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Fresno

American  
[frez-noh] / ˈfrɛz noʊ /

noun

  1. a city in central California.


Fresno British  
/ ˈfrɛznəʊ /

noun

  1. a city in central California, in the San Joaquin Valley. Pop: 451 455 (2003 est)

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Fresno Cultural  
  1. City in south-central California.


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Center of a major agricultural area.

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Yee and Thurmond were not invited to the next major televised debate, which will take place April 1 at Fresno State University.

From Los Angeles Times

In Fresno, the City Council voted to strip his name from a major street — just three years after its controversial decision to rebrand it in his honor.

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The Mustangs, who won their ninth Southern Section crown last spring and subsequently captured the inaugural Division I state title in Fresno, notched their 15th consecutive victory and improved to 22-1.

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As farmworkers held a union rally in Fresno, some said they doubted the accusations or didn’t know what to believe.

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A statue of Chavez erected on the Fresno State University campus was covered Wednesday by a black tarp and plastic, Bakersfield Now reported.

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