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The G Building in Downtown Fresno.

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mariacallous · 1 year

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Every so often along 99 between Bakersfield and Sacramento there is a town: Delano, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Modesto, Stockton. Some of these towns are pretty big now, but they are all the same at heart, one- and two- and three-story buildings artlessly arranged, so that what appears to be the good dress shop stands beside a W. T. Grand store, so that the big Bank of America faces a Mexican movie house. Dos Peliculas, Bingo Bingo Bingo. Beyond the downtown (pronounced downtown, with the Okie accent that now pervades Valley speech patterns) lie blocks of old frame houses - paint peeling, sidewalks cracking, their occasional leaded amber windows overlooking a Foster’s Freeze or a five-minute car wash or a State Farm Insurance office; beyond those spread the shopping centers and the miles of tract houses, pastel with redwood siding, the unmistakable signs of cheap building already blossoming on those houses which have survived the first rain. To a stranger driving 99 in an air-conditioned car (he would be on business, I suppose, any stranger driving 99, for 99 would never get a tourist to Big Sur or San Simeon, never get him to the California he came to see), these towns must seem so flat, so impoverished, as to drain the imagination. They hint at evenings spent hanging around gas stations, and suicide pacts sealed in drive-ins.

But remember:

Q. In what way does the Holy Land resemble the Sacramento Valley? A. In the type and diversity of its agricultural products.

U.S. 99 in fact passes through the riches and most intensely cultivated agricultural region in the world, a giant outdoor hothouse with a billion-dollar-crop. It is when we remember the Valley's wealth that the monochromatic flatness of its towns takes on a curious meaning, suggests a habit of mind some would consider perverse. There is something in the Valley mind that reflects a real indifference to the stranger in his air-conditioned car, a failure to perceive even his presence, let alone his thoughts or wants. An implacable insularity in the seal of these towns. I once met a woman in Dallas, a most charming and attractive woman accustomed to the hospitality and social hypersensitivity of Texas, who told me that during the four war years her husband had been stationed in Modesto, she had never once been invited inside anyone's house. No one in Sacramento would find this story remarkable. ("She probably had no relatives there," said someone to whom I told it), for the Valley towns understand oen another, share a peculiar spirit. They think alike and they look alike. I can tell Modesto from Merced, but I have visited there, gone to dances there; besides, there is over the streets of Modesto an arched sign which reads:

WATER- WEALTH CONTENTMENT - HEALTH

There is no such sign in Merced.

From "Notes from a Native Daughter" in Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

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hooved · 10 months

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i've been looking for and attending some lgbt events in the area so i can meet more ppl and it took me a bit to realize that when ppl say something is at "DTF" they mean "downtown fresno" like i fully just assumed there was a gay bar or something called Down To Fuck here

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remembertheplunge · 2 months

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The Rainbow Room

5/29,2006

I’m back at Queen bean coffee House, a gay friendly coffee house who’s theme is "WHERE I BELONG”. I like the broad red and yellow striped walls of the interior. It’s open Monday, Memorial Day.

Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” plays here now.

Jim’s driving me nuts, so, I flee, secretly here and then, publicly, to the jail.

I can’t find my fucking file! So, I’m going to see the client in the jail file free. Joe’s got it!

Espresso here is 81 cents. It’s $1.25 at Deva’s.

The espresso here at Queen Bean is pretty good.

So, I grabbed my jail pass, this estate sale pad, 2 pens and quick, delicious shower and I split . Jim’s dopey on his meds back home.

What a way to celebrate 25 years of lawyering. May 29, 1981-May 29, 2006.

I mentioned it to Jim and he futzed around. He is needy, grasspy but, too, pushes away. We thrash and thrive. And try. And move and accomplish.

A private anniversary. Private’s nice.

So, what of the past. Passed. Twenty Five Years?

Wow! Hard to even be with.

9:15am. Stanislaus County Jail

It’s Memorial Day. 5/29/2006

I’m waiting in the Rainbow Room. I hope that the jail guards bring the right guy.

Sure enough, a rainbow, through the glass blocks!

From some were nearby in the jail I hear

“1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10…over and over. Breathy voice an inmate workout echos.

So, back to my 25 year anniversary of lawyering.

25 years of:

Clients,

jailing

Trials

judges

, money woes.

Ive opened to practicing criminal law as I’ve opened to self’and

To other things

Mutual expansion.

Intense.

Harsh.

Law

Mean.

Teacher

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Notes: Jim was my partner Jim. We bought a house together In Modesto, California in 1998. He died in 2009.

Queen Bean was a coffee house located about a mile from our house.

The jail was located downtown then. It has since moved way out in the country. But, during the days of the old jail, I would often counsel clients in an interview room that had a block glass wall that faced east. It would cast rainbows on the adjacent wall in the interview room when hit by the sun. Thun sun’s way of casting eternity into the dark hell of the jail. Thus, my name for that interview room “The Rainbow Room."

That interview room was very close to jail cells where the inmates were housed. The jail environment was cacophony of loud, blaring TVs, and men shouting and screaming. There was a constant den and roar to it. The rain bows appeared in sharp contrast to this.

Deva’s was restaurant in Modesto.

I passed the February 1981 bar and was sworn in as a lawyer in Fresno California on 5/29/1981.

My partner Jim was suffering from liver problems in May of 2006. Thus, the medications he was on and his grumpiness.

Joe, who had the file that I needed, was my case investigator.

#gay history #gay relationship #5/29/2006 #criminal defens #jail visits #Jail life #finding alone time when in a relationship #relationship struggles and and evolution #coffee house as sactuary #journaling #writing #25 years of lawyering #life review #tom petty #Tom Petty Free Fallin'

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musicfren · 2 months

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Protests March 2nd (this Saturday). Mostly USA, some global

Albuquerque, New Mexico

11:00 a.m.

Tiguex Park

Sponsored by: PSL Waukegan

Wellfleet, Massachusetts

10:00 a.m.

Town Hall Lawn

Sponsored by: Cape Codders for Peace and Justice

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gekaay · 10 months

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My room from my hometown Fresno (2019-2022)

My first apartment/photostudio in Downtown LA (January 2023)

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everlastingrandom · 2 years

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Re: Ur Tags on that post about high speed rail for lesbians, do you have links or recommendations for stuff to read? Bc expanding train lines and better cities and stuff is something I am interested in too and am always down to read about.

I've mostly been reading about Amtrak's "Connects us" expansion plan. They're trying to improve current lines, open up new ones, and connect over a hundred cities by 2035. There's some skepticism towards the proposal, since it favors the east coast and is largely reliant on government support.

Personally, I will take a moderately improved transit system that can lead to further connections in the future. And last year, under the recent infrastructure bill, Amtrak has received $66 billion dollars in funding for passenger and freight rail programs over the next five years. There's definitely been progress made over the first half of 2022, but also been a few delays.

Here's the most recent info I could find by state:

New York & New Jersey | The Gateway Program - a new pair of one-track tunnels under the Hudson River between Penn Station and New Jersey, additional track, as well as a redesign of Penn station. Here is a New York Times Article about it as well.

Virginia | Roanoke Expanded Service - Expansion of Amtrak Northeast Regional service to and from Roanoke daily, with predicted local ridership to double to 10,000 monthly trips within a few years.

Georgia | The Gulch - Bid for Amtrak to expand its Atlanta presence in the Gulch area, located in downtown Atlanta. Also, two of GA's rail projects have received $9.14 million for Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement this month.

Vermont | Burlington Expanded Service - Amtrak's Ethan Allen Express will begin offering service to New York City from downtown Burlington. "Very soon, we will be able to climb aboard a train in downtown Burlington, and arrive in New York City in time for dinner," said Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger.

Alabama | Stalled Expansion - There's been some disputes between Amtrak and The Southern Rail Commission over cost and work disruption. Several mayors have made pleas before the board on Amtrak’s behalf.

Illinois | Chicago Union Station Access Project - Upgrades to Chicago’s Union Station Announced this July. Amtrak is leading the application process with an $850 million federal grant to invest in passenger rail services.

Louisiana | Awaiting Expansion - Bid to expand passenger rail in the state with a Baton Rouge to New Orleans line. Right now $12 million appropriation is being dedicated to the Baton Rouge-New Orleans leg and $10 million toward the Interstate 20 corridor.

Washington | Cascade Expanded Services - Restoration of Amtrak Cascades service north of Seattle. “WSDOT and ODOT are pleased to share that train service between Seattle and Vancouver, BC now will resume in September 2022."

California | The High Speed Rail Project - Based at Diridon Station, with regional rail lines from San Francisco to Fresno, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles. The project has been widely described as troubled, far behind schedule and suffering from management turmoil.

Missouri | Restored Daily train - After an eight-month hiatus, a second cross-state train is returning to Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner service, providing twice-daily service to and from St. Louis.

Washington D.C | Washington Union Station - A redesign of the Current Union Station, which has come under some scrutiny.

#I am manifesting that rail line from atlanta to savannah #please i need it!!! i can't keep driving through that traffic it is hell #asks #current event #us politics #transit

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thekiarajones · 1 year

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A tiny bit dramatic 🙈 #model #beautiful #like #instagram #instagood #instamood #instagramers #photooftheday #photo #photography #wall #downtown #picoftheday #photoshoot #portrait #photojournalism #gorgeous #loveher #love #gorgeous #curlyhair #hairstyles #hairstyles #people #pretty #girl #modeling #modeling #fresno #california #cal #explorepage✨ #viral (at Fresno, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqEqWGtJeC7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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kylelowe · 1 year

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Jeff and I try vegan burgers at Plant Slayer. Where should we go next?

#New Food Fridays #vlog #Fresno #Downtown Fresno

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rainy-kinda-mood · 2 years

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Randy Jacob

// Photo from a walk in downtown Fresno with my buddy Timmy. // Follow DJ Timmy Blue: @timmyblu3 // Listen to DJ Timmy Blue: po.st/djtb

Fresno, United States

Free to use under the Unsplash License

buy me a warm drink?

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bg0306 · 7 days

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The last project will be completed by going to a bar and capturing the ideas of the place and photography drinks being made along with people who are having fun id they are okay with it and if that aspect doesn’t work my second idea will be to shoot film as a street photography instead if my first plan fails and the street photography that I will use will be clovis downtown or try to go places near fresno instead of shooting downtown fresno at night since everyone has seen it.

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fahrni · 1 month

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Bitwise Industries and Heartbreak

KVPR

For more than a decade, Bitwise co-founders Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin Jr. managed to sustain a vision they had for Fresno.

“It’s not at all a mystery,” said Olguin Jr. in a Ted Talk recorded last year. “But we do have to do three very specific and deliberate things. Invite the underdog in the front door. Pay them to learn like it’s their job. And then build them castles in their hometowns.”

In Olguin Jr.’s vision, the underdog city was Fresno. The job was at Bitwise Industries. And the “castles” would eventually rise everywhere – until they started to fall.

I know Irma and Jake personally. They’re pretty regular folks with big dreams just like many of us. I remember well the day I sat down with Irma to discuss what her vision for Bitwise was and how it would help what I once called a Technology Black Hole.

She shared her vision and listened intently to what I had to say. Not that I was giving advice or anything. I was sharing what I’d like to see in Fresno. At the time Bitwise was tiny and Irma and I met in the Tower District of Fresno at the original Hashtag location — I liked this facility a lot.

I’m grateful for everything Irma and Jake did for Fresno and me personally. When I was trying to go out on my own as a freelance iOS developer Shift-3, a Bitwise Industries company, hired me to do some work. They took care of me and I’ll never forget it.

They had this enormous presence in downtown Fresno. Something I adore about Irma and Jake. They wanted to help revitalize the ghost town Downtown Fresno had become. It’s not at all a bad downtown. It suffered the same fate as many downtowns around the country. Urban sprawl. Instead of investing in downtown folks would go off and build office parks and companies flocked to them. I find them horrible for any sort of community building and are often traps to keep employees in the building. In great cities you can walk out of your downtown building and find great places to eat, get a coffee or drink, and go shopping. They’re amazing.

I digress.

When Bitwise collapsed and scandal followed I was heartbroken. All those people busting their butts to make Fresno a better place and make a living to support their families while doing it all gone in an instant.

Fresno is still trying to recover from it and will be for years to come. Not to mention all the lives affected by it.

I wish everyone caught up in the mess all the best for their future. I also wish Irma and Jake well. They had the best of intentions and made huge mistakes along the way.

It’s heartbreaking.

P.S. - KVPR has a nice index of their Bitwise coverage.

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sweetflowerla · 2 months

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What points to keep in mind for weed home delivery

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rabbitcruiser · 3 months

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Old Town Clovis, CA (No. 1)

Clovis is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. Clovis was established in 1890 as a freight stop for the San Joaquin Valley Railroad by a group of Fresno businessmen and Michigan railroad speculator Marcus Pollasky. The railroad bought the land from two farmers and named the station after one of them, Clovis Cole. Pollasky then developed a town on the site, also named Clovis.

The completion of the lumber flume in 1894 led to the growth of the area around Clovis Station where a lumberyard and sawmill were built. Clovis was officially incorporated as a city in 1912. Today, Clovis celebrates its heritage as an American frontier town, known for its rodeo, Old Town Clovis historic district, and its motto "Clovis – A Way of Life."

The 2020 population was 120,124.[9] Clovis is located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of downtown Fresno,[10] at an elevation of 361 feet (110 m).

Source: Wikipedia

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