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Valley Burger Shops Left Holding the Bag After Founder Takes Money & Runs

Local entrepreneurs who invested in a high profile national burger chain are now facing huge financial losses from what has been described as a "Ponzi-scheme" type operation. Several Burgerim (pronounced burger-eem') restaurants opened in Fresno and other Valley locations starting in 2018. The California-based, fast-casual chain's local outlets were operated...

Nunes' Reliably Red District Remains So, But Is Slipping

Republican Devin Nunes has represented the Central Valley in Congress for the last 17 years, over nine terms. And, he's running for his 10th term in 2020. Recently released voter registration figures from the Secretary of State shows that the district remains red — but less so than in the...

Do Devin Nunes’ Constituents Think He’s as Ridiculous as the Rest of Us Do?

[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times I came to Nunes Country this week to talk to folks about their representative, an ardent defender of President Trump who denigrates Democrats, the free press, the impeachment committees and anyone else who gets in Trump’s way. The 22nd Congressional District spans parts of Fresno and...

Update: Trump in Tulare? Sheriff Says He's Heard the Rumors.

(Update, 3/08/18, 6p PT) Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux’s office says he was not contacted by the White House, as GV Wire earlier reported. Initially, his office said the sheriff “received notification of President Trump coming to the area.” Ashley Ritchie, media specialist for the sheriff’s office, clarifies that Boudreaux...

U.S. Ag Secretary Perdue On Farm Workforce, Water & NAFTA

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is on a West Coast tour. On Tuesday (Feb. 13), he visited the World Ag Expo in Tulare, answering questions during a Town Hall. He then spoke with GV Wire, for the latest in our "Take 5" series. Among the subjects Perdue discussed: The future...

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