Tag: Fresno
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23.12.2009
 02:45:32
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I don't want to be the next blogger waxing rhapsodic about how lame or awesome Fresno really is because there's a lot of that that going on right now. But thanks to a recent survey ranking my hometown as one of the worst for business, and a recent piece in USA Today (written by former Business Journal editor Valerie Gibbons), Fresnans are once again gathering pitchforks and torches to either slam Fresno or the rest of the country.
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28.06.2009
14:23:00
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Fresno's old timers still remember Harpain's Dairy in central Fresno for its yummy ice cream. And that might be the best way to remember the land where the beleagured Granite Park development now sits because there is every indication the place is cursed.
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06.06.2009
05:13:40
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Emotions are boiling in the Central Valley’s farm community. Growers are breaking the confines of their white pickup trucks and tractors to protest a regulatory and market environment they insist is bleeding their industry to death. Yesterday, about 15 dairy operators protested outside the downtown Modesto office of Congressman Dennis Cardoza. The men wielded signs while their wives spoke with the Democrat’s aide.
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04.06.2009
04:47:59
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Fresno business owner Jim Ganduglia toured as a percussionist for Johnny Mathis for 20 years, but he’s beating a different drum these days to protest state regulations. Ganduglia, owner of Ganduglia Trucking, will tell anyone who will listen the California Air Resources Board rule requiring diesel truck operators to curtail emissions is a pain in the tailpipe.
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