Lowell Elementary girls help bring green to Fresno’s Dickey Playground By George Hostetter The Fresno Bee November 22, 2013 A corner of Dickey Playground in downtown Fresno is getting a green makeover. Members of the Girl Power Club at nearby Lowell Elementary School and Mayor Ashley Swearengin teamed up Friday to plant a young tree
Hot cities are ‘heat islands’ that contribute to ozone By Mark Grossi — The Fresno Bee In sweltering September 2011, Fresno could have used more trees. Temperatures climbed, winds died and lung-searing ozone spiked the season’s highest readings on three days. Worse yet, all three peaks broke the one-hour federal ozone standard between 3 p.m.