FRESNO – The Economic Development Corporation serving Fresno County (EDC) has announced that a Business Delegation from Hong Kong will be visiting Fresno County on Wednesday, June 12 for the purpose of investing in our region by purchasing local products. The delegation, consisting of 14 business leaders, will experience and see firsthand how products go from the [...]

AUSTIN, Texas, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Offers.com, a leading coupon and deal site, is revealing our poll results of the top four Father’s Day gift ideas and what activities dads want to do this Father’s Day.  Results show the majority of shoppers are giving dad a wardrobe makeover this year. The Offers.com Father’s Day Savings Center helps shoppers find popular Father’s Day gifts at a [...]

LEMOORE – The summer session of classes at the West Hills College Lemoore campus officially kicked off today, with 29 additional classes in the West Hills Community College District combined.  Classes at the Coalinga campus will commence next Monday, June 17. The addition of the 29 extra classes, which will also affect the North District [...]

FRESNO – Even though the special election took place Tuesday, the results are still unclear as to whether Measure G, which would outsource Fresno’s residential solid waste collection to local company Mid-Valley Disposal, has passed. Proponents of the measure tout that it would increase revenue in the City of Fresno by $2.5 million, helping balance [...]

FRESNO – Members of the Community Media Access Collaborative in downtown Fresno, along with others, got a good look at the organization’s new High-Definition Mobile Production Vehicle, the only one of its kind in the area, Thursday evening. Inside of the vehicle is what is known as a flypack, a box that holds all the [...]

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Fannie Mae’s Economic & Strategic Research Group today released a new research study that investigates the impact of consumer attitudes toward renting and homeownership on the future of housing in America. Data from Fannie Mae’s National Housing Survey provides insights into whether current renters, particularly younger Americans, aspire to become homeowners [...]

WHITING, Ind., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – For most people, summer means long days, warm weather and vacation. For others, it means tuxes, registries and booked weekends – otherwise known as wedding season. Nearly half (48 percent) of U.S. adults plan on attending at least one wedding in the next 12 months, with 58 percent of 18-34 year [...]

FRESNO – Damon Kurtz, first vice president of the Fresno Police Officers Association, is $50,000 richer after sinking a hole-in-one shot during last month’s Fresno Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Chamber Golf Tournament at the San Joaquin Country Club. Kurtz was presented with his check Wednesday afternoon from Fresno Chamber President and CEO Al Smith at [...]

ARMONK, N.Y., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., the world’s largest privately held cloud computing infrastructure provider. The acquisition will strengthen IBM’s leadership position in cloud computing and will help speed business adoption of public and private cloud solutions. Financial terms were not [...]

FRESNO – Four of California’s top agricultural lenders have partnered to support Fresno State in the recruitment and training of the next generation of students in agriculture. American AgCredit, Farm Credit West, Fresno Madera Farm Credit and CoBank have teamed up to support the Multicultural Scholars in Agriculture program in the Jordan College of Agricultural [...]

VISALIA – The Visalia Chamber of Commerce has announced the 2013 Man and Woman of the Year finalists. The winners are kept top secret until the Annual Awards Celebration on June 20 at the Visalia Convention Center, and are sure to be one of the highlights of the evening.  The Chamber received many nominations for [...]

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the temperatures rise and schools close down, over 126 million Americans are planning to vacation in a city this year – a seven percent increase over 2012.  The American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) annual “Travel Like a Local” Summer Travel Survey shows that around 56 percent (70 million) of [...]

WASHINGTON, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Driven by higher same-store sales and an improving outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) hit a 10-month high in April.  The RPI – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry – stood at 101.0 in April, up 0.4 [...]

FRESNO  – Fresno State President-Designate Joseph I. Castro announced he will create a transition team to assist in his move into the presidency on Aug. 1 and his first six months in office. Castro has asked California State University Trustees Peter G. Mehas and Hugo Morales, both of Fresno, to co-chair the team. Mehas chaired [...]

FRESNO – The central California healthcare community stepped out in support of some of their own last night at the 2013 “Heroes in HealthCare” awards reception, presented by Business Street Online and held inside the Skyroom Lounge at the Holiday Inn Fresno Downtown. During the acceptance speeches there were some lighthearted moments, as well as [...]

REDMOND, Wash., May 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman: The way people use (or misuse) their mobile phones can really grate on your nerves. A Microsoft Safer Online Facebook poll revealed that many smartphone users don’t mind their mobile manners — but men and women both find people who constantly check [...]

TULARE – Through a grant awarded to Tulare Joint Union High School District, junior high and high school students will be able to apply for paid internships in the medical field. This award was funded through the State of California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Health Careers Training Program grant. The Tulare Health [...]

NEW YORK, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – As online retailing has become a force to be reckoned with in the retail industry, a close look at how brand equity varies for brick and mortar vs. online brands beckons. Measuring many online retail brands for the first time in the 2013 Harris Poll EquiTrend® Study shows that where EquiTrend measures the [...]

FRESNO – The awards reception the central California healthcare industry anticipates every year is making its way to Holiday Inn Fresno Downtown’s Skyroom Lounge tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. The 2013 “Heroes in HealthCare” awards reception is presented by Business Street Online, and is a celebration of the accomplishments of the honorees.  The awards are [...]

MADERA – Dr. Gregory Watts has been with Children’s Hospital Central California for 32 years, first arriving when it was located on Shields and Millbrook in Fresno.  His mother was a nurse, and his aunt was a chief nurse at Charity Hospital in New Orleans for 50 years, and Dr. Watts decided to enter the [...]