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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fresno, California, USA. ... 1961 – City of Fresno Takes over municipal bus service. 1962 ...
Fresno (/ ˈ f r ɛ z n oʊ / ⓘ; Spanish for 'Ash tree') is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States.It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region.
The building across from Hotel Fresno operated for 34 years until a new city hall, four times larger, was completed in 1941. This two-story, L-shaped building was designed by architect Ernest J. Kump and located at Fresno and M streets. The building later became known as "Old City Hall" and was placed on Fresno's Register of Historic Places. [4]
The Government of Fresno has a strong-mayor form of mayor–council government with a Mayor and seven City Council members. The City Manager is accountable to the mayor for overseeing the performance of 14 departments, including police, fire, transportation, water, solid waste, airports, parks and recreation, public works, finance, facilities ...
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During its Sept. 29 meeting, the Fresno City Council approved the sale of three century-old houses relocated (by court order) to the southeast corner of Santa Clara and M streets in the area known ...
The Fresno Bee has changed right alongside the city of its namesake. Fresno County had approximately 129,000 residents in 1922, and Fresno was believed to be growing at a rate of 5,000 people a year.
Fresno’s colorful history of corruption These roots can be traced all the way back to the early 1900s when Fresno was controlled by railroads, the liquor industry and gambling interests, which ...