David Taub, Author at GV Wire

Picture of packaged almonds at Fresno Food Expo

With Nut Harvest Coming, Valley Growers Weary of Trade War

July 27, 2018

With harvest season a few weeks away, nut growers in the Central Valley are already weary of new higher tariffs on some of their products, such as pistachios. And they worry that if the international market ...

What To Do With $171 Million? Dam Backers May Turn It Down.

David Taub

July 25, 2018

The good news is, a state board officially approved $171 million for Temperance Flat Reservoir. But, get this: The lead agency for the project isn’t sure if it wants the money. Have you ever heard of gove...

Fresno Imam Delivers House Invocation In Washington

David Taub

July 24, 2018

Click here to view the full prayer. Imam Seyed Ali Ghazvini of Fresno isn’t the first Muslim religious leader to deliver the invocation on the House of Representatives floor. But, he is the latest. “I tha...

Fresno Parks Tax All But Assured To Be on November Ballot

David Taub

July 23, 2018

UPDATE: 12:40 p.m., Tuesday, July 24: This story has been updated to include why the Fresno for Parks sales-tax proposal is not on the Fresno City Council agenda for this week. A measure to raise the sales t...

Photo illustration for the 2018 Fresno Food Expo

Fresno Food Expo Launches Locals to World Markets

David Taub

July 23, 2018

Who will be the next Valley business to use the Fresno Food Expo as a launching pad for expansion? While some companies use the Fresno Food Expo to reach new markets, others hope to find companies that can h...

Picture of downtown San Francisco where wealth collides with poverty

Who Are Real Poverty Pimps? They’re Democrats: Walters

David Taub

July 23, 2018

By most metrics, California has a poverty problem. One out of every five Golden Staters lives below the “line,” which recently has been recalibrated and no longer masks the truth. CALmatter’s Dan Walters opi...

Fresno’s No. 1 Food? It’s Tacos. No Ifs, Ands or Buts.

David Taub

July 20, 2018

A common theme emerged when talking with the operators of the 30-plus taco trucks at Chukchansi Park: They are uber passionate about what they do. Nearly 10,000 fans showed up for the food, taco-eating conte...

Odds Improve For Parks Tax Vote in November

David Taub

July 20, 2018

Give credit to the efficiencies of Fresno's election clerks. Politics 101 David Taub Fresno for Parks turned in 34,999 signatures to the city clerk on Wednesday. The parks advocates want to...

Immigrants Reach Citizenship Dream With This Clinic’s Help

David Taub

July 19, 2018

It’s a place where new Americans, or at least those who want to become Americans, go for help. It’s the New American Legal Clinic, a service of San Joaquin College of Law. The program offers non-citizens, wh...

RV Park Starts Complying With State Orders. Residents Still Face Hardships.

David Taub

July 19, 2018

Months after residents complained about a dilapidated RV park outside of Mendota, the owner is starting to clean up his act. But residents at Jack's RV Resort Park say they continue to face hardships. Des...

California High Court Sides With Police in Case Over Chases

Need a New Car? Air District Will Give You Up to $9,500.

Valadao Challenges Cox to Congressional TV Debates

Trump Honors Federal Immigration Officials at White House

Why Your Paycheck Isn't Keeping Pace With Inflation

Tax Vote Should’ve Been 50/50 For Parks & Police: Ashjian

Why Anti-Trump Latino Voters Won’t Swing the Midterms

Would New Fresno CC Science Building Give Blackstone a Lift?

Neymar Ends Mexico's Dream of World Cup 'Quinto Partido'

That Scrutinized Bit of Meyer’s OSU Contract May Be New Norm

Beating ‘Thriller,’ the Eagles Have No. 1 Album of All-Time

Silver & Blackout TV: Why Fresno Can’t See Derek Carr in Preseason

Fresno Unified Must Make Special Ed a Priority. Not an Afterthought.

Tax Vote Should’ve Been 50/50 For Parks & Police: Ashjian

Why Anti-Trump Latino Voters Won’t Swing the Midterms

Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Social Media Must Stop Targeting Conservatives

The Syrian War as Told Through the Photographer's Eyes

Leaders Applaud New Community Center for Highway City

Want To Boost Creativity? Connect With Someone From a Foreign Country.

Inside the Sacred Danger of Thailand’s Caves

David Taub

With Nut Harvest Coming, Valley Growers Weary of Trade War

What To Do With $171 Million? Dam Backers May Turn It Down.

Fresno Imam Delivers House Invocation In Washington

Fresno Parks Tax All But Assured To Be on November Ballot

Fresno Food Expo Launches Locals to World Markets

Who Are Real Poverty Pimps? They’re Democrats: Walters

Fresno’s No. 1 Food? It’s Tacos. No Ifs, Ands or Buts.

Odds Improve For Parks Tax Vote in November

Immigrants Reach Citizenship Dream With This Clinic’s Help

RV Park Starts Complying With State Orders. Residents Still Face Hardships.

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