Can Fresno’s newly-sprouting cannabis industry be a tool for social change? By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com Fresno has been one of the few holdouts in the state for allowing brick and mortar cannabis businesses to…
By I. smiley G. Calderón | smileygcalderon@gmail.com It’s a serious discussion that we have to have - especially now. But first, you need to stop thinking of cannabis as the ‘pothead’s poison’ or the ‘druggy’s reefer’…
By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com It has been a brutal year for the music industry, to say the least. The pandemic killed live performances across the globe. The National Independent Venue Association speculates that up…
By I. smiley G. Calderón | smileygcalderon@gmail.com Well, now that the election is over and everyone’s happy with the results… (or lack thereof) - Yeah, right! - Just kidding... It’s been one hell of a nightmare…
By: Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com “This was our family cabin,” Quinn Padilla notes in a video tour of the property where he once lived. He recorded it on Sept. 7th, shortly before the Sheriff’s Office…
By I. smiley G. Calderón | smileygcalderon@gmail.com Been writing this column for five months now - but it’s needed now more than ever. Blame it on human nature, I don’t know - but it’s safe to…
By Dave Fountinelle | dave@fresnoflyer.com It’s 7 am. A new day starts at Project Safe Camp, a small, fence-lined homeless camp located beneath the freeway 41 overpass in downtown Fresno. “If I’m up, you’re gonna…