Chicano poet Michael Jasso doesn’t plan his typewriter poems. He doesn’t outline, revise, or workshop them in advance. Instead, he listens. Sitting behind two vintage typewriters—one a Smith Corona fitted with looping cursive letters and the other with regular font, Jasso asks strangers a simple question: What do you want...
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetle… Opens Friday the 13th in Fresno
Perhaps it is no coincidence that the North American tour of "Beetlejuice" launches in Fresno on Friday the 13th. Audiences are safe, as long as they do not repeat the not-so-friendly ghost's name three times. The Broadway musical based on the 1988 movie has been staged worldwide. The first of...
$1.5M of Measure P Funds Embezzled from Fresno Arts Council. PD and FBI Are Probing
The Fresno Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating the reported embezzlement of $1.5 million in Measure P funds from the Fresno Arts Council by a former employee. Lt. Larry Bowlan, Fresno Police spokesman, said Monday that the department learned Friday about the embezzlement and launched the probe....
Peace Fresno Continues Weekly River Park Protests With Anti-ICE Focus
Dozens of protesters lined the sidewalks near River Park Saturday afternoon as part of Peace Fresno’s weekly demonstration, calling for an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the Central Valley and urging local officials to refuse cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The protest is part of a recurring...
Moltbook Is What Happens When AI Stops Performing and Starts Talking
Moltbook, which bills itself as the Reddit of AI, has given artificial intelligence something dangerously close to a sense of itself. AI agents using the very much real website already created a religion. They’ve tried to sue a human. They talk to each other the way we talk to each...
FBI, Las Vegas PD Raid Uncovers Bio Materials Connected to Reedley Biolab Owner
The FBI and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department raided two homes connected to the operator of a Reedley biolab arrested in 2023 for improperly selling medical testing equipment. Inside the garages of the two homes connected to Jia Bei Zhu, officers found a "significant volume" of material "consistent in appearance...
Two US Citizens Dead. Legal Immigrants Jailed. This Is Chaos, Not Immigration Enforcement
The killing of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis has finally shaken the foundations of our country, bringing to light how far to the extreme the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement has gone. Two U.S. citizens — a 37-year-old poet and mother of three, and a...
Fresno County Ballot Will Include at Least Seven Open Judgeships
Fresno County voters will reshape the makeup of the local Superior Court in this election cycle. At least seven judges are not running for re-election, creating a path for new jurists to step up. This is big news because it is rare for one or two county judgeships to be...
How Long Does a Hospital Emergency Room Visit Take? Here’s How Valley Hospitals Rate
A visit to a hospital emergency room is typically no walk in the park. Along with the stress of a potential medical crisis, patients know they’re likely to be there for hours to be poked, prodded, tested, perhaps taken for X-rays – and a lot of hurry-up-and-wait. Data from the...
Failed Talks With Community Health Leave Blue Shield Members Without Care
With five days to figure out an alternative, notices went out to Blue Shield of California members this week that their coverage with Community Health Systems would end Sunday. Though negotiations are ongoing, the letter, dated Jan. 27, informs members that their doctors would not be able to use facilities...