GV Wire senior reporter David Taub shares with KMPH Fox 26 “Great Day” anchor Jim De La Vega how revitalizing downtown Fresno involves an affordable housing proposal across the street from Chukchansi Park.
Six-Time DUI Offender Faces Murder Charges for Fatal Fresno Crash
The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has charged David Alvarado, 54, of Madera, with multiple counts, including murder, following a fatal crash on Saturday, May 18. Alvarado, driving a Ford F250 pickup truck north on Highway 41 at Manning Avenue, collided with vehicles stopped at a red light. The high-speed...
CHP Seizes $400K of Cocaine in Fresno County I-5 Traffic Stop
A traffic stop by a California Highway Patrol K-9 sergeant on Interstate 5 in Fresno County led to the seizure of approximately 11 pounds of cocaine valued at nearly $400,000. The incident resulted in the arrest of 38-year-old Juan Manuel Castillo Barajas of Ceres, the CHP reported on its Instagram...
Mendota Gets a New Big-Name Resident to Call Prison Home
Crypto billionaire-turned-felon Sam Bankman-Fried will leave the Big Apple for the Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota. According to the New York Post, the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX found out about the transfer to the prison a few days ago. The transfer process from the Brooklyn Federal Metropolitan Detention Center...
Fresno State Faculty: Stop Diverting Money from Academics to Athletics
The Fresno State Academic Senate says the university and CSU system need to reverse the trend of putting more general fund and student tuition money into athletics at the expense of academics. The Senate voted unanimously last month for a resolution that says spending on Athletics from the state general...
Fresno Needs More Grocery Stores. Would Change to Local Liquor Law Help It Happen?
The Fresno City Council will discuss Thursday reversing the part of a local law that requires grocery stores wanting to sell alcohol to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy multiple liquor licenses and retire all but one of them. If approved, the amendment to the 2020 Responsible Neighborhood...
First Disease Deaths Reported in Flooded Southern Brazil; Surge in Fatalities Expected
SAO PAULO — The first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease were reported in southern Brazil, where floodwaters were slowly receding, and health authorities warned additional fatalities were likely. Deaths Caused By Waterborne Diseases Rio Grande do Sul state's health secretariat confirmed the death of a 33-year-old man due to...
Fox’s Greg Olsen Wins Top Analyst at Sports Emmy Awards
Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports' top NFL announcing team with seven Super Bowl rings. Greg Olsen is leaving it with another Sports Emmy award. After being named Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent last year, Olsen was named the top Event Analyst during the three-hour ceremony at...
Rookies Clark, Reese & Brink Send WNBA Ratings Soaring
NEW YORK — Fueled by its sensational rookie class of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Cameron Brink, the WNBA had a huge first week in terms of attendance, ratings and digital media. The league saw a 14% increase in attendance from last year with both New York and Indiana leading...
Asian American, Pacific Islander Latinos in the US See Exponential Growth, New Analysis Says
The number of people of both Latino and Asian American or Pacific Islander heritage has more than doubled in the last 20 years yet it remains an often ignored demographic, researchers at UCLA said Wednesday. The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute analyzed Census Bureau data within the last two...