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Edward Smith,
Multimedia Journalist

Edward Smith began reporting for GV Wire in May 2023. His reporting career began at Fresno City College, graduating with an associate degree in journalism. After leaving school he spent the next six years with The Business Journal, doing research for the publication as well as covering the restaurant industry. Soon after, he took on real estate and agriculture beats, winning multiple awards at the local, state and national level. You can contact Edward at 559-440-8372 or at Edward.Smith@gvwire.com.

Stories by Edward Smith

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Fresno Police DUI Checkpoint Party Beers (GV Wire Composite/Paul Marshall)

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Fresno Police Will Conduct DUI Patrols Saturday Night

A saleswoman sits inside a Senco Gold & Diamonds jewellery showroom in Kolkata, India, January 28, 2026. (Reuters/Sahiba Chawdhary)

17 minutes ago

Gold Tops $5,300 for First Time on Dollar Weakness Ahead of Fed Decision

Kallen Bahl, a nurse, gathers with fellow health care providers and other mourners at the site in Minneapolis where Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal immigration agents on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)

32 minutes ago

Initial DHS Review Does Not Say Pretti Brandished Gun, Contradicting Noem

Protesters condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement gather in the lobby of a Hilton Garden Inn in New York, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. The protesters directed their ire at Hilton for, they claimed, providing lodging to ICE agents. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)

36 minutes ago

Dozens Arrested After Anti-ICE Protest at a Manhattan Hilton

Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, in Washington on Tuesday night, Jan. 27, 2026. Miller has suggested that federal agents “may not have been following” protocol before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, an apparent shift from earlier comments in which he and other Trump administration officials portrayed the shooting as justified. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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Miller Suggests Federal Agents May Have Diverted From ‘Protocol’ Before Pretti Shooting

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California speaks during his State of the State address at the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 8, 2025. Newsom vowed on Monday to stop a proposed wealth tax in California, saying that its mere introduction had already hurt the state by driving some billionaires to relocate and take their tax dollars with them. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)

42 minutes ago

Cracks Between Newsom and Frustrated Lawmakers Show in First Budget Hearings

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