Fresno
Central Valley hub
Fresno is a city in central California, the largest in the San Joaquin Valley and a major agricultural hub.
The name comes from Spanish for "ash tree." Fresno appears in discussions of California's farming industry and Central Valley demographics: She grew up in Fresno before moving to the Bay Area.
Dried grape snack
- grapesClustered vine fruit
- figsSmall sweet tree fruit
- almondsEdible tree drupes
- pistachiosEdible green tree nuts
cotton · citrus · vineyard · orchard · irrigation · farming · harvest · packing house
California's main farming region
- San Joaquin ValleyCentral California agricultural region
- ClovisFirst Merovingian ruler
- BakersfieldSouthern Central Valley municipality
- ModestoCalifornia city or name
Stockton · Merced · Madera · Sierra Nevada · Yosemite National Park · Sequoia National Park
Central business district
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- metropolitanOf a major city
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
commute · traffic · zoning · development · neighborhoods · Clovis · infrastructure · public transit
Transferred thermal energy
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- summerYear's warmest season
- dryFree from moisture
arid · air quality · smog · drought · irrigation · water shortage · heatwave · sunburn
Progress toward maturity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- affordable housingShelter scaled to earnings
- migrationMovement to new territory
business growth · investment · economy · employment · opportunity · boom · diversification · tech sector
raisins
Dried grape snack
pistachios · cotton · citrus · vineyard · orchard · irrigation · farming · harvest · packing house · dairy
Central Valley
California's main farming region
- San Joaquin ValleyCentral California agricultural region
- ClovisFirst Merovingian ruler
- BakersfieldSouthern Central Valley municipality
Modesto · Stockton · Merced · Madera · Sierra Nevada · Yosemite National Park · Sequoia National Park
downtown
Central business district
- suburbsResidential areas outside cities
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- metropolitanOf a major city
revitalization · commute · traffic · zoning · development · neighborhoods · Clovis · infrastructure · public transit · skyline
heat
Transferred thermal energy
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- summerYear's warmest season
dry · arid · air quality · smog · drought · irrigation · water shortage · heatwave · sunburn · triple digits
development
Progress toward maturity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- affordable housingShelter scaled to earnings
migration · business growth · investment · economy · employment · opportunity · boom · diversification · tech sector · startups
- California GeographyLos Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Orange
- Fresno CountyClovis, Selma, Fowler, Huron, San Joaquin
- US CitiesNew York City, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Dallas
- U.S. CitiesNew York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix
- CaliforniaLos Angeles, San Francisco, Hollywood, San Diego, Yosemite
- chili peppersjalapeno, chili pepper, habanero, serrano, cayenne
FresnoSan Francisco
Northern California metropolis
coastal California · Los Angeles · San Diego · Santa Barbara · Monterey
FresnoBeverly Hills
Affluent Southern California city
Hollywood · San Francisco · Manhattan · Malibu · Palo Alto
FresnoManhattan
NYC's densest borough
San Francisco · Seattle · Chicago · Los Angeles · Silicon Valley