Business – Elliott-Hart Report

To the Sierra, Again

Written by Dennis Hart, September 2, 2024

This past Saturday on Labor Day weekend, I escaped the Valley’s summer heat — and learned a whole lot about history — by joining a small group on a trek into the Sierra. A couple of months ago, I had taken a similar trip with some of these same folks. That time, we traveled to…

Still Curious

Written by Dennis Hart, May 2, 2023

Something’s been rattling around inside my brain for a couple of months now, so I figure I’ll kick it out here, and we can both forget it. It was something Steve Karlin — the great 6 and 10 p.m. anchor on KCCI-TV in Des Moines — said on his last newscast before he retired. Trying…

The 701 to Sacramento

Written by Bud Elliott, September 26, 2017

Fresno mayor Lee Brand is off to ride the fast train in Spain. A couple of City Council members and others are with him on the fact-finding trip organized by the Fresno County Economic Development Corp., which will tour facilities in Barcelona, Madrid, and Ciudad Real. They are not the first. A story in…

My Late Great Uncle

Written by Bud Elliott, May 11, 2017

Well, not my uncle, exactly – everybody’s uncle. Uncle Harry. It’s two weeks since they shut down Uncle Harry’s New York Bagelry in Fig Garden Village. The terse one-page letter posted on a window announcing the abrupt closure has been pulled down and covered over with butcher paper. Big plans are afoot for the…