FRESNO – The California State University Board of Trustees will begin the search next month for a new president of Fresno State to succeed President John D. Welty who is retiring after serving as president of the university since 1991. The first meeting of the search committee will be held in an open forum from 10 [...]

Pha Mouavangsou came to America from Laos in 1978 and is one of nine siblings.  He obtained an associate’s degree in technology from Heald College, a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from DeVry University, and is currently pursuing his doctorate in educational leadership from California State University, Fresno.  Until recently, Mouavangsou was the division director [...]

TULARE – Tulare Regional Medical Center Auxiliary is hosting a volunteer orientation for two new programs:  Customer Service Liaison and Call Back Volunteer.  The volunteer positions support the enhanced customer service goals of Tulare Regional Medical Center. Customer Service Liaisons work in pairs at the Information Desk in the hospital’s main lobby.  Volunteer Liaisons support [...]

FRESNO – The Fresno Fuego will partner with six local youth soccer clubs starting in 2013 to create an identification system that will help develop local youths into future Fuego team members. This collaboration will allow the Fuego staff to directly identify local players within these clubs, working toward achieving the Fuego vision of providing [...]

Chris Bridger had wanted to be a firefighter from a young age, and took classes during his senior year at Clovis High School to become a wildland firefighter.  The summer following his high school graduation he began work with the U.S. Department of Forestry, and went through courses at the Fresno City College Fire Academy.  [...]

FRESNO – While new Fresno City Council members Steve Brandau and Paul Caprioglio took the oath of office this morning, outgoing members Andreas Borgeas and Larry Westerlund were saying farewell to their colleagues. Westerlund had represented District 4 since Jan. 2005, and spent seven years and one month in service to the City of Fresno, [...]

Dallas Neumann-Johns is a graduate of California State University, Fresno and holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology with an emphasis in law enforcement.  While in college, she participated in intercollegiate athletics, representing the Bulldogs in the heptathlon and the pole vault.  She graduated from San Joaquin College of Law in 2006. In 2008, Neumann-Johns became [...]

FRESNO – Several tourism entities and representatives from three National Parks unveiled a new cooperative promotion highlighting Kings, Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks during a press conference Tuesday, Jan. 8 at Fresno/Yosemite International Airport. The program, called Majestic Mountain Loop, will help visitors looking to experience some of California’s most popular attractions, was created by [...]

Cinderela Co and her family immigrated to the United States when she was 14, not long after her father had died of cancer.  Her mother, who was a nurse, moved Co and her siblings to Las Vegas after a short time in the central California area.  Co herself earned a nursing degree at the University [...]

WASHINGTON – A new award has been added by the U.S. Small Business Administration in celebration of National Small Business Week 2013.  The Small Business Exporter of the Year award will recognize a small business that is successfully engaged in exporting.  A national award winner will be selected from among state award winners from each of the 50 states, the [...]

TULARE – Results are in for World Ag Expo’s Top-10 New Products competition. The winners will be showcased Feb. 12-14, 2013 during the 46th annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. A group of judges made up of farmers, ranchers and industry professionals selected the Top-10 New Products. ADA Enterprises This year, one of the [...]

Tim Finegan Jr. moved with his family to Fresno from San Jose in 1984, and he graduated from Clovis West High School in 1995, where he played football, baseball and track.  He then attended Kings River Community College in Reedley, and played football there for two years.  Finegan went on to earn a degree in [...]

As government affairs manager for the City of Fresno, Katie Stevens facilitates and maintains the City’s intergovernmental relationships with local, state and federal agencies, as well as legislative offices. She advocates for the City’s legislative priorities in cooperation with its contracted advocates in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.  Stevens provides analysis, technical assistance, and recommendations regarding [...]

FRESNO – Two vacant department stores on the Fulton Mall, the JCPenney Building and the Gottschalks Building, are being considered for a downtown Fresno public market, which would offer local agricultural produce, meats, cheese, bread, wine, jams and ready-made food like beerocks and empanadas. The public market would be open year-round, and would primarily feature [...]

NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Rising equity markets and falling liabilities in December combined to push the funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan into positive territory in 2012, according to the BNY Mellon Investment Strategies & Solutions Group (ISSG). For the month of December, the funded status for the typical plan increased 1.9 [...]

FRESNO, CA – Pollstar Magazine has included the Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center in its Top 200 of Arena Venues in the magazine’s Year End Worldwide Ticket Sales Report. Figures released last week show the Selland Arena ranked at #151 on the International List and #84 on the National Level , note worthy rankings given [...]

FRESNO – Bob Mariano will return as the Fresno Grizzlies manager for the 2013 season, the 2012 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants announced. Mariano, who guided the Grizzlies to a 74-70 record in 2012, will be joined by a familiar coaching staff in hitting coach Russ Morman and pitching coach Pat Rice. Eric Ortega, [...]

FRESNO – The Premier Bride Showplace bridal expo will be held this Sunday, Jan. 6 at the Fresno Convention Center Exhibit Halls.  This bridal show is a must for any Central Valley bride looking for great ideas and useful information for planning an amazing wedding.  Potential brides will have the opportunity to meet the finest [...]

WHITING, Ind., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — As 2013 arrives, with it comes new calendars, new fashions and of course, new resolutions. Many of those new year’s resolutions will involve getting healthier. A new CouponCabin.com survey reveals that 65 percent of U.S. adults plan on making fitness-related new year’s resolutions this year. Eating healthier, getting [...]

FRESNO – Beginning Monday, Jan. 7, Business Street Online will begin announcing the members of the “40 Under 40″ Class of 2012 every weekday on all our news alerts.  This will give our readers a chance to see bios, portraits and video pieces on these young movers-and-shakers that help make our central California communities great.  [...]