Dramatic images of out-of-control wildfires in western North American forests have appeared on our television and computer screens with increasing regularity in recent decades, while costs of fire suppression have soared. In 2015, federal spending on suppression exceeded US$2 billion, just 15 years after first exceeding $1 billion. Something has...
Wildfires in West Have Gotten Bigger, More Frequent and Longer Since the 1980s
Dramatic images of out-of-control wildfires in western North American forests have appeared on our television and computer screens with increasing regularity in recent decades, while costs of fire suppression have soared. In 2015, federal spending on suppression exceeded US$2 billion, just 15 years after first exceeding $1 billion. Something has...
Fresno Keeps Close Eye on California's Hepatitis Emergency
A deadly outbreak of hepatitis A in California has prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency to better respond to the disease. So far, the outbreak has killed 19 people in San Diego and sickened close to 600 across the state. The governor’s declaration will allow the...
Fresno Keeps Close Eye on California's Hepatitis Emergency
A deadly outbreak of hepatitis A in California has prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency to better respond to the disease. So far, the outbreak has killed 19 people in San Diego and sickened close to 600 across the state. The governor’s declaration will allow the...
A U.S. Passport Won't Get You a Beer at the Fresno Fair
As a newcomer to the area, I had heard that The Big Fresno Fair is the one event all year that can't be missed! People from all over the Valley travel to Fresno to be a part of the festivities. I walked up to the entrance and saw the bright lights, kids laughing,...
What and Where in the World is Metalachi?
Metalachi is the world’s first and only metal mariachi band. And it has two ties to Fresno. One, it is playing tonight at The Big Fresno Fair on the Pavilion Stage at 8:30. Two, El Cucuy, whose title with the band is "Master of Trumpets," lived in Fresno when he...
What and Where in the World is Metalachi?
Metalachi is the world’s first and only metal mariachi band. And it has two ties to Fresno. One, it is playing tonight at The Big Fresno Fair on the Pavilion Stage at 8:30. Two, El Cucuy, whose title with the band is "Master of Trumpets," lived in Fresno when he...
Here's a Better Way to Help Homeless People of Fresno
Opinion by Bill McEwen Like a lot of people around the country, many Fresnans are fed up with the impacts of homelessness. They are tired of having their homes broken into. Tired of going to their businesses early in the morning and finding feces by the front door, water...
Here's a Better Way to Help Homeless People of Fresno
Opinion by Bill McEwen Like a lot of people around the country, many Fresnans are fed up with the impacts of homelessness. They are tired of having their homes broken into. Tired of going to their businesses early in the morning and finding feces by the front door, water...
Someone Has to Give. Will it be Rest of U.S. or California?
Opinion By Joe Mathews America is terribly polarized. And it’s all on account of California. The trouble is not merely that California itself is such a politically polarized place. Or that California contributes to the many causes of polarization: partisan media, cultural atomization, large-scale political fundraising, technological change, economic anxiety,...