If California sees its environmental goals realized, does it matter who contributes to the success? For some environmental groups, it apparently matters a great deal. Especially if Fresno-based Westlands Water District is the agency that turned 2,100 acres of cattle pastureland into tidal marshland in pursuit of reviving native...
Sheriff’s Office IDs Two Men Shot Dead in Mendota
The Fresno County Sheriff's Office has identified two Mendota residents who were shot to death early Sunday morning. The victim are Jose Abrego-Guardado, 47, and Wilmer Navarro, 24. According to a sheriff's news release, Mendota police officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 600 block of...
Valley Well Positioned to Accelerate Its Steady Clean Air Transformation
As lifelong residents of this great Valley, we have had the pleasure of helping to clean the air and improve the health of our families, friends, and neighbors in two of the state’s most underserved communities. Our role as city representatives to the Governing Board of the Valley Air...
UNFILTERED – DeSantis’ Treatment of Immigrants, Elections Update, Fresno County Redistricting
In this week's episode of UNFILTERED, we discussed the following topics: Desantis Sends Immigrants to Martha's Vineyard Elections Update Fresno County Redistricting Tune in for “Unfiltered” every Tuesday night at 6 p.m. live on gvwire.com and Facebook. Download the Unfiltered Podcast here or on your favorite mobile app. Unfiltered is hosted by GV Wire Publisher...
Porterville Man Who Tried to Kill Cops Gets Life Sentence
Marwin McDarment, 44, received 216 years to life in state prison on Wednesday for the attempted murder of multiple peace officers during a 2011 shootout on the Tule River Reservation. The sentence for the Porterville man was announced by Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward in a news release...
Want an Electric Hummer? Sorry, You’ll Have to Wait, Says GMC
General Motors said Wednesday it will stop taking reservations for the all-electric GMC Hummer pickup and Hummer SUV. According to a GMC spokesman, Hummer enthusiasm "has led to over 90,000 reservations for both pickup and SUV, and we’re excited to say this incredible demand has led to Hummer EV...
Former Bakersfield DMV Worker Admits to Taking Bribes
Ulises Pena, 39, a former state Department of Motor Vehicles employee in Bakersfield, pleaded guilty Monday to illegally producing California commercial driver’s licenses in exchange for bribes, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced in Fresno. Pena's guilty plea came as part of his agreement to cooperate with federal prosecutors...
UNFILTERED – Keeping Them Honest In The Valley
In this week's episode, we dive into a variety of topics including: FUSD principal caught pushing a minor student Controversy over Measure C ballot statements Taxpayers pony up for Nelson Esparza's defense Is Clovis more "affluent" than Fresno? New segment! Keeping Them Honest in the Valley. Tune in for “Unfiltered”...
Caballero Urges Stronger ‘Buy American’ Policy on the State, Local Level
California farmers and food processors grow and produce a bounty of fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts utilizing the highest food safety, environmental and labor standards in the world. Consequently, the food produced is of the highest quality for consumers and a source of great pride for California farmers large...
UNFILTERED – Bullard High, McCarthy Visit, Downtown Development & Restaurant Robots!
In this week's episode, UNFILTERED dives into: Bullard High's cellphone ban going into effect on Oct. 3 House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy's mid-term elections forecast; The Fresno City Council killing a long-delayed downtown housing project; and food-serving robots making an appearance at this year's MADE Central California food expo....