FresnoBee.com: Bill McEwen

Historic gas station deserves a last chance

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:19:13 PST

The old Russ Clements gas station on Van Ness Boulevard is part of Fresno's bones. Newcomers ask about it. Old-timers testify to its 1920s origin. Most everyone agrees that it's an interesting piece of Americana. Read comments

Play hardball with Grizzlies

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:07:33 PST

City Manager Andy Souza and the Fresno City Council are supposed to meet with a Grizzlies owner behind closed doors Thursday to hash out another rent break for the financially ailing baseball club. Read comments

Deal with Safeway a boon for Hanford firm

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:40:47 PST

Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. Or so Ralph Waldo Emerson said in the 19th century about the power of innovation. Read comments

His mission: Salute veterans in big way

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:51:46 PST

Bill Dietzel has kept the regimen of a military man and, at 75, has the flat belly and straight posture to prove it. Mornings start with push-ups, sit-ups and a mile run -- the family dog, a Queensland heeler, tagging along. Read comments

Time to get act together on bid for a rail facility

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:39:14 PST

This beauty contest is going to make more noise than a Q & A with Carrie Prejean. Read comments

Mendota needs time to heal after death

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:16:09 PST

Mendota High was piling up touchdowns in Avenal on Friday night when the first text messages arrived. Read comments

Big Picture school worthy of community support

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:04:20 PST

Jon Morse's passion for children, education and community led him to the charter-school movement. He has needed every bit of that passion during the four years that it took to get approval for a Big Picture school. Read comments

'Sin City' changes will take a village

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:01:08 PDT

City leaders have been trying to figure out what to do with "Sin City" since the 1980s, when paint started peeling on its ticky-tacky apartments and Fresno State students fled to better digs. Read comments

No time like present for police auditor

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:08:33 PDT

Fresno can't hire an independent police auditor fast enough. Read comments

Public needs to be part of our public art

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:13:54 PDT

I was among those checking out the mural in the Tower District on Monday afternoon. Some of us stopped and viewed at a distance from the sidewalk on the east side of Wilson Avenue. Others did a slow crawl in their vehicles and sped off. Read comments