Bill McEwen, Author at GV Wire

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Visalia Man With 4 DUI Convictions Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder

July 8, 2020

Repeat DUI offender Bryan Michael Buhl, 42, faces a second-degree murder charge in a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Visalia on Thursday, July 2. "There are too many options that exist today to get home ...

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Merced Sheriff’s New Tune: COVID-19 Is Bad, Wear a Mask

Bill McEwen

July 8, 2020

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke is singing a different tune about COVID-19 health risks as the number of cases in his county explodes. Listen to this article: https://d28jd3p91iwyr0.cloudfront.net/p...

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California Condors Soar Again At Sequoia After Nearly 50 Years

Bill McEwen

July 8, 2020

Several iconic California condors have returned to the majestic trees and cliffs of Sequoia National Park for the first time in nearly 50 years. “As biologists, we are excited to see condors co...

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Will Downtown to River Parkway ‘Protected’ Bike Lane Become Reality?

Bill McEwen

July 7, 2020

A bike lane offering riders added protection from motorists stretching nearly 13 miles from downtown Fresno to the San Joaquin River Parkway is coming into focus. But whether it becomes a reality depends on ...

Image of Fresno Fire Department active fires map early July 5 after battling Fourth of July blazes caused by illegal fireworksnf

Worst Night Ever for Illegal Fireworks, Says Fresno Fire Department

Bill McEwen

July 6, 2020

One look at the Fresno sky on Saturday night might have told you it was the worst night ever for illegal fireworks. Confirmation came from events on the ground. "There were three-and-half hours of non-stop a...

McConnell: House $1.5T Infrastructure Bill ‘Isn’t Going Anywhere’

Bill McEwen

July 1, 2020

Before the offices of Reps. Jim Costa and TJ Cox could issue news releases trumpeting House passage of a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared the bill dead on arriv...

Reedley Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Farm Workers

Bill McEwen

June 29, 2020

Hernan Rodriguez, 29, of Reedley was sentenced to death Friday in a Tulare County courtroom for the 2015 murders of two co-workers in a Dinuba plum orchard. “The families of the victims have waited f...

Notorious Fresno Mailbox Thief Gets One Year in Federal Lockup

Bill McEwen

June 26, 2020

One of Fresno's most notorious thieves in recent memory is headed to federal prison for one year and a day. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Justin Deger, 28, Thursday for credit card fraud and po...

T-Mobile Pulls Back Pledge to Create 1,000 Jobs in Kingsburg

Bill McEwen

June 24, 2020

T-Mobile is backtracking on its promise to create 1,000 new jobs at a customer service center to be built in Kingsburg, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The COVID-19 crisis “makes the imposition of a mandate to c...

Fresno Regional IRS Center Will Reopen Monday

Bill McEwen

June 23, 2020

Internal Revenue Service employees at the Fresno campus will return to work on Monday, according to an internal email to workers from IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig. The start date was confirmed by the Nation...

US Prosecutors Spar With Prince Andrew in Epstein Probe

Trump Wears Mask in Public for First Time During Pandemic

Amazon’s Homeless Shelter Faces Seattle Crisis, Criticism

Trump Commutes Longtime Friend Roger Stone’s Prison Sentence

Is Gov. Newsom Blind About Work in Our Pandemic-Shaped Future?

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot

Temperance Flat Dam Put on the Shelf Indefinitely

Grizzlies Tell Hertz to Park for Free at the Stadium

Don’t Risk Your Health by Attending Harvard Block Sale: Soria

Singer Says Lawsuit Over Lady a Name Is ‘White Privilege’

City Supplies COVID-19 Masks for Saturday’s Harvard Block Sale

The Alternate Racial Realities of Life in Clovis

We’re Doing This COVID-19 Mask Thing All Wrong

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

Walters: State Unemployment Insurance in Chaos

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Must Muslims Fast for Ramadan During COVID-19?

Trump Rally Highlights Vulnerabilities Heading Into Election

Ex-Bush Officials Launch Super PAC Backing Biden Over Trump

Trump’s Superpower Turns to Kryptonite

With Student Gathering, Trump Gets a More Boisterous Crowd

Bill McEwen

Visalia Man With 4 DUI Convictions Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder

Merced Sheriff’s New Tune: COVID-19 Is Bad, Wear a Mask

California Condors Soar Again At Sequoia After Nearly 50 Years

Will Downtown to River Parkway ‘Protected’ Bike Lane Become Reality?

Worst Night Ever for Illegal Fireworks, Says Fresno Fire Department

McConnell: House $1.5T Infrastructure Bill ‘Isn’t Going Anywhere’

Reedley Man Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Farm Workers

Notorious Fresno Mailbox Thief Gets One Year in Federal Lockup

T-Mobile Pulls Back Pledge to Create 1,000 Jobs in Kingsburg

Fresno Regional IRS Center Will Reopen Monday

Author Bill McEwen