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Is Fresno's Chandler Airport haunted?

A while back I received an e-mail from a person who has an office at Fresno's Chandler Airport and is researching the history of the place. In the e-mail I was told the place had several ghosts in it and was asked if I would like to meet and investigate. I had heard stories for years that Chandler was haunted, but was never given any details so I...
  • Oct032012
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Buy This: New Capitol Punishment T-Shirt

If you don't know who Capitol Punishment is or what they mean to Fresno's music history, make sure you read this. Pioneers in Fresno's punk scene, they played in and promoted some of Fresno's most legendary shows. Respect. Now you can walk around town and at least look like you respect Fresno's music history by buying these brand new Capitol...
  • Apr112012
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Now open: Speakeasy Public House

Spokeasy Public House was an idea born like so many of your own. You’re sitting around, and it’s late-ish, and you’re maybe drinking a beer or two (or more) and someone says, “You know what would be cool?” Everyone swings their heads toward this someone and he starts in on how he would love to open a place (a bar) that had beer (craft...
  • Mar292012
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"The Fulton Faux Pas"

During a tour of the Downtown Fulton Mall area with my Fresno State Entrepreneur 161: Urban Entrepreneurship class; instructed by Mr. Craig Scharton, I discovered a painfully obvious fact about the Downtown Fresno area; it's dead.  Now, when I say "dead", I'm referring to the spirit of the Downtown Fresno area, when it comes to most "big...
  • Mar032012
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Is There Hope For Downtown Fresno?

Revitalizing downtown Fresno has been a dream for years now.  The question that everyone is wondering is how effective are the efforts being made to make this dream into a reality?  It seems to be a question that can only be answered by seeing for yourself.  Over the past couple of months I have spent a lot of time trying to get a...
  • Mar012012
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Fresno downtown open house: A review

I won't start this off with some pun about some developer's "lofty" idea for revitalizing downtown (great, I did it anyway). Seriously though, there has been a surge in residential developments happening in the mural/cultural arts district and for someone who's lived in the area for six or so years, the feeling is something akin to critical...
  • Feb282012
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