Tea Party Express II: Bakersfield & Fresno: You're Next!

Get ready folks, because the second edition of the Tea Party Express is coming to a grassroots, "Take My Country Back" town near you! The tour entitled "Countdown To Judgment Day" is scheduled to stop at 38...

Obama & Clinton to face runoff in Nov Afghan President Election

Obama & Hillary Clinton to face runoff on Nov 7 in Afghanistan Presidential Election    James Carvel a well known Democrat Political strategist, very close to Clintons & Rahm Emanuel the WH Chief of Staff has won the 2nd round on behalf of...

Are the Grapes of Wrath Growing in California's Vineyards?

When I read reports of huge numbers of ordinary Americans pushed into homelessness, I ask myself if the grapes of wrath once again growing in California's Vineyards.  The classic John Steinbeck novel, The...

Obama is not the Black President

Obama is not the Black President   President Carter, Bill Cosby and other color blind as well as those who are refusing to use common sense must understand that America has only one post for the...

Sheriff: Litter bugs menaced with machete

I know some aggressive anti-litter people, but none with weapons."Published online on Monday, Jul. 13, 2009 By Jim Guy / The Fresno Bee Authorities arrested a Three Rivers man who they say held a machete as he...

California dominates 2009's ten worst housing markets

Owning property in California is not a good thing these days. " Fortune Magazine has predictions for the 2009's ten worst housing markets. You won't be shocked to learn that eight of the ten are in...

Orbiting satellite to help count California rats

"Orbiting satellite to help count California rats" FRESNO, California (AP) -- Scientists plan to use satellite photos to count Giant Kangaroo Rats, the first-ever monitoring of an endangered species from outer space. ...

Officials: Burglar wakes men with spice rub, sausage whack

" FRESNO, California (AP) -- Authorities say they've arrested a man who broke into the home of two California farmworkers, stole money, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing. Fresno County sheriff's Lt. Ian...

How Do You Say Justice in Mixteco?

Following are excerpts from a very moving story of the tragic and inhumane treatment of farm workers in the USA... and the story behind how they come to be there in the first place.–"Tuesday 10 June 2008by:...

Fresno County clerk seeks guidance after gay-marriage ruling

From the Fresno Bee: Fresno County Clerk Victor Salazar said this morning he has asked the county counsel for direction in light of the state Supreme Court's ruling today throwing out a state ban on gay marriage. "What we will be focused on is whether or not there is an...

Judge says Fresno broke the law in destroying property of homeless

"Fresno faces a class-action lawsuit brought by homeless people who claim police and sanitation workers violated their constitutional rights in at least 20 different sweeps from 2004 to 2006."

California's farm belt plan to cut air pollution criticized

California's farm belt has some of the highest levels of airborne dust, smoke and soot in the country."Environmentalists say a new plan to clean up the soot-laden air in California's farm belt would fail to...

Officer kills young attacker at high school in Fresno, CA.

A Fresno police officer who works at Roosevelt High School shot and killed a boy today who struck him in the back of the head with a baseball bat.The incident occurred at 11:54 a.m. on the east side of Roosevelt High School campus near the basketball courts.The school...

Caught short, 3M will pay $700,000 for narrow tape

Talk about asinine and a waste of money. Unless someone suffered damages becuase of the 6" discrepancy this is ridiculous. "In a case that proves that size really does matter, 3M Co. has agreed to pay almost...

Frozen remains of WWII airman identified

In a story that sounds like it comes straight out of a comic book, the frozen remains of a training flight crewman, missing since 1942, was found in the Sierra mountains."Ernest G. Munn had been missing since his training flight disappeared over the Sierra Nevada mountain...

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