For Fresno, California, as with many other U.S. cities, this is a time of uncertainty, as it seeks to chart a course to the future, amidst an often conflicting array of social, political and economic forces.
Part of the agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley in central California, Fresno is a city in transition. While it maintains its links with the land and its past, Fresno faces many of the same growing pains, including crime and pollution, that char...