Mark Salazar says he found his calling early in life while growing up on the tough streets of east Bakersfield. "Crime scene tape (was) everywhere. I was stopped probably 20 times when I was a kid in east Bakersfield. But I remember one sergeant that treated me with respect...
GV Wire Editorial: Ukraine Needs US Military Help. Can Taiwan Count on It if China Invades?
Vladimir Putin, whose goal is to bring the breakaway countries from the Soviet Union back under Russia's thumb, is solely responsible for the death and destruction mounting in Ukraine. However, if words and promises matter, President Biden and Congress should order our country's military to intervene. Not just to...
Ukraine Capital Under Threat as Russia Presses Invasion
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has fueled fears of wider war in Europe and triggered worldwide efforts to make Russia stop. With reports of hundreds...
Fresno Deputy Police Chief Salazar Running for Sheriff
Fresno deputy chief of police Mark Salazar plans to run for sheriff, sources tell GV Wire. He will make the announcement at 2 p.m. today at the county election office. Salazar, a longtime veteran of the department, has worked his way up the ranks. His most recent promotion was...
Local Ukrainian Pastor: US ‘Betrayed’ Country by Allowing Russian Invasion
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has left local Ukrainians feeling angry, hurt, and with a sense of betrayal that the U.S. failed to uphold a nearly 30-year-old security agreement to protect the nation, the Rev. Dr. Gregory Zubacz told GV Wire on Thursday. Under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine agreed...
McCarthy Backs McClintock in Congressional Race Against Magsig
Rep. Tom McClintock has received the endorsement of the entire California Republican congressional delegation — including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield — in his 2022 re-election bid. "He is a leader in the House when it comes to streamlining forest management in our National Forests, guaranteeing water deliveries...
Will Clovis School Board End Student Mask Rule Wednesday?
The Clovis Unified School Board has scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday afternoon with one agenda item: Considering updating the protocols for student mask enforcement. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. and will be held in the boardroom at 1680 David E. Cook Way, Clovis. School...
Rents Go ‘Insane’ Across US With No End in Sight
Krystal Guerra’s Miami apartment has a tiny kitchen, cracked tiles, warped cabinets, no dishwasher, and hardly any storage space. But Guerra was fine with the apartment’s shortcomings. It was all part of being a 32-year-old graduate student in South Florida, she reasoned, and she was happy to live there for...
Local Democratic Showdown Upended With Surprise Hurtado Move
Melissa Hurtado, the first-term Democratic state senator from Sanger seemingly headed toward an intra-party battle against fellow Democratic state Sen. Anna Caballero, has changed course. Hurtado will now run in neighboring Senate District 16, she told GV Wire on Monday night. "When the new districts were released, I initially planned...
Retiring Sheriff Mims Endorses Zanoni as Successor
Margaret Mims, the longtime Fresno County sheriff, is set to hang up her badge and retire, she announced Friday. "(It) was not an easy decision because I love my job, I love the service and I love the people in Fresno County. But I made the decision and to...