School farm stands provide produce, smiles
It was a beautiful early spring day yesterday, so I visited the school farm stand at John Burroughs Elementary School.
At the farm stand, which is open every Wednesday afternoon, two women filled bags with fresh apples, oranges, and “snack packs” of locally harvested nuts and dried fruit. The women asked when the farm stand would [...]
Miss Fresno County pageant approaches
Yesterday I had the chance to meet Valerie Salcedo, one of 13 young women who will be competing for scholarship money and the title of Miss Fresno County on Sat., Feb. 27 at the historic Tower Theater in Fresno.
This is the first pageant for the 22-year-old Salcedo, who is a music and vocal performance major [...]
Pebble Beach is perfect setting for Murray, Lopez, and PGA greats
Don’t forget to check out the photo gallery to see more pictures of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Pebble Beach – First of all, let me thank KH for all of the support in covering this year’s event at Pebble. This tourney is an all-time personal favorite.
On Friday’s second round, I followed Dallas Cowboys’ QB Tony Romo who [...]
In the News: Towing policies for unlicensed drivers
I wrote a story for this week’s edition of Vida about police agencies’ towing policies regarding unlicensed drivers. Here in Fresno, the police will not tow the car of an unlicensed driver if the person was not cited for the same offense in the past six months.
But in many cities across the Valley and state, [...]
Movie Review: I’m smitten with ‘Valentine’s Day’
Movies about Valentine’s Day could easily fall into two categories: mushy romantic comedy (boy meets girl, blah…blah…blah) or dark, cynical flick (boy meets girl, boys breaks girl’s heart, blah…blah…blah.)
What stands out about the movie, “Valentine’s Day,” which opens Friday, is that it doesn’t fall into one of those lame movie categories. Rather, it succeeds in [...]
VIDEO: Battle of the Fans
The 28th annual Fresno County Academic Decathlon, held Saturday at Clovis East High School, was certainly a battle of the brains. Students had seven precious, adrenaline-filled seconds to answer the toughest of questions about kings, queens, and revolutions.
But the event was also a battle of the fans. During the Super Quiz, people in the audience [...]
