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FRESNO’S VETERANS DAY PARADE LARGEST IN THE NATION » DID PG&E PROBLEM SPARK DEADLY PARADISE BLAZE? » COMIC BOOK GENIUS STAN LEE, SPIDER-MAN W E E K LY D I G E S T CREATOR, DIES AT 95 » NOVEMBER 16, 2018 FRESNO’S VETERANS DAY PARADE IS LARGEST IN THE NATION NovemberLOCAL 12, 2018 | Myles Barker Over 30,000 people atended the largest Veterans Day nonprofts and car groups. “We have a litle bit of ev- Parade in the naton Monday in downtown Fresno. The erything,” said Virginia Cardinal, the chairwoman of the parade began in 1919 and has been held every year parade commitee. Retred Lt. Col. Larry Duba was the since with the excepton of World War II. “It was fantas- event’s grand marshal. He spoke about his tme in the tc,” said Daniel Payne, president of the Veterans Parade U.S. Air Force Reserve and thanked all veterans and staf. Payne said he is impressed by how much the pa- families for coming together to celebrate Veterans Day. rade has grown over the years. Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and State Senator Tom Berry- hill (R-Modesto) also spoke. When he joined the parade’s commitee, Fresno was the third largest in the naton, behind New York and Las Community Coming Together Vegas. It was expected to involve between 4,000 and Seeing the community come together to support vet- 6,000 partcipants Monday. “It has defnitely grown,” erans is what Cardinal “I also like seeing the Payne said. “It is a great feeling, and a great accomplish- appreciates most about younger kids get involved ment.” California is home to over two million veterans, the parade. “I also like and wanting to give more than any state in the U.S. More than 350,000 of seeing the younger kids thanks and give back,” them live in the Central Valley. get involved and wantng — Virginia Cardinal, chair- to give thanks and give woman of the veterans pa- Changing The Day back,” Cardinal said. Giv- rade commitee To inspire more partcipaton from the public and to ing veterans and their families the honor and respect allow more schools to take they deserve is what Payne looks forward to most. “I always hope that part in the parade, organizers when (parade-goers) leave the parade that changed the date this year “I always hope that when (parade-goers) leave the pa- they feel proud hon- from Nov. 11 to Nov. 12. Al- rade that they feel proud honoring the service their oring the service their though some veterans didn’t family member or friend provided,” said Payne, a retred family member or approve of the date change, Marine who served in Vietnam and Operaton Desert friend provided.” — Daniel Payne, presi- Payne said it has defnitely Storm. “I think a lot of them walked away feeling that dent of the Fresno Vet- made the parade more engag- was accomplished.” erans Day parade ing to have it on Monday in- stead of Sunday. “Some of the View our Veteran’s Day Parada video here » veterans felt that we were insultng them by having it on the 12th instead of the 11th,” Payne said. “Our feeling was, is it an insult to have it on the actual day and then have only half partcipaton and half (as many) spectators.” KSEE 24 televised the parade, which started in front of Fresno City Hall and ended at Chuk- chansi Park. KSEE also live-streamed the event on its Facebook page. A Litle Bit of Everything The parade honored members of the U.S. Air Force and featured several veteran organizatons as well as local GV Wire Weekly Digest 3 GV Wire Photo/Jahz Tello THIS VIDEO BRINGS THE COST OF FREEDOM CLOSE TO HOME November 10, 2018 | GV Wire Since 2013, Central Valley Honor Flight has been thanking area veterans by providing them with expense-paid trips to visit America’s service memorials in Washington, D.C. To date, more than 700 World War II veterans, 300 Korean War veterans, and 25 Vietnam war veterans have taken part in the memorable and patriotc Honor Flight experience. GV Wire’s Jamie Ouverson was aboard Flight 17. Her docu- mentary video above powerfully illustrates the debt of grat- tude our men and women in uniform have earned this Veter- ans Day — and every day. Click here to view the full video » GV Wire Photo/Jamie Ouverson BRAND: THE PUBLIC SPOKE BECAUSE OF ’17 LAW, GV Wire Photo/Jahz Tello BULLDOGS USE ON PARKS-ONLY TAX AUXILIARY FUNDS TO November 9, 2018 | GV Wire PLAY IN TEXAS Measure P failed. Mayor Lee Brand acknowledges the ball is brightest” together to explore another possible tax measure. November 14, 2018 | GV Wire now in his court. Brand led the efort to defeat the city sales He would consider pursuing a general fund tax, which would The Fresno State men’s basketball team’s frst road game this tax initatve that would have specifcally benefted parks and not dedicate the funds for a specifc purpose and would only Thursday (Nov. 15) at TCU will be a challenge for at least two cultural arts in Fresno. The city’s voters said no, with 51% re- require a simple majority to pass. reasons. First, the Bulldogs play a team that is ranked 21st in jectng the 3/8 of a cent tax proposal on Electon Day. the Associated Press poll and qualifed for the NCAA tourna- He said he antcipates using the signature gathering process ment last year. Second, the game is in Texas, which means the In order to pass, Measure P needed two-thirds support. GV to qualify any future measure for the ballot, rather than at- school had to use auxiliary funding for the trip. AB 1887, imple- Wire interviewed Brand for his thoughts on the Measure P temptng to convince a council supermajority (fve of the sev- mented in 2017, forbids using public funds traveling to states batle — and what happens next. During the campaign, Brand en members) to vote in support of a tax increase proposal. the atorney general deems to have discriminatory laws against called for a sales tax measure for the 2020 ballot that would the LGBT community. address parks, public safety and other community-wide needs. Click here to view the full interview » Texas is on the list of nine states. The travel ban applies to Cal- Too Much for Too Long ifornia’s public university athletc teams. School ofcials, how- Brand said the Measure P tax plan failed because it was too ever, say the trip is being covered with non-state funds.“More much, for too long, and for parks alone. He said the outcome than 70% of our Central Unifed students face food insecurity confrms his analysis. Brand now wants to bring “the best and and ofen cannot aford clothing items, including a winter... 4 GV Wire Weekly Digest READ MORE » Photo: Fresno State Athletics DID PG&E PROBLEM SPARK DEADLY STATEPARADISE BLAZE? November 12, 2018 | AP News & GV Wire A utlity is facing increasing critcism following a deadly more people than any blaze in the state’s recorded blaze that leveled a Northern California town and killed history. But the U.S. government doesn’t closely track at least 63 people. Pacifc Gas & Electric Co. told state civilian casualtes and records from long ago are in- regulators last week it detected a problem on an electri- complete. cal transmission line near the town of Paradise minutes before the Camp Fire broke out Thursday. Stephen Pyne, a regent professor at Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences and author of Resident Says He Was Kicked Out of Meetng “Between Two Fires: A Fire History of Contemporary Paradise resident Jim Flint tells television statons America,” and Crystal Kolden, a professor at the Uni- KHSL/KNVN in the nearby city of Chico he was kicked versity of Idaho and expert in fre science, said 1918 out of a community meet- was the last tme more people were killed in a wildfre. Jim Flint says he has lived ing Sunday night afer in Paradise for 29 years and the threat of a wildfire asking a PG&E executve Not Keeping Good Statstcs on Civilian Casualtes has always been there but if the company was re- “For the modern era, this is defnitely going to go says “the issue has been sponsible for the deadly down as the deadliest on record for the U.S.,” said electrical power lines.” fre. Flint says he has lived Kolden, who has studied wildfres for 20 years since in Paradise for 29 years and the threat of a wildfre has she worked as a wild- always been there but says “the issue has been electri- land frefghter for the “Fire statistics are not very good because cal power lines.” He adds that “we need answers from U.S. Forest Service. A they’re remotely gener- these people.” century ago, the Clo- ated. It’s very hard to find quet Fire broke out in out even how many hous- Stock Price Plummets drought-stricken north es burned in a year.” PG&E’s stock price has plummeted since the compa- ern Minnesota and — Stephen Pyne, a regent ny revealed the power line problem near Paradise. The raced through a number professor at Arizona State stock dropped 15 percent Monday morning to $33.91 a of rural communites, University’s School of Life share. California fre ofcials say the blaze grew slightly destroying thousands of Sciences overnight and that strong winds that could fan fames homes and killing an estmated 1,000 people.