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US Health Agency Moves to Increase Oversight of Food Additives
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Oman Says Grounded Tanker Oil Spill Covers 150 Square Miles
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Taylor Farms Recalls Salsa, Guacamole on Salmonella Outbreak, Intensifying Food-Safety Fears
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Islamic New Year Festival Celebrates Muslim Culture, Businesses in Clovis
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Lily’s Mediterranean Cuisine Expands Dining Room, Grows Customer Base in NW Fresno
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Bill McEwen,
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Bill McEwen is news director and columnist for GV Wire. He joined GV Wire in August 2017 after 37 years at The Fresno Bee. With The Bee, he served as Opinion Editor, City Hall reporter, Metro columnist, sports columnist and sports editor through the years. His work has been frequently honored by the California Newspapers Publishers Association, including authoring first-place editorials in 2015 and 2016. Bill and his wife, Karen, are proud parents of two adult sons, and they have two grandsons. You can contact Bill at 559-612-0292 or at bmcewen@gvwire.com

Stories by Bill McEwen

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What Is Mayor Dyer’s Advice on Transportation Tax Voting?

With two half-cent sales taxes aimed at improving local roads and subsidizing bus service potentially on the November ballot, Fresno Mayor J...
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Why Is Swearengin Pushing So Hard for Road Tax? She Wants to Rule Fresno

The latest news on the Better Roads Safe Streets front is that its Ashley Swearengin-led backers have hired a heavyweight Sacramento lobbyin...
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Republicans Make Macedo Their California Assembly Leader

Fast-rising star Alexandra Macedo of Tulare is the new leader of the Republican caucus in the California Assembly. Macedo assumed the top le...
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A new study from the AI Shopify company Build Your Store indicates that Fresno is the best California metropolitan area to start a business....
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Assemblymember Macedo Asks State to Intervene in Avenal Recall Mess

Assemblymember Alexandra Macedo (R-Tulare), whose district includes the embattled city of Avenal, wants state intervention to remove four re...
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It appears that David Joseph Yama, 42, of Reedley, finally realized the gravity of his situation Friday. Three days before the scheduled sta...
Crime

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Former Professor Caught in Fresno FBI Child Sex Sting Gets 18-Year Sentence

Rodger Githens, 48, of West Sacramento, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake in Fresno federal court to 18 years and si...
Crime

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Fresno can boast of having one of the country’s best youth flag football teams. Welcome Home Celebration When: Monday, July 27, 5 p.m...
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A migrant holds a sign reading "Queremos Asilo," Spanish for "We want asylum," during a gathering in Ceuta, Spain, August 16, 2026. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona
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