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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Buckling sidewalks and rocky roads -- have been the "norm" for the residents of Calwa... but not for much longer.
Unincorporated areas are receiving federal and county funds for street and sidewalk improvements.
"Some of these areas don't have sidewalks," Milena Alvarez said. "They have kids walking to school on the closest side of the street, closest to the houses, because there are no sidewalks."
Alvarez is a community organizer with Friends of Calwa.
Fresno County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sal Quintero and Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) held a news conference on Monday to announce $4 million has been allocated to Calwa for street and sidewalk improvements.
The federal funds are part of the Highway Infrastructure Program approved by Congress in March.
Calwa is a small community in Fresno County, just a few miles southeast of downtown Fresno.
The Calwa Complete Streets project will repair roads and sidewalks throughout the unincorporated portion of Calwa.
FRESNO, Calif. (KGPE) – Congressman Jim Costa has awarded Senior Deputy District Attorney Miiko Anderson the Suzanne McDaniel Memorial Award for Public Awareness.
It is an award from the Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus.
Anderson grew up in Oakland. Her mother battled substance abuse, and in her young adult years Anderson overcame a number of obstacles including homelessness and surviving as a single parent.
Anderson poured her energy into her education, graduated law school, and passed the bar.
A combination of federal, state, and local Measure C transportation tax funds totaling $7 million will improve streets and sidewalks in Calwa beginning in summer 2025.
Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) secured $4 million in the 2023 federal budget after learning that a county-led survey indicated the top priorities of Calwa residents were road repairs, street lighting, and sidewalks.
“The Calwa Complete Streets project will make a tremendous difference in the community,” Costa wrote in a letter to Fresno County officials.
Millions in federal funding is coming to the community of Calwa for street and sidewalk improvements.
The County of Fresno is announcing that $4 million has been allocated to the unincorporated portion of Calwa for street and sidewalk improvements through the Highway Infrastructure Program, part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act passed by Congress on March 21.
Dubbed the Calwa Complete Streets Project, repairs will be made to roads and sidewalks throughout the community just south of Fresno.
A bill headed by U.S. Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., would seek to ease a years-long shipping bottleneck at West Coast ports by applying federal antitrust laws to foreign ocean shippers that critics say use unfair trade practices that harm American businesses.
The legislation is a further response to ocean carriers’ recent practice of delivering imported goods from China and elsewhere and returning with empty containers, which has caused California tree nut and other growers to lose millions of dollars in overseas sales.
SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A push by valley congressmen could see more resources going to protect some of the most iconic plant life in the state of California.
Congressman Jim Costa says they want to do some forest management now and help reduce some of the fuel that could feed fires later this year.
“It’s an effort, a bipartisan effort to really ensure we maintain and protect mother nature’s heritage that she’s given us,” said Costa.
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Woodlake families impacted by severe flooding are doing their best to rebuild their homes and remain hopeful for financial support.
"At one point in time in the last month, 16 million California's have been living under this horrific flood and snow conditions," said Congressman Jim Costa.
Costa made rounds in Tulare County this week to take a closer look at the devastation caused by recent storms.
He was in Cutler on Wednesday and toured several impacted homes in Woodlake on Friday.
TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Hundreds of families throughout Tulare County are still working hard to get back on their feet after floodwaters rushed into their homes.
Homes along Road 124 in Cutler were hit hard and residents are hoping support will be provided sometime soon.
Erica Torres is a mother of three and vividly remembers the water becoming a shallow river right in front of and through her home.
""We had to stay the night at the Veterans Hall. When I came here, I was just in tears to see my home," Torres explained.
CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. (KGPE/KSEE) – As President Biden declared a Major Disaster Declaration for counties that have faced extreme floods, it began to get the ball rolling for the countless people who still need help to rebuild.
The declaration frees up federal funds for those who have faced the worst of it. It has destroyed homes, property, and countless acres of farmland all around.
The fiscal year 2027 House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives contains $750,000 for improvements at the Porterville Muncipal Airport.
In addition the bill contains $3.2 million for the completion of the Farm to Market Corridor project that runs through Ducor on Avenue 56.
FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) - An American flag that flew as a symbol of freedom and service received a final salute in Fresno on Saturday.
Veterans, community leaders, and families gathered for a flag retirement ceremony honoring the flag, veterans, and America's upcoming 250th anniversary.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The City of Fresno hosted its first-ever honorable flag retirement ceremony Saturday.
It comes ahead of Flag Day on Sunday and as part of the celebrations marking 250 years of our nation's independence.
FRESNO, Calif. - California continues to battle the spread of invasive golden mussels, a species that experts warn could have major impacts on waterways, infrastructure, and ecosystems across the state.
FOX26 set out to answer two questions: who is leading the response to stop the species from spreading, and how often are new detections added to the state's tracking map?