Cities fight for Google Fiber … whatever that is
Fresno and scores of other cities nationwide are clamoring to be named as testing grounds for Google’s experimental ultra-fast Internet network — yet they have only a vague notion of what that would mean.
Amid all the hype — publicity stunts, YouTube videos, Facebook fan campaigns — Google Inc. is playing hard to get. Especially when [...]
Trial opens in ‘05 Tarpey Village murder
Phillip Woodley killed his father and stepmother inside their Clovis home nearly five years ago to rob them and feed his drug habit, a prosecutor said Thursday in Fresno County Superior Court.
But attorney Eric Green, who represents Woodley, said the killing of Roy and Angie Woodley is “really a whodunit.”
On the first day of trial, [...]
Technology helps Clovis residents report issues
Clovis is making it easier for residents with an iPhone to alert the city to the location of potholes, graffiti or landscaping in need of repair.
And it’s using a Web-based program that can send alerts and information to people with cell phones and computers.
Fresno will launch the same program this week.
The goal is [...]
Valley schools face deepest budget cuts in years
School officials say they’re dealing with the worst financial situation they’ve seen in years — possibly decades — as they prepare to chop millions from their budgets, lay off teachers, increase class sizes and cut salaries.
And unlike last year, when federal stimulus money helped buffer the blow, there is no financial cushion on the horizon.
“It’s [...]
Fresno competes to be Google Fiber test market
A campaign to bring Googles experimental high-speed Internet service to Fresno is gaining momentum with the help of tongue-in-cheek YouTube videos and Facebook page photos.
The city of Fresno is applying to be a test market for Google Fiber, a new broadband network the Internet giant says is 100 times faster than the average home Internet [...]
Clovis sees tough road to recovery
The city of Clovis is facing a $3 million shortfall for the fiscal year that begins in July — and a long, slow climb in the years ahead before city revenues match the levels seen at the start of the recession.
That assessment was part of a five-year financial forecast given the City Council on Monday [...]
Regional soccer playoff scores 3/10
BOYS SOCCER SCORES
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONALS
Round 1
DIVISION I
No. 7 Santa Ana Valley 0, No. 2 San Pasquel 0
(Santa Ana Valley wins 1-0 on PKs)
No. 8 Dos Pueblos-Goleta 1, No. 1 Stockdale 0
No. 4 San Fernando 1, No. 5 Golden Valley 0
No. 2 Paramount 2, No. 6 Edison-Huntington Beach 2
(Paramount wins 6-5 on PKs)
DIVISION II
Dinuba 1, Mountain [...]
Clovis event part of bid for Tree City USA status
Clovis will hold a Tree City USA event at 11 a.m. Saturday outside Clovis City Hall.
To become a Tree City, a community must hold its own Arbor Day each year with a tree planting ceremony. The city will commemorate its own Arbor Day each year on the second Saturday in March, said Eric Aller, Clovis [...]
Clovis also vying for Google program
Clovis wants your nomination in Google’s new ultra-fast Internet program.
Google estimates its project will be 100 times faster than average residential Internet connections. Google is creating a list of communities to join the project.
Fresno and Merced also are competing. For more information, go to www.cityofclovis.com and click on the “help us bring faster Internet [...]
Judge rules Fresno Co. overcharged cities
Fresno County charged local cities excessive fees when calculating property-tax revenues for three years under a complex formula devised by the state, a Fresno County Superior Court judge has ruled.
But Fresno County last week filed motions for a new trial in a case in which Judge Jeff Hamilton ruled the county must repay seven cities [...]
