Joe Mathews, Author at GV Wire

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Latino Wave Is Changing Fresno’s Small-Town Political Culture

January 24, 2020

Looking for California’s biggest wave? Try Fresno. As Fresno emerges as the Golden State’s next great city, it’s also experiencing an opening up of its small-town political culture. At this transformation’s ...

Billie Eilish Really Is the California Girl Next Door

Joe Mathews

January 16, 2020

If Billie Eilish lives in the neighborhood, is she one of us? It might seem preposterous to think of Eilish as the California girl next door. The 18-year-old is the first international pop star born in the 2...

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Hello to the Roaring 2020s. California Soon Will Be Reborn.

Joe Mathews

January 2, 2020

January 1, 2030 To my three sons: I’m so proud of you. I especially appreciate that, now that you’re 21, 18, and 16 years old, you no longer fight with each other constantly. You’re doing well in school, ...

Visalia Catholics Think Big, and It’s a Wonderful Thing

Joe Mathews

December 12, 2019

It’s Christmas, and there’s no room at any of your town’s existing inns. You can’t open additional inns because you’re already running short of innkeepers. What to do? People in Visalia — who have a spirit r...

Can We Survive the New Sequel to ‘Frozen’?

Joe Mathews

November 26, 2019

Our republic has survived the Civil War, the Great Depression, even the 2016 election. But can it survive the new sequel to Frozen? I doubt it. Joe Mathews Opinion While this decade has seen au...

Trader Joe’s Lets Us Be Snobs at Reasonable Prices

Joe Mathews

November 7, 2019

For years, I’ve told children, newspaper editors, and other credulous people that I’m the Joe of Trader Joe’s. That’s a lie. But it’s true that the store and I grew up in the very same neighborhood. As a Pas...

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Despite Trump’s Attacks, California Is Still a Republican State

Joe Mathews

October 29, 2019

Did da Vinci spray graffiti over the Mona Lisa? Did Hitchcock destroy reels of Vertigo? Of course not. So why are Republicans waging war against California, their party’s greatest masterpiece? For all the...

Bring Back Topgun!

Joe Mathews

October 12, 2019

By that, I do not mean Top Gun, the cliché-ridden, late-Cold War, Tom Cruise film about Naval aviators in San Diego. That Top Gun is already on its way back with a sequel next year. No, what California reall...

These Immigrants are Making Healthcare More Human

Joe Mathews

September 29, 2019

Immigrants, already essential to California healthcare, will become even more important in the future. Today, one in six medical professionals, and nearly one-third of physicians, are foreign-born, and man...

Forestiere Underground Gardens Light a Path to Ending Housing Crisis

Joe Mathews

September 19, 2019

In our search for inspiring new ideas for solving California’s housing crisis, we must dig deeper. How deep? At least to the depths plumbed by Baldassare Forestiere. Joe Mathews Opinion ...

California Voters May Consider Mandate to End Homelessness

Poll: Many in US Support Trump Decision to Kill Iran General

Early Voting Means 2020 Primary Is Already Here for Millions

Alaska Pot Shops to Be Among 1st in US to Allow Consumption

Nunes' Reliably Red District Remains So, But Is Slipping

Salty Water Spat Erupts Over ‘No Man’s Land’ of Mendota Pool

Injuries at Fresno’s Amazon Warehouse Are Triple Industry Average

‘Not the Golden State Anymore’: Middle- and Low-Income People Leave California

Why Losing a Dog Can Be Harder Than Losing a Relative or Friend

6-Year-Old Raises Over $250K for Australian Bushfires by Making Cute Clay Koalas

NFL’s Saints Fight to Shield Emails in Catholic Abuse Crisis

Mario Meet Hulk: Nintendo Park Coming to Universal Orlando

Risks, Rewards, and Robots: The Future of Work in California

Latino Wave Is Changing Fresno’s Small-Town Political Culture

Opinion: California Must End the Plague of Human Trafficking. This Proposal Can Help.

Walters: Voters Face Hundreds of Local Tax Measures

Video: Dyer vs. Janz in GV Wire Mayoral Forum

Video: Alonzo vs. Maxwell in GV Wire City Council Forum

Rabbi Rosove: Two-State Solution Only Road to Peace for Israel, Palestine

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Dyer and Janz Go Toe-to-Toe in Hard-Hitting Forum

Early Voting Means 2020 Primary Is Already Here for Millions

The Janz-Dyer Mayoral Battle Is Tight: GV Wire Poll

Money Piling Up to Elect, Oppose Dyer for Mayor

Joe Mathews

Latino Wave Is Changing Fresno’s Small-Town Political Culture

Billie Eilish Really Is the California Girl Next Door

Hello to the Roaring 2020s. California Soon Will Be Reborn.

Visalia Catholics Think Big, and It’s a Wonderful Thing

Can We Survive the New Sequel to ‘Frozen’?

Trader Joe’s Lets Us Be Snobs at Reasonable Prices

Despite Trump’s Attacks, California Is Still a Republican State

Bring Back Topgun!

These Immigrants are Making Healthcare More Human

Forestiere Underground Gardens Light a Path to Ending Housing Crisis

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