Last December, then-Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer talked openly about the child abuse accusation against Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula. Listen to this article: A jury later acquitted Arambula of the charge, but the residue of that case and Dyer's words are spilling into the 2020 Fresno mayoral race. Arambula's parents, Amy...
If Fresno Does This, Homelessness Ends Tomorrow
(Author’s note: This fictional account illustrates the events, policy changes and political will it would take to end homelessness in our community.) The New Year started off normal enough, but before February 2019 was over it was obvious that something had changed. The Fresno City Council, which now had a majority...
Your Chance to Honor Rhodes, Who Still is Elevating Fresno
Mike Rhodes, who never smoked a cigarette in his life, went to the doctor at the beginning of the year for a sore hip. The diagnosis: stage 4 lung cancer. "In this case, the cancer has spread to the bones, lymph nodes, and brain. This is not good. The doctor...