For 10-mile stretch of Fresno roads, old is new again after latest name change

Street signs in Fresno that once proudly honored Civil Rights activist Cesar Chavez began to be taken down Friday as part of an extensive removal process along a 10-mile stretch of roads.

City leaders elected to remove the Cesar Chavez name and have the three combined streets reverted to their original names less than two years ago after they were changed to celebrate Chavez.

The change back of roughly 200 street signs is part of the aftermath from a New York Times investigation in March that reported Chavez allegedly groomed and abused children and raped women…

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