FresnoBee.com: Bill McEwen

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

Bureaucrats hijack Yosemite bike race

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:54:05 PDT

Movie director Ken Burns and PBS teamed up recently to peddle the six-episode idea that America's national parks belong to all of us. Read comments

Where is the body of evidence that Baker shouldn't be in court?

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:53:38 PDT

The day after a judge said that alleged child molester Harry Baker must appear in court next time for his twice-delayed arraignment, lawyer Richard Berman provided an update on the health of his wealthy client. Read comments

White Gold Web ad may woo to the moo

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:53:59 PDT

White Gold looks like a reject from a Whitesnake tribute band. He's a collage of bleached-white hair, Spandex and admire-yourself-in-the-mirror attitude. Read comments

Firebrand group offers political alternative

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:12:31 PDT

Even though the Central Valley Tea Party Web site says "the so-called media" have shirked their watchdog responsibility and become "lapdogs of the left," I like the group's firebrand activism. Read comments