Archive for April, 2010
Quezada loses WBC Carribbean belt at Tachi Palace
Sorry, no photos due to technical problems. I’ll add a photo gallery of the entire evening soon. The worst thing that could have happened to Manuel Quezada did happen Thursday at the Tachi Palace when the 18-bout win streak he carried for nearly five years ended. Quezada failed to defend his WBC CABOFE Heavyweight title against Jason [...]
Manuel Quezada: Is there a big bout out there for the Wasco native?
Manuel Quezada has 18-straight victories to his name. He’s hoping to further that record tonight when he meets Jason Gavern (18-7-3, with 8 KOs) of Kissimmee, Florida at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore. Up for grabs is Quezada’s (29-4-1, with 18 KOs) WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) title. Quezada is the co-main event to the 2008 Olympian Shawn Estrada (6-0, [...]
New farmers market in downtown Fresno
Wouldn’t it be cool if people could live, work and buy local produce, all in downtown Fresno? That dream will come a little closer to reality within the next month, when a new farmers market opens in Courthouse Park in downtown Fresno. During a press conference Monday morning, Supervisor Henry Perea announced that a weekly [...]
Is it spring yet?
I’m normally critical of people and companies that rush the seasons. Promoting fall-flavored coffee beverages in September, when it’s still 100 degrees in Fresno? Not cool. Playing holiday tunes before Halloween? Not kosher in my book. But this spring, I find myself desperately rushing the season. I insist on eating outside on my apartment’s covered [...]
