CITY OF FRESNO
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_________________________________ ________________________________ JERRY P. DYER, Honorable Mayor TYLER MAXWELL, Council President _________________________________
ANNALISA PEREA, Vice President MIKE KARBASSI, Councilmember District 2 _________________________________
MIGUEL ARIAS, Councilmember District 3 LUIS CHAVEZ, Councilmember District 5
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GARRY BREDEFELD, Councilmember District 6 NELSON ESPARZA, Council District 7
WHEREAS, Action News Live at 6:30 anchor Dale Yurong is celebrating 40 years with ABC30. For four decades, Dale has enjoyed telling untold stories in Fresno and up and down the San Joaquin Valley, as well as, since 2020, featuring local eateries in a popular segment known as Dine + Dish; and
WHEREAS, in his time as a journalist, Dale has won an Edward R. Murrow Award, an Emmy Award, and has been named Associated Press Reporter of the Year. He established Ag Watch to give viewers insight into the Valley's top industry. He is a four-time winner of the Fresno County Farm Bureau Award and has earned many other honors; and
WHEREAS, earlier in his career, Dale was a sports anchor. In that time, he interviewed elite athletes such as the late Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Steve Young, Magic Johnson and Will Clark, and especially enjoyed watching locals like Bruce Bowen and Olympic snowboarder Andy Finch realize their childhood dreams; and
WHEREAS, a Stockton native, Dale graduated with a Communications degree from the University of the Pacific.
He and his wife have three children; and
WHEREAS, in his spare time, Dale likes to read, play basketball and tend to his tropical plants; and WHEREAS, over four decades at ABC30, Dale has become a local icon, known to generations of Fresno and Valley television viewers for his honest and thorough reporting and his steadfast delivery of the news.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, Mayor Jerry Dyer and Members of the Fresno City Council, do hereby proclaim Thursday, August 10, 2023 to be:
“Dale Yurong Day”
In the City of Fresno.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and
affixed the seal of the City of Fresno, California, this 10th day of August 2023.
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