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'''Fresno''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|r|ɛ|z|n|oʊ|audio=En-us-fresno.ogg}}; {{Langnf|es||[[Fraxinus|Ash]]}}) is a major city in the [[San Joaquin Valley]] of [[California]], United States. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]] and the largest city in the greater [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] region. It covers about {{convert|115|sqmi|km2}} and had a population of 542,107 as of the [[2020
Named for the abundant ash trees lining the [[San Joaquin River]], Fresno was founded in 1872 as a railway station of the [[Central Pacific Railroad]] before it was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1885. It has since become an economic hub of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley, with much of the surrounding areas in the [[Metropolitan Fresno]] region predominantly tied to large-scale agricultural production. Fresno is near the geographic center of California, approximately {{convert|220|mi|-1}} north of [[Los Angeles]], {{convert|170|mi|-1}} south of the state capital, [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], and {{convert|185|mi|-1}} southeast of [[San Francisco]]. [[Yosemite National Park]] is about {{convert|60|mi|km|-1}} to the north, [[Kings Canyon National Park]] {{convert|60|mi|km|-1}} to the east, and [[Sequoia National Park]] {{convert|75|mi|km|-1}} to the southeast.
Fresno is also [[List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations|the
==History==
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The San Joaquin River flooded on December 24, 1867, inundating [[Millerton, Madera County, California|Millerton]]. Some residents rebuilt, others moved. Flooding also destroyed the town of Scottsburg on the nearby [[Kings River (California)|Kings River]] that winter. Rebuilt on higher ground, Scottsburg was renamed Centerville.<ref name="CGN14">{{California's Geographic Names|1014-1015}}</ref>
In 1867, Anthony Easterby purchased land bounded by the present Chestnut, Belmont, Clovis and California avenues, that today is called the [[Sunnyside, Fresno County, California|Sunnyside district]]. Unable to grow wheat for lack of water, he hired sheep man Moses Church in 1870 to create an irrigation system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fresno Irrigation District {{!}} Full History |url=https://www.fresnoirrigation.com/history-old |access-date=
In 1872, the [[Central Pacific Railroad]] established a station near Easterby's—by now a hugely productive wheat farm—for its new [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]] line. Soon there was a store near the station and the store grew into the town of Fresno Station, later called Fresno. At that time, Mariposa street was the main artery, a rough dusty or muddy depression.<ref>{{cite book |last=Vandor |first=Paul E. |date=1919 |title=History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kBk1AQAAMAAJ |location=Los Angeles, CA |publisher=Historic Record Company |quote=Mariposa Street, the main artery, was a rough depression}}</ref> Many Millerton residents, drawn by the convenience of the railroad and worried about flooding, moved to the new community. Fresno became an incorporated city in 1885. In 1903, the faltering San Joaquin Power Company was renamed the San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation and included the Fresno City Water Company and the Fresno City Railway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huntington Boulevard Historic District (Fresno, California) |url=http://historicfresno.org/districts/huntington/index.htm |access-date=March 5, 2023
[[File:Old Fresno High School (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Fresno High School]] in 1896]]
Two years after the station was established, county residents voted to move the county seat from Millerton to Fresno. When the [[Friant Dam]] was completed in 1944, the site of Millerton became inundated by the waters of [[Millerton Lake]]. In extreme droughts, when the reservoir shrinks, ruins of the original county seat can still be observed.
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In 1909, Fresno's first and oldest [[synagogue]], [[Temple Beth Israel (Fresno, California)|Temple Beth Israel]], was founded.
As a result of its remoteness from the great universities of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] and [[Greater Los Angeles]], Fresno became a statewide leader in educational innovation. In 1910, [[Fresno High School]] was the first California high school to take advantage of the Upward Extension Act of 1907 to offer lower-division college-level coursework to local high school graduates who wanted to attend college but were reluctant to move hundreds of miles away to do so.<ref name="Boggs_Page_5">{{cite book |last1=Boggs |first1=George R. |editor1-last=Boggs |editor1-first=George R. |editor2-last=Galizio |editor2-first=Lawrence A. |title=A College for All Californians: A History of the California Community Colleges |date=2021 |publisher=Teachers College Press |location=New York |isbn=9780807779873 |pages=1-15 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j5IEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |chapter=Chapter 1: Beginnings}} (At p. 5.)</ref> The high school's Collegiate Department evolved into [[Fresno City College]], the oldest community college in California and the second oldest in the United States.<ref name="Boggs_Page_5" /> In the 1920s and 1930s, Fresno State Teachers College was at the forefront of the evolution of the state teachers colleges into state colleges offering a broad [[liberal arts education]].<ref name="Gerth7">{{cite book|last1=Gerth|first1=Donald R.|title=The People's University: A History of the California State University|date=2010|publisher=Berkeley Public Policy Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=978-0-87772-435-3|pages=23–24, 33–35|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4J-QwAACAAJ&q=liberal%20arts%20mclane}}</ref> The state colleges later became the [[California State University]] and Fresno State became [[California State University, Fresno]].
Fresno entered the ranks of the 100 most populous cities in the United States in 1960 with a population of 134,000. Thirty years later, in the 1990 census, it moved up to 47th place with 354,000, and in the census of 2000, it achieved 37th place with 428,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/tab19.txt |title=U.S. Census Bureau, Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 TO 1990 |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725010358/https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/tab19.txt |archive-date=July 25, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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Row crops and orchards gave way to urban development particularly in the period after World War II; this transition was particularly vividly demonstrated in locations such as the [[Blackstone Avenue]] corridor.
Fresno's geographical remoteness also made it an early pioneer in the field now known as [[fintech]], long before the term was invented. In September 1958, [[Bank of America]] launched a new product called [[Visa Inc.#History|BankAmericard]] in Fresno. The city was specifically selected in part for its remoteness, to limit damage to the bank's image in case the project failed.<ref name="Nocera_Page_25">{{cite book |last1=Nocera |first1=Joseph |title=A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class |date=1994 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=9781476744896 |page=25 |edition=2013 paperback |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mZ5FAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 |access-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328155223/https://books.google.com/books?id=mZ5FAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 |url-status=live }}</ref> After a troubled gestation during which its creator resigned, BankAmericard went on to become the world's first successful [[credit card]]. This financial instrument was usable across a large number of merchants and also allowed cardholders to revolve a balance (earlier financial products could do one or the other but not both). In
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In the 1960s, Fresno suffered numerous demolitions of historic buildings, including the old [[Fresno County Courthouse]] and the original buildings of [[Edison High School (Fresno, California)|Edison High School]].
The dance style commonly known as [[popping (dance)|popping]] evolved in Fresno in the 1970s.<ref name="holman">{{cite book | last=Holman | first=Michael | title=Breaking and the New York City Breakers | chapter=History | chapter-url=http://www.msu.edu/~okumurak/styles/pop.html | date=October 1984 | publisher=Freundlich Books | isbn=978-0-88191-016-2 | access-date=May 15, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019042047/http://www.msu.edu/~okumurak/styles/pop.html | archive-date=October 19, 2007 | url=http://www.msu.edu/~okumurak/styles/pop.html}}</ref>
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[[File:Tulare St at Fulton Mall Downtown Fresno - 140724 8AM (14773627983) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Tulare Street in Downtown Fresno]]
Fresno has three large public parks, two in the city limits and one in county land to the southwest. [[Woodward Park (Fresno)|Woodward Park]], which features the [[Shinzen Young|Shinzen]] [[Japanese Garden]]s, boasts numerous picnic areas and several miles of trails. It is in North Fresno and is adjacent to the [[San Joaquin River Parkway]]. [[Roeding Park]], near Downtown Fresno, is home to the [[Fresno Chaffee Zoo]], and Rotary Storyland and [[Playland (Fresno)|Playland]]. [[Kearney Park (Fresno)|Kearney Park]] is the largest of the Fresno region's park system and is home to historic Kearney Mansion and plays host to the annual Civil War Revisited, the largest reenactment of the Civil War in the west coast of the U.S.<ref>{{cite news
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In its 2023 ParkScore ranking, [[Trust for Public Land|The Trust for Public Land]], a national land conservation organization, reported that Fresno had one of the worst park systems among the 100 most populous U.S. cities, with only 5% of city land being used for parks and recreation.<ref>[http://parkscore.tpl.org/city.php?city=Fresno "City Profiles: Fresno"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201220500/http://parkscore.tpl.org/city.php?city=Fresno |date=February 1, 2014}}. "The Trust for Public Land". Retrieved on July 10, 2013.</ref> The survey measures median park size, park acres as percent of city area, residents' access to parks, spending on parks per resident, and playgrounds per 10,000 residents.
===Neighborhoods===
====Downtown====
[[File:Hotel Californian 1.JPG|thumb|left|The historic Californian Hotel]]
[[File:2009-0725-CA-FresnoWaterTower-F.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|The [[Old Fresno Water Tower]], built in 1894 and designed by [[George W. Maher]], is one of Fresno's oldest landmarks.]]
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Tim |date=
Between the 1880s and World War II, Downtown Fresno flourished, filled with electric streetcars,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historical.fresnobeehive.com/2010/05/fresno-street-cars/ |title=Fresno street cars |access-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927124728/http://historical.fresnobeehive.com/2010/05/fresno-street-cars/ |archive-date=September 27, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and contained a number of "lavish" and "opulent" buildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://historical.fresnobeehive.com/2009/06/mariposa-street/ |title=Mariposa Street |access-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927111203/http://historical.fresnobeehive.com/2009/06/mariposa-street/ |archive-date=September 27, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Among them, the original Fresno County Courthouse (demolished), the Fresno Carnegie Public Library (demolished), the [[Old Fresno Water Tower]], the [[Bank of Italy (Fresno, California)|Bank of Italy Building]], the [[Pacific Southwest Building]], the [[San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation Building|San Joaquin Light and Power Building]] (currently known as the Grand 1401), and the [[Thomas Edwin Hughes|Hughes Hotel]] (burned down), to name a few.
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After decades of neglect and suburban flight, the neighborhood revival followed the re-opening of the Tower Theatre in the late 1970s, which at that time showed second- and third-run movies, along with classic films. Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater & [[Good Company Players]] also opened nearby in 1978,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rogerrockas.com/good-company-players/|title=Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater|access-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808070522/http://rogerrockas.com/good-company-players/|archive-date=August 8, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> at Olive and Wishon Avenues. Fresno native [[Audra McDonald]] performed in the leading roles of Evita and The Wiz at the theater while she was a high school student. McDonald subsequently became a leading performer on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in New York City and a [[Tony Award|Tony award]]-winning actress. Also in the Tower District is Good Company Players' 2nd Space Theatre.
[[File:FresnoCC-Library (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The main library at [[Fresno City College|City College]] was built in 1933.]]
The Tower District is a hub for community events such as Jamaica My Weekend, Mardi Gras in February, [[Pride parade|Gay Pride Parade]], car shows, A Taste of The Tower, Halloween in the Tower, the [[Farmers' market]] opened on the northwest corner of Olive and Van Ness and LitHop, an annual literary festival, featuring mostly local writers.
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Located in the western portion of Fresno, [[Old Fig Garden]] is an unincorporated community that, over time, has been completely encircled by the city of Fresno. Fig Garden was created in 1947, as the then-known Fig Garden Men's club achieved nonprofit corporate status, allowing itself to have much more governance.<ref name="Fig garden mission">{{cite web |title=Fig garden mission |url=https://www.oldfig.org/info |website=Oldfig.org}}</ref>
In 1979, the name was changed to Fig Garden Home Owners Association.<ref name="Fig garden mission"/> Fig Garden is unique to the rest of Fresno, as it features largely no sidewalks and is lined with various large trees. The homes are well-maintained and landscaped due to strict regulations from the homeowners association. Due to a tax Fig Garden residences voted for, there is nearly round-the-clock sheriff service within the district.<ref name="Fig garden mission"/> The district hosts the Fig Garden Christmas Tree Lane, which is a nationally recognized event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christmas Tree Lane |url=https://www.christmastreelane.com/?v=f24485ae434a |website=Christmas Tree Lane |access-date=
===Climate===
[[File:Fresno Free Speech Fight of the Industrial Works of the World.JPG|thumb|left|Mariposa Plaza in downtown]]
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}}</ref> Average annual precipitation is around {{convert|11|in|mm|0}}. Most of the wind rose direction occurrences derive from the northwest, as winds are driven downward along the axis of the [[California Central Valley]]; in December, January and February there is an increased presence of southeastern wind directions in the wind rose statistics.<ref>{{cite web
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[[File:Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) - Fresno Area, CA(ThreadEx).svg|thumb|right|Climate chart for Fresno]]
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Fresno is the larger principal city of the [[Fresno-Madera, CA CSA|Fresno-Madera CSA]], a [[Combined Statistical Area]] that includes the [[Fresno County, California|Fresno]] (Fresno County) and [[Madera County, California|Madera]] (Madera County) metropolitan areas,<ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List4.txt Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Components] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526063716/http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List4.txt |date=May 26, 2007}}, [[Office of Management and Budget]], May 11, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2008
Fresno is home to numerous ethnic minority communities, such as the [[Armenian Americans|Armenian]] and [[Hmong Americans|Hmong]] communities. In 1920, [[Armenians]] comprised 9% of the population of the city of Fresno, with 4,000 Armenian residents at the time.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Woeste |first1=Victoria |title=The Farmer's Benevolent Trust |date=1998 |publisher=The University of North Carolina Press |location=US |isbn=0807824216 |page=57}}</ref> [[Old Armenian Town, Fresno, California|Old Armenian Town]] was the old Armenian neighborhood in the center of Fresno. The [[History of the Hmong in Fresno, California|Hmong community of Fresno]], along with that of [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]], is one of the largest two urban [[Hmong American|U.S. ethnic Hmong]] communities, with just over 24,000 people, or about 5% of the city's population, being of Hmong descent.<ref>Lor, Yang. "[http://hmongstudies.org/YangLorHSJ10.pdf Hmong Political Involvement in St. Paul, Minnesota and Fresno, California] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219001630/http://hmongstudies.org/YangLorHSJ10.pdf |date=December 19, 2014 }}" (). ''[[Hmong Studies Journal]]''. Volume 10, p. 1-53. [http://web.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=10911774&AN=47436195&h=Kr8ULojvpr5R7dlsr2Jd4lla9ir7BmCYvbHT3F%2bpLZSHHg4W6SIMcEaWFvhOSTvVO56HFcW%2f5p8IxfDAVr5OHg%3d%3d&crl=c Available at] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628220307/http://web.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=10911774&AN=47436195&h=Kr8ULojvpr5R7dlsr2Jd4lla9ir7BmCYvbHT3F%2bpLZSHHg4W6SIMcEaWFvhOSTvVO56HFcW%2f5p8IxfDAVr5OHg%3d%3d&crl=c |date=June 28, 2014 }} [[EBSCOHost]] – p. 1.</ref>
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[[File:Fresno City Hall Nima1.JPG|thumb|right|[[Fresno City Hall]], designed by architect [[Arthur Erickson]] and completed in 1991]]
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Fresno has a [[strong-mayor]] form of government. The mayor (executive branch) is directly elected and the seven city council members (legislative branch) are elected by district with no "at-large" seats. The mayor and council members are elected for no more than two 4-year terms. The mayor's office and council positions are officially nonpartisan and not affiliated with any political party. The current mayor is [[Jerry Dyer]], who is a [[Republican Party (U.S.)|Republican]].
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Prior to 1901, Fresno's government was under a [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]] system which allowed for a board of trustees. From the trustees elected by the city wards, a President of the Board of Trustees would act as [[ex officio member|ex-officio]] mayor however did not hold the title of mayor. Because of this, the President of the Board of Trustees is not recognized as mayors of the City of Fresno.
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===Courts===
[[File:RobertCoyleCourthouse.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse|Robert E. Coyle Courthouse]] is one of the two seats of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of California|Eastern District of California]].]]
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Fresno is the county seat of Fresno County. It maintains the main county courthouse on Van Ness in the Fresno County Plaza for criminal and some civil court cases.
The [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of California|United States District Court, Eastern District of California]], has one of its six divisions based in the [[Robert E. Coyle]] Courthouse. The new courthouse replaced the [[B.F. Sisk]] Federal Building in 2006 because it did not have enough space for the growing Fresno Division. After extensive renovation, the building reopened in November 2010 as the B.F. Sisk Courthouse serving the [[California superior courts|Fresno County Superior Court]].
Fresno is also the seat of the [[California Courts of Appeal|Court of Appeal for the
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The citizens of Fresno are represented in the [[California State Senate]] by {{Representative|casd|14|fmt=spfl}} in [[California's 14th State Senate district|District 14]] and {{Representative|casd|8|fmt=spfl}} in [[California's 8th State Senate district|District 8]].<ref>{{cite web
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The citizens of Fresno are represented in the [[United States House of Representatives]] by Representative Jim Costa, Democrat, in [[California's 21st congressional district|District 21]], and
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To avoid interference with existing [[VHF]] television stations in the San Francisco Bay Area and those planned for [[Chico, California|Chico]], [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], [[Salinas, California|Salinas]], and [[Stockton, California|Stockton]], the [[Federal Communications Commission]] decided that Fresno would be a [[UHF island]] (only have [[UHF]] television stations).
The first Fresno television station to begin broadcasting was KMJ-TV, which debuted on June 1, 1953. KMJ-TV is now known as [[NBC]] affiliate [[KSEE]]. Other Fresno stations include [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]] [[KFSN-TV]], [[CBS]] affiliate [[KGPE]], [[The CW]] affiliate [[KFRE-TV]], [[Fox Broadcasting|FOX]] affiliate [[KMPH-TV]], [[MyNetworkTV|MNTV]] affiliate [[KMSG-LD]], [[PBS]]
In partnership with the City of [[Clovis, California|Clovis]], the City of Fresno opened the Community Media Access Collaborative (CMAC) in April 2012, a [[public, educational, and government access|public, education and government access]] television station.
==Infrastructure==
Since 2010, statewide [[droughts in California]] have strained both Fresno's and the entire Central Valley's [[water security]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2022/March-22/Groundwater-Management-and-Drought-An-Interview-with-the-San-Joaquin-Valley-Partnership |title=Groundwater Management and Drought: An Interview with the San Joaquin Valley Partnership |website=water.ca.gov |date=March 8, 2022 |access-date=May 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://amp.sacbee.com/news/california/water-and-drought/article260869722.html |title=Southern California gets drastic water cutbacks amid drought. What's next for Sacramento? |website=amp.sacbee.com |access-date=May 1, 2022 |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513093435/https://amp.sacbee.com/news/california/water-and-drought/article260869722.html |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> The city uses surface water from Millerton Lake and Pine Flat Reservoir to supply a pair of water treatment plants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Tim |date=January 19, 2023 |title=Friant Dam has more water than it can handle. Fresno wants it before it's lost to ocean |url=https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/water-and-drought/article271386687.html |access-date=
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===Highways===
[[File:Cal State Route 41.jpg|thumb|The interchange between State Routes 41 and 180 in Downtown Fresno]]
Fresno is served by [[California State Route 99|State Route 99]], the main north–south freeway that connects the major population centers of California's Central Valley. [[California State Route 168|State Route 168]], the Sierra Freeway, heads east to the city of [[Clovis, California|Clovis]] and [[Huntington Lake]]. [[California State Route 41|State Route 41]] (Yosemite Freeway/Eisenhower Freeway) comes into Fresno from [[Atascadero]] in the south, and then heads north to [[Yosemite National Park]]. [[California State Route 180|State Route 180]] (Kings Canyon Freeway) comes from the west via [[Mendota, California|Mendota]], and then east through the city of [[Reedley, California|Reedley]] to [[Kings Canyon National Park]].
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[[File:Fresno FAX bus.jpg|thumb|[[Fresno Area Express]] bus]]
[[Fresno Area Express]] (FAX) is the city's primary [[public transit]] system, which operates eighteen routes and Handy Ride, a [[paratransit]] operation. FAX introduced a frequent bus service called FAX15 in January 2017 with buses operating every 15 minutes on Cedar and Shaw Avenues. The FAX Q line, which the agency brands as bus rapid transit, was introduced in February 2018 and offers service as often as every 10 minutes on Blackstone Avenue, Ventura Avenue and Kings Canyon Road.<ref name="Department of Transportation | FAX Q">{{cite web |title=Department of Transportation: FAX Q |url=https://www.fresno.gov/transportation/fax/fax-q/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711232126/https://www.fresno.gov/transportation/fax/fax-q/ |archive-date=July 11, 2019 |access-date=February 17, 2020 |publisher=City of Fresno Department of Transportation}}</ref>
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[[File:FAT terminal building, 11-2013.jpg|thumb|right|[[Fresno Yosemite International Airport]] terminal]]
[[Fresno Yosemite International Airport]] (airport code: FAT), formerly known as Fresno Air Terminal, provides regularly scheduled commercial airline service. The airport serves an estimated 1.3 million passengers annually.
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[[Sierra Sky Park Airport]] (airport code: E79) in Northwest Fresno is a privately owned airport, but is open to the public. Extra-wide streets surrounding the airport allow for residents of the community to land, taxi down the extra-wide streets, and park their aircraft in a garage at their home. Sierra Sky Park is recognized as the first [[airpark|residential aviation community]] in the world.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898437,00.html | title=The Front-Door Fliers | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| date=December 10, 1965 | access-date=January 22, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101093954/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898437,00.html | archive-date=November 1, 2007 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
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[[File:2009-0725-CA-FresnoSantaFeStation (cropped).jpg|thumb|Historic [[Santa Fe Passenger Depot (Fresno, California)|Santa Fe Station]] in Downtown Fresno]]
Passenger rail service is provided by [[Amtrak]] ''[[San Joaquins]]''. The main passenger rail station is the renovated historic [[Santa Fe Passenger Depot (Fresno)|Santa Fe Railroad Depot]] in Downtown Fresno. The city of Fresno is planned to be served by the future [[California High-Speed Rail]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-10-01-E9-23749 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002093346/http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-10-01-E9-23749 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |title=High Speed Train Project |publisher=Department of Transportation}}</ref>
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Fictional residents of the town were portrayed in a 1986 comedic [[miniseries]] titled "[[Fresno (TV miniseries)|Fresno]]", featuring [[Carol Burnett]], [[Dabney Coleman]], [[Teri Garr]] and [[Charles Grodin]], along with numerous other celebrities. The mini series was presented as a parody of the prime time [[soap opera]]s popular in the 1980s.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
[[BBC]] documentarian, [[Louis Theroux]], visited Fresno, and rode with Fresno police as they dealt with the high drug usage in the city. Additionally, he interviewed many of the individuals involved in the drug scene, some languishing in their habit, and others working to overcome it. From that footage, he produced a British documentary [[The City Addicted to Crystal Meth]], first aired on
Fresno is mentioned in the 2009 animation film [[Monsters vs. Aliens]].
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