When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Fresno, California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno,_California

    Fresno is the larger principal city of the Fresno-Madera CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Fresno (Fresno County) and Madera (Madera County) metropolitan areas, [60] [61] which had a combined population of 922,516 at the 2000 census. [10] Fresno is home to numerous ethnic minority communities, such as the Armenian and Hmong ...

  3. Timeline of Fresno, California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Fresno,_California

    1954 – Peoples Church and Fresno Philharmonic founded. 1955 – Bernice F. Sisk becomes U.S. representative for California's 12th congressional district. [23] 1960 – Mexican American Political Association founded. [24] 1961 – City of Fresno Takes over municipal bus service. 1962 – Farm Workers Association founding meeting held in Fresno ...

  4. Fresno County, California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_County,_California

    Fresno County (/ ˈ f r ɛ z n oʊ / ⓘ), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. [3] [5] The county seat is Fresno, [6] the fifth-most populous city in California.

  5. Government of Fresno County, California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Fresno...

    The five-member elected Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) is the county legislature. The board operates in a legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial capacity. As a legislative authority, it can pass ordinances for the unincorporated areas (ordinances that affect the whole county, like posting of restaurant ratings, must be ratified by the individual city).

  6. Fresno City Council - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_City_Council

    Fresno City Council is the legislative body of Fresno, California. Members. City council is made up of seven members, elected by district: [1]

  7. Fresno City Hall - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_City_Hall

    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]

  8. Metropolitan Fresno - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Fresno

    Metropolitan Fresno is anchored by Fresno, the fifth-largest city in California and the 34th-largest in the United States. The metropolitan area is located in the Central Valley, which is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. It has a large agricultural economy despite being increasingly urbanized.

  9. Fresno City, California - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_City,_California

    Fresno City is a former settlement in Fresno County, California. [1] It was located at the head of navigation on Fresno Slough 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Tranquillity, [2] at an elevation of 164 feet (50 m). [1] The city was named after the Spanish word for the Oregon Ash trees that commonly grew along the river banks.