A founding member of Bitwise Industries is sharing his thoughts on the troubles his one-time company is facing. "It's just really sad because they had a great dream and then just weren't able to pull it off. A lot of people got hurt and I guess that's the kind of...
Resolution to Honor Dyer With Police Training Center Renaming Pulled by City Council
Update, 6/08/23: Fresno City Councilmember Miguel Arias won a close vote to remove a proposal to rename the Fresno Police Department Regional Training Center to the “Jerry P. Dyer Regional Police Training Center” from the agenda at Thursday's meeting. Council President Tyler Maxwell, a sponsor of the resolution, motioned to...
Resolution to Honor Dyer With Police Training Center Renaming Pulled by City Council
Update, 6/08/23: Fresno City Councilmember Miguel Arias won a close vote to remove a proposal to rename the Fresno Police Department Regional Training Center to the “Jerry P. Dyer Regional Police Training Center” from the agenda at Thursday's meeting. Council President Tyler Maxwell, a sponsor of the resolution, motioned to...
Did Bitwise Steal His Company? Real Estate Tech Founder Files Suit.
When Chase Carter partnered with Bitwise, he thought he would grow his app geared toward real estate agents. Instead, he lost his job and lost control of his creation, Listing Alert. Carter's interest in real estate and technology led to an idea and what he saw as a multi-million dollar...
Did Bitwise Steal His Company? Real Estate Tech Founder Files Suit.
When Chase Carter partnered with Bitwise, he thought he would grow his app geared toward real estate agents. Instead, he lost his job and lost control of his creation, Listing Alert. Carter's interest in real estate and technology led to an idea and what he saw as a multi-million dollar...
Guns and Alcohol Are a Deadly Combo. What Can Be Done About It?
Guns and alcohol are prevalent throughout American culture, and they make for a fatal combination, according to a new study. Researchers from the Center of Gun Violence Solutions at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health presented policy recommendations in May to combat alcohol misuse leading to firearm violence affecting...
Guns and Alcohol Are a Deadly Combo. What Can Be Done About It?
Guns and alcohol are prevalent throughout American culture, and they make for a fatal combination, according to a new study. Researchers from the Center of Gun Violence Solutions at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health presented policy recommendations in May to combat alcohol misuse leading to firearm violence affecting...
Bitwise Insiders: Problems With Financial Documents, Lavish Spending, Nepotism
One of the biggest questions in the Bitwise collapse is how a company that claimed to have raised $157 million from investors couldn't make payroll or pay a variety of taxes before it furloughed its entire workforce. Three insiders who formerly worked for the Fresno-headquartered company told GV Wire that...
Bitwise Insiders: Problems With Financial Documents, Lavish Spending, Nepotism
One of the biggest questions in the Bitwise collapse is how a company that claimed to have raised $157 million from investors couldn't make payroll or pay a variety of taxes before it furloughed its entire workforce. Three insiders who formerly worked for the Fresno-headquartered company told GV Wire that...
Big Flaw in Local Redistricting Reform Skews Fresno County Process
Gerrymandering – the redrawing of legislative districts to benefit specific political parties, political factions or individual political figures – dominated post-census redistricting in California for decades. The Legislature long wielded redistricting authority for itself and the state’s congressional delegation, and every 10 years its power players would carve up California...