(Editor's Note: This is an updated version of Bill McEwen's Jan. 10, 2019, column on the financial challenges facing the Marjaree Mason Center.) Domestic violence again is sending tremors through our community. A day after she obtained a restraining order against the father of their 1-year-old daughter, a Fresno woman...
It’s a Kids Day Record: $634K Raised for Valley Children’s
The people of the Valley have done it again! Valley Children's Hospital announced Wednesday (March 13) afternoon that this year's Kids Day raised $634,301.82 — a record total for the 32nd annual event. On March 5, more than 8,000 volunteers spread throughout the region hawking special Kids Day editions of...
Feds Create Hole in Marjaree Mason Budget. It's Up to Us to Fill It.
The first rule of government should be one that's in the Hippocratic Oath: "First, do no harm." I say that because the Marjaree Mason Center — one of Fresno's best-known and most-needed nonprofits — is dealing with the fallout of the federal government's effort to help the homeless. Center Lost $224,000...
Tree Fresno Throws Shade. But in a Very Good Way.
What's better than sitting underneath the shade of a tree on a hot Fresno day? Not much! Tree Fresno's mission is planting and maintaining trees in and around the city. "A life without green space is a life that is not going to be satisfying. It isn't going to be healthy....
Donations Falling Short In Effort to Honor Clovis Veterans
Time is running out to support an effort to honor veterans this holiday season. "We are falling short at this point of meeting our goal of placing a wreath on the graves of the nearly 4,000 veterans buried at the Clovis Cemetery," said organizer Linda Branam in a Facebook message this...
Democrats Get Big Bucks From Small-Dollar Donors
In any campaign, big money players get the most attention. But Democrats running in California’s seven most competitive congressional districts are vastly outraising Republicans in small-dollar donations, according to a review of campaign money compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. It’s a display of voter enthusiasm that can pay long-term dividends...
This Is the State Senate Race All of California Is Watching
The state GOP has a lot riding on Madera County Supervisor Rob Poythress' run for state Senate. Keeping the 12th District seat in Republican hands is crucial to the party's effort to prevent a Democratic supermajority in California's upper chamber. Democrats are just as motivated to flip the seat blue,...
Donations and Volunteers Surge at Border Rest Center
MCALLEN, Texas — One by one, around Father's Day, the surge of Amazon boxes containing shirts, pants, underwear and many other items began arriving at an asylum-seeker rest center in the border town of McAllen, Texas. Included in the packages were notes of support. One read: "As someone who has...
Where Does Janz Stand in His Full-On Prosecution of Nunes?
Last fall, Andrew Janz would come home after a full day as a Fresno County prosecutor and start dialing the phone. Contributions are the lifeblood of any major political campaign and Janz needed them. To get the word out that he was running for Congress. To distance himself from other...