Bill McEwen

A Little Commercial Activity Will Boost River Trail Extension

November 13, 2017

Opinion By Bill McEwen Glaciers are melting faster than the 2-mile extension of the Lewis S. Eaton Trail is being built. It has been almost 15 years since the San Joaquin River Conservancy purchased about 500 acres in the river bottom with $10 mil...

10 Questions With Fresno State’s First Lady, Mary Castro

Bill McEwen

November 13, 2017

Mary Castro became the First Lady at Fresno State in 2013 when her husband, Joseph I. Castro, was selected as the university’s eighth president. It is a role that she embraces with great zeal. Indeed, she is on...

I Have Ideas For Fresno Bus Service. What Are Yours?

Bill McEwen

November 3, 2017

Opinion By Bill McEwen I've seen the future of Fresno bus service, and it looks like this. It starts with a survey of residents. Where do they live, where do they work and what time do they need to...

Jim Boren Put Facts and People First in Extraordinary Career

Bill McEwen

October 31, 2017

Opinion By Bill McEwen The Fresno Bee won't be the same now that Jim Boren has announced that he will retire in January. It can't be the same. Not when someone has poured as much of himself into an endeavor as Jim has during his 48 years with the...

Ashjian Can Be His Own Worst Enemy. And a Student’s Best Friend

Bill McEwen

August 30, 2017

OPINION BY BILL MCEWEN Brooke Ashjian is not the simple attention seeking politician that some of his critics assume him to be. Rather, he's a complicated man largely shaped by a hard-scrabble upbringing...

It’s a New Platform, But I’ve Still Got My Eye on Fresno

Bill McEwen

August 28, 2017

Journalism started for me when I was 9 years old. We lived about 20 miles east of Portland, not far from the confluence of the Sandy and Columbia rivers, in a place called Troutdale. I went up and down the s...

Elections Guru Nate Silver Gives Janz & Heng Little Cha... Noted statistician Nate Silver, who anal...

LA Mayor: Trump Sows Division, Does ‘Racist ThingsR... LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Gar...

Would New Fresno CC Science Building Give Blackstone a Lift? What can be done to make Blackstone Aven...

Feds Pledge to Thin Forests, Work with States to Fight Wildf... WASHINGTON — As wildfires choke Californ...

Silver & Blackout TV: Why Fresno Can’t See Derek ... For the second year in a row, Derek Carr...

In Franklin’s Anthems, Women Heard an Empowering Message NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin never saw her...

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Indicted Trump Ally Chris Collins Ends Re-Election Bid

Elections Guru Nate Silver Gives Janz & Heng Little Chance of Winning

LA Mayor: Trump Sows Division, Does ‘Racist Things’

Would New Fresno CC Science Building Give Blackstone a Lift?

TSA Tracks Regular Travelers Like Terrorists In Quiet Skies Program

Would New Fresno CC Science Building Give Blackstone a Lift?

Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Social Media Must Stop Targeting Conservatives

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Tesla Model 3 Buyers Lose Patience and Maybe Tax Credits

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

In Franklin’s Anthems, Women Heard an Empowering Message

Aerosmith to Launch Residency in Las Vegas Next Year

Zakaria: Trump's Blame Game Is Risky Business

Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Social Media Must Stop Targeting Conservatives

Your Chance to Honor Rhodes, Who Still is Elevating Fresno

Time to Pass Safe & Affordable Drinking Water Fund Legislation

Mayor Lee Brand's 2018 State of the City Address

Leaders Applaud New Community Center for Highway City

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Inside the Sacred Danger of Thailand’s Caves

A Little Commercial Activity Will Boost River Trail Extension

10 Questions With Fresno State’s First Lady, Mary Castro

I Have Ideas For Fresno Bus Service. What Are Yours?

Jim Boren Put Facts and People First in Extraordinary Career

Ashjian Can Be His Own Worst Enemy. And a Student’s Best Friend

It’s a New Platform, But I’ve Still Got My Eye on Fresno