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Government & Politics
12:42 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Fresno Home Trash Service Supporters, Opponents Wait For Outsourcing Decision

Credit Ezra Romero / Valley Public Radio
Marina Magdaleno and other outsourcing opponents rallied in front of Fresno City Hall Friday Jan. 18 to turn in just under 40,000 petitions to put the decision of outsourcing in the hands of voters.
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The waiting game has just begun for both sides in the battle over the outsourcing of Fresno’s residential trash service.

For the past month opponents of Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin’s plan to outsource the city’s home trash service have hustled to collect signatures in order to meet a January 18 deadline to put the decision in the hands of voters.

More than 50 people escorted around 35,000 signatures in seven sealed white boxes into the City Clerk’s Office on Friday.

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Air Quality
5:35 pm
Fri January 18, 2013

NASA Flights Over Fresno, Bakersfield Hope to Predict Air Quality From Space

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A NASA P3-B aircraft flys over Porterville on Wednesday as part of project to learn more about air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley
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Instruments that monitor air quality sit inside a NASA P3-B aircraft that is part of an experiment to learn more about air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley
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A map shows the flight path for NASA's DISCOVER-AQ program as it monitors air quality in the San Joaquin Valley
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NASA scientists and aircraft took to the skies above Fresno and Bakersfield today. It's part of a project that one day hopes to predict and air quality from space.

Two aircraft, including a converted Navy P3-B flew repeated loops over various valley cities today, one of them as low as 1,000 feet, to gather air samples. It's part of a program NASA calls DISCOVER-AQ which aims to better understand pollution spikes and how pollutants react with sunlight throughout the day. 

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Government & Politics
7:19 pm
Thu January 10, 2013

New Council Members Take Oath, Mayor Hits Back At Union Critics

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New Fresno City Council member Steve Brandau was sworn in today at City Hall
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Today was swearing-in day for a new crop of elected officials at Fresno City Hall. Two new council members, Paul Capgriolio representing District 4 and Steve Brandau representing District 2, were sworn in for the first time, as well as Lee Brand who was reelected to represent District 6.

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Community
5:53 pm
Tue January 8, 2013

Fresno to Explore Possibility of Downtown 'Public Market' in Former Gottschalks Building

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Credit Joe Moore / Valley Public Radio
The vacant, city owned portion of the former Gottschalks department store building in downtown Fresno could become the home of a new public market.
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The city of Fresno hopes to transform a vacant city-owned department store building into a new public market
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The vacant, city owned portion of the former Gottschalks department store building in downtown Fresno sits beneath the city's parking garage #7.
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The city of Fresno hopes to transform a vacant city-owned department store building into a new public market
Credit Joe Moore / Valley Public Radio
City officials and public market consultant Ted Spitzer tour the vacant, city owned former Gottschalks building in downtown Fresno.
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The vacant, city owned portion of the former Gottschalks department store building in downtown Fresno sits beneath the city's parking garage #7.
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The vacant, city owned portion of the former Gottschalks department store building in downtown Fresno sits beneath the city's parking garage #7.
Credit Joe Moore / Valley Public Radio
San Francisco's popular Ferry Building public market is cited as an example of what Fresno leaders would like to create locally.
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From left to right: Elliot Balch, Amy Huerta (not pictured) and Craig Scharton from the City of Fresno speak with Ted Spitzer on the Fulton Mall
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A national expert on public markets toured Fresno today to explore the potential of creating a year-round indoor market for the valley’s agricultural and prepared food products. 

The bottom two floors of a downtown parking garage, once home to the Gottschalks department store, could become the home of a new indoor public market for produce, baked goods and other food items, according to officials with the city of Fresno.

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Valley Edition
11:47 am
Tue January 8, 2013

On Valley Edition: Armen Bacon "Griefland"; Homeless No More; Fresno Public Market

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Today on Valley Edition, we talk with local author Armen Bacon about her new book "Griefland" and learn how a friendship grew out of the tragic loss of her son. We'll also talk about how tragic circumstances can change lives. Peter Nazaretian, a licensed marriage and family therapist, also joins our discussion.

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