6, 2020) – Fifth-semester nursing student Bernadette Romero was just two months shy of graduating from Fresno State’s nursing program when COVID-19 put a stop to in-person clinicals in March. At that point, Romero needed to complete just 40 more clinical education hours required by the State of California. With many of these clinical [...]

FRESNO, CA – Fresno Mayor Lee Brand today announced the first major step in Fresno’s economic recovery, presenting the first phase of the new category of authorized businesses to re-open. The announcement was made after consultation with the Mayor’s Recovery Committee, City Manager Wilma Quan, her emergency team, Fresno City Council and the County of [...]

Fresno, CA – As part of Trillium Flow Technologies, Trillium Pumps USA, Inc. is an industry leader with more than 80 years of proven experience manufacturing vertical turbine pumps for the water and wastewater, oil and gas, mining, energy, and industrial markets both domestically and internationally. Similarly, our Salt Lake City, Utah location, established in [...]

City Manager Wilma Quan announced today that, effective immediately, the City of Fresno will be providing protective face masks to as many police officers and firefighters as possible and requiring them to wear them while they are at work.  These will primarily be surgical and cloth masks. “Our community needs every police officer and firefighter [...]

Effective immediately, all City public meetings, including but not limited to Planning Commission and Council meetings, shall be conducted electronically through web services and telephone. “In an effort to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19 and flatten the curve, City Council meetings will be held electronically while providing the public several options to participate,” said [...]

An average of 5,500 unique students visit the Student Cupboard each month to obtain food and critical hygiene items. Amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) news in recent days, student visits have increased as the need during this unexpected and challenging time continues to grow. The Fresno State Student Cupboard launched in 2014 to meet the needs of hardworking [...]