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Olive Avenue Streetscape project will close the street between Yosemite and Roosevelt Avenues. A new beautification project in the Tower District will affect traffic on Olive Avenue through July. The Olive Avenue Streetscape will force street closures along the main Olive corridor.  Council members Esmeralda Soria and Miguel Arias who both represent the Tower neighborhood in District 1 and 3, spoke about the upcoming construction Monday. Arias acknowledged that it could compound the impact on local businesses.    “Given the nightlife of the Tower District, it’s been one of the hardest ...

What is a Proud Boy? Fresno Chapter Leader Gives His Take. They’ve been called a hate group. White supremacists. Outside agitators. The Fresno community’s frustration with the Proud Boys boiled over last week at the Tower Theatre protests. City Hall officials held a news conference to denounce the group. “I don’t care what is said about us. I know the truth about us, and I’m not ashamed to be a Proud Boy.” — Fresno chapter president Mark Mazzola The local leader of the Proud Boys pushes back against those assessments, speaking to GV Wire in an interview.

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Fresno City Councilmember Miguel Arias speaks at news conference  denouncing Proud Boys at Tower Theater protest. In a news conference Wednesday, Fresno city leaders denounced the violence that erupted last Sunday at a Tower Theater protest. The protests organized by the Save the Tower Theater Demonstration Committee have largely been peaceful, but this past Sunday, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said as many as 60 Proud Boys attended. He said they wore ballistic vests, carried hunting knives, tear gas and mace. “The proud boys were very, very vocal, threatening and intimidating towards the Save ...

Courtroom consequences? Fresno officer admits previous Proud Boys membership KFSN FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Legal problems are likely to follow the shock of the discovery that a Fresno police officer was a member of the extremist group, the Proud Boys. The police department put Rick Fitzgerald on paid leave and is conducting an internal investigation, where Mayor Jerry Dyer says photos and video will help determine Fitzgerald's level of involvement. Fitzgerald's attorney tells Action News the officer acknowledges he was a Proud Boy, but says he left the organization a few months ago over disag...