FRESNO, CA – Richard Kiel, the 7-foot-2-inch actor of Clovis, whose towering height and distinctive baritone voice defined his nearly 50-year career in television and films, most notably as the steely toothed James Bond villain Jaws, died Wednesday afternoon in Fresno, Calif. at the age of 74. The actor had been hospitalized after breaking his leg [...]

Fresno, CA (Sept. 9, 2014) – BusinessStreetOnline.com will be holding its eighth annual “40 Under 40″ reception honoring the Class of 2014 on November 6, 2014 at the Skyroom Lounge at the New Radisson in Downtown Fresno next to Club One Casino. The honorees were nominated on 40U40.com and the 40U40 Alumni Committee of past [...]

FRESNO, CA – Mayor Ashley Swearengin and City Manager Bruce Rudd today announced that the Fresno Police Officers’ Association (FPOA) and its management unit have approved new labor agreements that will support the City of Fresno in efforts to address fiscal challenges and strengthen its financial outlook. “We are very pleased that the Administration and [...]

Visalia, CA – Labor Day has come and gone and with it the summer season is almost over. It is time to start thinking about the fall, and there is no better way to welcome the new season than celebrating at Oktoberfest Live hosted by the Visalia Chamber of Commerce. This year’s theme is Live [...]

FRESNO, CA – City Manager Bruce Rudd today announced that Michael Lima has been named the City of Fresno’s new City Controller/Finance Director, effective upon Council approval of Mr. Lima’s selection.  A vote on Mr. Lima’s appointment is set for September 11, 2014.   “Mr. Lima is a long-standing, well-respected professional within our organization who has [...]

Clovis, Calif. (August 22, 2014) Tickets for the 2014 Central Valley St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway are officially on sale. The campaign aims to sell 11,000 tickets to collectively raise $1.1 million dollars for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The house is being built by major donor and sponsor De Young Properties in the CountrySide [...]

The worldwide release of the DVD “Finding Hope Now” is on Tuesday, August 19th.  This locally produced feature film will be in all of the Christian Retail outlets across the nation on Tuesday, followed in a month or so by a release to all of the General Market retailers in the US, and then a month [...]

Tickets officially go on sale for the 2014 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway on Friday, August 15. Tickets will be available at all Fresno County Federal Credit Union branches, Fresno Coin Gallery locations, De Young Model Home Centers, Ashely Furniture HomeStore or by calling 1-800-543-5887. • Tickets reserved on Friday, August 15 through Friday, August [...]

Today The Big Fresno Fair held its 4th Annual Job Fair with goals of filling the more than 500 positions available during the 2014 Big Fresno Fair October 1 – 13. After the Job Fair concluded just after 1 p.m., organizers estimated that more than 1,300 people came out looking to be part of the [...]

CLOVIS – Dozens of St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway sponsors and supporters visited this year’s St. Jude Dream Home in De Young Properties’ CountryCourt community in Clovis Friday to write messages of love for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.     Tickets to win De Young Properties’ eighth St. Jude Dream Home will go on sale Friday. All [...]

CLOVIS, CALIF –A number of newly released Pelco by Schneider Electric Sarix IP cameras have received factory certification from Lenel Systems International under the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program. “We are pleased that the development and certification effort to establish interoperability between Pelco’s Sarix IP camera offering to Lenel network video recorders (NVR) is now complete, [...]

The Grizzlies Community Fund will be hosting the third annual Grizzlies Golf Tournament on August 6th at the Copper River Country Club located on 2140 E. Clubhouse Drive in Fresno, California. One of the marquee events put on by the Grizzlies Community Fund, the golf tournament places participants right alongside Future Giants as teams compete [...]

FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, August 19, 2013… The Big Fresno Fair is proud to present the 2nd Annual “Spokes-N-Rods” event on September 28, 2013, which will benefit Terry’s House at Community Regional Medical Center. This motorcycle and car show event will feature the best hotrods, motorcycles, custom cars, antique cars and more from throughout the Central Valley [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Health 2.0 announces Bernard Tyson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente, as a keynote alongside visionary physicians Eric Topol, Patrick Soon-Shiong, and Samsung’s President Young Sohn at the Health 2.0 8th Annual Fall Conference this coming Sept. 21-24 in Santa Clara, CA. This year, Health 2.0 is set to host the very first Wearable Tech Fashion Runway as a part of the larger session on Consumer Tech & Wearables: [...]

Fresno, California – July 24, 2014…The 2014 Fresno Food Expo, presented by Union Bank, was held on Thursday, July 24 featuring 126 food and beverage companies ranging from producers and growers to manufacturers and processors from the 8-county San Joaquin Valley who had the opportunity to meet with 700 pre-qualified regional, national and international foodservice [...]

EAGAN, Minn., June 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Americans overwhelmingly dislike airline fees, but at the same time, don’t necessarily want to pay higher ticket prices in return for eliminating fees. Those are among the findings of a new national survey by FindLaw.com, the most popular legal information website. Summer travel season is now in high [...]

The Downtown Fresno Partnership has ended a nationwide search for a new leader, tapping former downtown city manager of Albany, Ga. Aaron Blair to head up the organization. Blair begins his position in July 2014. He replaces interim president and CEO Craig Scharton and former head Kate Borders who stepped down in March to run [...]

LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Following an April 2014 Nielsen survey that found Main Street approval of big banks like Wells Fargo and Bank of America has nearly doubled in the last two years, GOBankingRates, a leading personal finance website, investigated how big banks have positively impacted their local communities, economies and customers. [...]

FRESNO, CA – The Fresno County Clerk’s office will be announcing today the official results of its verification of the collection of signatures required to proceed with placing Measure W on the November ballot. A City of Fresno Lower Water Bill Referendum, Measure W ballot question may be on the November 4, 2014 election ballot [...]

(Fresno, CA) — KYJO Enterprises, Inc. is planning a weekend chock-full of fun to encourage, support, and create opportunities for our community’s youth in an effort to build a new generation of healthy, strong minded, positive and confident individuals. This year will be their second annual Big B.A.N.G. “Building a New Generation” Weekend with returning [...]