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,...
Who is a Dreamer? Nancy Wants the World to Know
GV Wire attended the news conference Wednesday publicizing the opening of Fresno Unified School District's Dream Resource Center at Manchester Center. The center will provide resources for undocumented students to renew their applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals before the Oct. 5 deadline. And it will offer citizenship classes and...
Who is a Dreamer? Nancy Wants the World to Know
GV Wire attended the news conference Wednesday publicizing the opening of Fresno Unified School District's Dream Resource Center at Manchester Center. The center will provide resources for undocumented students to renew their applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals before the Oct. 5 deadline. And it will offer citizenship classes and...
Investment in Fresno PD Will Protect Citizens, Boost Economy
OPINION BY DARIUS ASSEMI Fresno Mayor Lee Brand made good this week on his promises to hire a full-time independent police auditor who resides in Fresno and to appoint a Citizens Public Safety Advisory Board. It is my fervent hope that John Gliatta, a former FBI agent and Fresno County...
Investment in Fresno PD Will Protect Citizens, Boost Economy
OPINION BY DARIUS ASSEMI Fresno Mayor Lee Brand made good this week on his promises to hire a full-time independent police auditor who resides in Fresno and to appoint a Citizens Public Safety Advisory Board. It is my fervent hope that John Gliatta, a former FBI agent and Fresno County...
It's a New Platform, But I've Still Got My Eye on Fresno
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 street knocking on doors to learn the latest "news," mostly...
It's a New Platform, But I've Still Got My Eye on Fresno
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 street knocking on doors to learn the latest "news," mostly...
Vidak Accuses Dem Leader, Ag Group in Hall Conspiracy
[This revised story features reaction from Sen. Kevin De Leon's office and more from Vidak] Sen. Andy Vidak (R-Hanford) lobbed another charge about the appointment of Isadore Hall to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB). Less than two weeks after accusing Hall of having a vendetta against those who opposed...
Vidak Accuses Dem Leader, Ag Group in Hall Conspiracy
[This revised story features reaction from Sen. Kevin De Leon's office and more from Vidak] Sen. Andy Vidak (R-Hanford) lobbed another charge about the appointment of Isadore Hall to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB). Less than two weeks after accusing Hall of having a vendetta against those who opposed...
More reaction to passing of AB 199: fair wages or home killer?
A bill that would extend higher wages for construction workers on more public works projects passed its first hurdle, but to the objection of the building industry. AB 199 met with stiff resistance from dozens who packed the Assembly Labor and Employment committee. One of those testifying in opposition was...