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  • California's Central Valley To Be First Section Of High Speed Rail System

    11/08/2010 9:20:18 PM PST · by gunsequalfreedom · 64 replies · 1+ views
    FODHS ^ | November 8, 2010 | G King
    California's Central Valley To Be First Section Of California's High Speed Rail System The first section will be Merced-to-Fresno or Fresno-to-Bakersfield The bill for the first section will be $4.3 Billion (with "B") and will be a dollar for dollar match with state funds. Trains will travel at speeds of 220 miles per hour, meaning you will get from Merced to Fresno or Fresno to Bakersfield really faaaaast! The trip from Merced to Fresno by car takes 59 minutes. With the new high speed rail system you will be able to make the trip in about 15 minutes - once...
  • Fresno Co. puts wrong ballot language for Prop. 23

    10/29/2010 6:13:30 PM PDT · by keat · 11 replies
    The Fresno Bee ^ | 12:27 PM on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010 | Staff
    FRESNO, Calif. -- Elections officials in Fresno County say hundreds of thousands of voters are getting ballots that incorrectly describe the ballot measure that would suspend the state's greenhouse gas emissions law. The county's 380,000 voters are being issued ballots that characterize Proposition 23 as requiring "major polluters" to report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A Sacramento judge threw out that wording earlier this year, and ordered the language to be changed from "major polluters" to "major sources of emissions."
  • Republican Leads by 10 Points in California District that is 67% Hispanic: Canary in a coal mine

    10/26/2010 11:31:52 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 27 replies
    The Weekly Standard ^ | October 26, 2010 | John McCormack
    A new SurveyUSA poll shows Democrat Jim Costa trailing Republican Andy Vidak by 10 points, 42% to 52%. Obama won the Fresno-based district with 60% of the vote in 2008, and Cook Political Report has the race rated "Leans Democrat." An interesting fact from Cook (subscription required): "This district is now 67 percent Hispanic, but it also has a serious cultural conservative streak. Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban passed statewide [in 2008], garnered 72 percent of the vote here." The provision to fund abortion coverage in Obamacare is probably hurting Costa in this district--SurveyUSA reports that 56% of likely...
  • Citizen comes to kidnapped girl's rescue in Fresno - Telecast of suspect's truck leads to arrest

    10/06/2010 8:49:09 PM PDT · by GonzoII · 19 replies · 1+ views
    Catholic Online ^ | 10/6/2010
    LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - An eight-year-old girl was playing with a friend in the driveway of the apartment complex where she lived with her family earlier this week. Molestation suspect 24-year-old Gregorio Gonzalez lured the older girl with the promise of gifts -- and then forced her into an older rust-colored Chevrolet pickup truck with white stripes.The girl's mother and a neighbor pursued the girl and her abductor in a vehicle chase, but quickly lost them.Authorities issued an Amber Alert, which quickly escalated to a statewide bulletin about a small girl last seen wearing a purple "Winnie the...
  • Amber Alert issued for 8-year-old Fresno girl (prayers requested)(Prayers answered!)

    10/05/2010 8:13:37 AM PDT · by dayglored · 15 replies
    Mercury News (AP) ^ | 10/5/2010 | (none)
    FRESNO -- Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for an 8-year-old Fresno girl who was apparently abducted from her front yard while playing with a friend. The California Highway Patrol says Elisa Cardenas was taken around 8:30 p.m. Monday... ...She was last seen wearing blue jeans and a light purple Winnie the Pooh sweat shirt. Fresno police say the suspect is described as a male around 6-feet tall and in his 20s with a shaved head. He was wearing a white tank top and blue jean shorts and driving an older model, reddish brown Ford two-door pickup truck. The vehicle...
  • Whitman comments that Fresno 'looks like Detroit' (Meg Whitman - CA)

    09/22/2010 9:53:00 PM PDT · by Drago · 26 replies
    The Fresno Bee ^ | 09-22-2010 | John Ellis
    Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman on Tuesday told the San Jose Mercury News editorial board that "Fresno looks like Detroit. It's awful." According to the Mercury News website, Whitman was commenting on Fresno's economic state and the effect of recession on the region, and the former eBay CEO's campaign said as much in a statement released this morning. "It was clear in the interview that Meg was talking about the economic duress in Fresno and the awful pain that results from record high unemployment," Whitman spokesman Andrea Jones Rivera said in an e-mail. "Meg knows that Fresno cannot be left...
  • 6 dead in Highway 99 bus crash in Fresno

    07/22/2010 8:01:39 AM PDT · by SmithL · 7 replies
    Fresno Bee ^ | 7/22/10 | Jim Guy
    Six people are dead and four are in critical condition after an early morning crash of a Greyhound bus Thursday on northbound Highway 99 at McKinley Avenue in Fresno. Two of those dead were men and four were women. The four women were bus passengers and one of the men was the bus driver. The crash occurred just after 2 a.m. California Highway Patrol officer Axel Reyes said the collision was triggered when a Chevrolet Trailblazer overturned in the highway's fast lane and was struck by the bus. The bus, carrying 48 people, then hit a Honda CRV. All three...
  • Mac Foster, former boxer from Fresno, dies

    07/20/2010 9:27:46 AM PDT · by EveningStar · 6 replies · 2+ views
    The Fresno Bee ^ | July 19, 2010 | Jeff Davis
    Big Mac "The Knife" Foster of Fresno, the son of Mississippi sharecroppers, rose to No. 1 heavyweight contender in 1970 when Americans still ruled boxing and Fresno was a hotbed for the sport. The 6-foot-2 Vietnam veteran with a devastating left hook at one point won 24 straight bouts by knockout and punched it out with Muhammad Ali for 15 rounds in a non-title setback in Tokyo in 1972. On Monday, Mr. Foster died from congestive heart failure. He was 68.
  • AM Alert: Palinpalooza

    06/25/2010 7:57:43 AM PDT · by SmithL · 15 replies · 1+ views
    SacBee: Capitol Alert ^ | 6/25/10 | Torey Van Oot
    Has Sarah Palin's California visit caused a stir in the Golden State? You betcha! The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee will take the stage tonight at a fundraiser at California State University, Stanislaus. The university was dogged with questions over how much former Alaska governor is being paid to speak at the gala. Officials said that because the event is being put on by a nonprofit foundation associated with the university, the speaking contract is not subject to disclosure under the state public records laws. The push to release the payment details (and the push-back from the university) involved Dumpster...
  • Amid controversy, Calif. campus readies for Palin

    06/25/2010 7:43:01 AM PDT · by SmithL · 10 replies
    AP via SFGate ^ | 6/25/10 | GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press Writer
    Fresno, Calif. (AP) -- A struggling public university in California's farm country is preparing to receive Sarah Palin amid fanfare, protests and months of legal wrangling over the former Alaska governor's appearance.
  • 2 Fresno-Area Residents Indicted for Producing Fraudulent Identity Documents

    06/14/2010 2:46:57 AM PDT · by Cindy · 7 replies · 437+ views
    ICE.gov - News Release ^ | June 11, 2010 | n/a
    NOTE The following text is a quote: 2 Fresno-area residents indicted for producing fraudulent identity documents FRESNO, Calif. - Two Fresno-area residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for producing and selling counterfeit immigration and identity documents as a result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Maria Ines Rangel-Lemus, 55, of Strathmore, Calif., and Cesar Perez Sanchez, 38, of Earlimart, Calif., are named in a multiple count indictment charging them with conspiracy, possession, transfer, production, and sale of fraudulent United States immigration and Social Security identification documents. The two, who face a maximum sentence...
  • Water Sanity For Central California

    05/20/2010 5:26:33 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 11 replies · 449+ views
    IBD Editorials ^ | May 20, 2010 | Investors Business Daily staff
    Law: A federal judge has struck a blow for California's water-deprived Central Valley, ruling that draconian federal water cutbacks violate human rights because — surprise! — people also belong in the ecosystem. Next time a concept like, say "death panels" from the federal government seems far-fetched, consider the ordeal California's Central Valley has endured for the past two years. Based on a judicial ruling, some of the most prized and productive agricultural land in the country was turned into a wasteland after its water was shut off. The ruling was derived from an 800-page "biological opinion" put out by regulators...
  • Judge sides with farmers in [California] delta pumping lawsuit

    05/19/2010 10:27:11 AM PDT · by La Enchiladita · 34 replies · 1,059+ views
    Bloomberg Business Week ^ | May 18, 2010 | Terence Chea
    A federal judge ruled Tuesday in favor of Central Valley farmers and urban water agencies seeking to loosen restrictions on pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a major source of irrigation and drinking water for much of California. U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger in Fresno said the federal government did not properly develop a management plan that restricted water exports to protect endangered salmon, steelhead and other fish. The judge scheduled a hearing Wednesday to determine how much water can be exported without harming threatened fish that migrate through the delta to the Pacific Ocean. Groups representing San Joaquin Valley...
  • Fresno:Mayor Swearengin Declares Fiscal Emergency, Delivers Plan to Deal with Budget Shortfall

    05/04/2010 8:44:45 PM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 12 replies · 528+ views
    City of Fresno ^ | 05/03/10
    Mayor Swearengin Declares Fiscal Emergency, Delivers Plan to Deal with Budget Shortfall 05/03/2010Mayor Ashley Swearengin today declared a fiscal emergency for the City of Fresno and released a proposed fiscal year 2011 budget that offers a three-pronged plan to address the City’s Fresno’s $30.6 million revenue shortfall. Mayor Swearengin said the fiscal emergency declaration, which will be presented to City Council Thursday for approval, is necessary to allow the City to use its emergency reserves to help meet the daunting budget challenges by paying for one-time expenses related to budget cuts. The proposed $213.2 million general fund budget takes...
  • After Tea Party Report (Fresno)

    04/11/2010 9:31:09 PM PDT · by Saundra Duffy · 59 replies · 2,400+ views
    Channel 47 TV, Fresno ^ | April 10, 2010 | Tony Botti
    Frustrated with our government, 4,000 people joined together at Chukchansi Park in downtown Fresno to say enough is enough. "The biggest problem by far is the federal government is too powerful in our lives. They're bossing us around, telling us what we can and can't do. This country was never setup to be like that," said Steve Brandau of the Central Valley Tea Party. "I'm just disgusted with what's happening to our country. Overspending, overtaxing, it's becoming a socialist country," said Saundra Hawkins. Republican Steve Poizner, who is running for governor, believes he's on the same page as everyone who...
  • Central Valley Tea Party tomorrow (April 10th)

    04/09/2010 8:42:32 PM PDT · by Saundra Duffy · 17 replies · 558+ views
    Central Valley Tea Party ^ | April 9, 2010 | Saundra Duffy
    Tomorrow - Saturday - April 10, 2010 Chukchansi Park (stadium) 1800 Tulare St., Fresno FREE ADMISSION Bring a Sign - Bring a Friend - Activities for Kids Speakers: Tom McClintock, Congressman CA 4th Dist John Dennis, running against Nancy Pelosi Brad Roltgen, Tea Party Chuck Devore, running against Barbara Boxer Damon Dunn, running for secretary of state Steve Poizner, running for governor Danny Tarkanian, running against Harry Reid Steve Brandau, America at the Crossroads Sheriff Mack, States' rights Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers Ken Miller, running for governor Tim Cox, GOOOH (Get out of our house) G. Edward Griffin, Creature from...
  • Fresno's 11th Homicide Is Bizarre (Weekend at Bernie's?)

    03/06/2010 9:52:09 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 320+ views
    KMPH ^ | March 6, 2010 | Rich Rodriguez
    A neighbor can't believe his eyes, so he calls Fresno police. Saturday morning's homicide in southeast Fresno is bizarre to say the least. Just before 8a.m. police responded to an unusual sighting near Jackson and Olive. Fresno Police Lt. John Papaleo told reporters in the field, "when our officers arrived they did locate two individuals or an individual was wheeling a cart that had a deceased person within the cart." Officers immediately held the suspect for questioning. Detectives were there in minutes and began preserving the crime scene close to the shopping cart. The body was removed by the Coroner....
  • Workers blow whistle on SEIU election fraud (VIDEO)

    11/20/2009 12:10:11 PM PST · by myfreepress · 28 replies · 1,134+ views
    MyFreePress.net ^ | 11/20/2009 | Jason
    Fresno home-care providers tell how SEIU staff threatened them and changed their ballots to secure a razor-thin advantage in a controversial union election this June. Isn't it ironic that Fresno now has a 45%+ Unemployment rate? We all know Unions pull this type of stuff. I am glad to see more citizens speaking up. I bet they didn't know the farmers in their town would have their water turned off within weeks of this Administration taking office. SEIU bullies these people to voting for Democrats and then used their votes to cripple their town. Video at link.
  • TCU Football and the BCS: Is it fair to exclude a "weak conference"?

    11/08/2009 11:14:39 AM PST · by dangus · 39 replies · 1,506+ views
    Vanity ^ | 11-8-09 | Dangus
    The likelihood of outrage seems inevitable this year in college football: The BCS controversy, which even President Obama has issued proclamations about, seems ready to explode, since six undefeated teams - two from minor conferences - survive with only three games left in the season. Two conferences, Mountain West and Western Athletic (WAC) are excluded from automatic participation in the BCS, and must compete for one of two wildcard teams, and both still have undefeated teams. But should a team which has gone undefeated and unchallenged take a slot from Alabama or Florida, which are likely to also go undefeated......
  • Tea Party Express II - Fresno - Diana Nagy [Song: "Take Our Country Back"]

    10/28/2009 11:49:09 PM PDT · by Cindy · 3 replies · 475+ views
    YouTube.com - Video ^ | October 28, 2009 | n/a
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvg2chZBEXo Video: “Tea Party Express II - Fresno - Diana Nagy” October 28, 2009 New Song - Take Our Country Back Category: People & Blogs Tags: Tea Party Express II Fresno Diana Nagy New Song Take Our Country Back