Marek Warszawski

3 days ago | fresnobee.com | Marek Warszawski

The Highways 41/180 interchange in Fresno appears nearly devoid of cars at around noon on Friday, March 27, 2020. This interchange was built with Measure C funds approved by voters. [email protected] What's worse than an election with one transportation tax? An election with two transportation tax initiatives vying for voter approval on the same ballot.

1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Marek Warszawski

A drone photo from 2019 shows looks north toward Fresno from the unincorporated community of Lonestar along Fowler Avenue. The area south of Jensen Avenue (visible along the top of the photo), north of North Avenue, east of Minnewawa Avenue and west of Temperance Avenue is called "south SEDA" by Mayor Jerry Dyer, who supports its annexation and development.

1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Marek Warszawski

Water rushes over Bridalveil Fall as seen through the trees in Yosemite Valley near the Bridalveil trail in Yosemite National Park on Friday, April 23, 2021. [email protected] When Yosemite started requiring reservations for drivers entering the park during the busiest months, I wasn't a fan. If overcrowding is such a problem that visitation needs to be controlled, why don't park officials simply set a cap on the number of private automobiles they allow in each day and turn the rest away?

1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Marek Warszawski

Law enforcement officers getting arrested for embezzlement is extremely rare, according to the most cited study I could find about the nature and rate of police crime in the U.S.Just not in Tulare County, where dirty cops are on quite a pace of late. The recent arrest of Visalia Police Captain Luma Fahoum for suspicion of from the police explorers program may qualify as a shock, but it can't be described as a one-time occurrence.

2 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Marek Warszawski

A Los Angeles lawmaker who previously spent 25 years as an executive at one of California’s largest electricity companies wants to retroactively strip solar power owners of their promised credits. Sounds kind of shady, doesn’t it? The bill by Assemblywoman Lisa Calderon, D-Whittier, proposes to limit the energy credits for solar power generation to 10 years, half the 20-year period previously agreed upon by the state.