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A new select committee in the California Legislature will explore ways the state can reconnect neighborhoods that decades ago were torn apart by interstates and highways. During the nation's interstate highway construction boom in the 1950s and '60s, numerous urban neighborhoods were sliced through, often isolating residential areas largely populated by minorities and low-income residents from surrounding communities -- and from economic opportunity. | By Wendy Fry CalMatters A new sel...

100 Years Ago: Unique Parade to Start Swimming Pool Campaign – What promises to be an amusing event is being planned for next Saturday night, on the streets of our

The California band The Sinseers play a passionate and retro four-song set in this Tiny Desk (home) concert.

Call it the great crapper caper. A man was arrested Wednesday morning in Fresno County after authorities said he led them on a pursuit while driving a stolen port-a-potty truck. Deputies smelled troubled when the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office received calls of a stolen commercial vehicle around 9:30 a.m. in the southern part of the county. A tracking device inside the truck — a vehicle for United Site Services, a port-a-potty rental company — led authorities to South Avenue and Highway ...

A teen from Fresno, aiming to become an Eagle Scout, tackled a public project to give back to his ...

23 May 2021 A 17-year-old named Christian Juvet has been working hard on restoring a huge concrete American flag at a local park in California to complete his Eagle Scout project. He said the concrete flag memorial was in “disarray, had graffiti on it, skid marks, all sorts of dirt and gunk on it,” according to Fox News. “I did some research and found out the historic significance of it and that it was actually made during World War II to honor veterans,” Juvet told the outlet on Satur...

Calif. boy scout repaints American flag memorial for eagle scout project PAYSON, UT – JULY 31: A Boy Scout salutes the American flag at camp Maple Dell on July 31, 2015 outside Payson, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) OAN Newsroom UPDATED 3:08 PM PT – Sunday, May 23, 2021 A Fresno, California life rank boy scout organized and carried out a campaign to restore a patriotic memorial in his hometown. Christian Juvet, 17, decided to transform a neglected American flag memorial located i...

The flag is a replica of an original that was retired in 2003 and covered 5,000 square feet In the months leading up to Memorial Day, 17-year-old Christian Juvet decided to restore a massive concrete American flag in his local California park for his Eagle Scout project.  Juvet said he noticed that the concrete flag memorial was in "disarray, had graffiti on it, skid marks, all sorts of dirt and gunk on it."  "I did some research and found out the historic significance of it and that it was a...