History – Page 8 – Elliott-Hart Report

Farewell, Fresno

Written by Dennis Hart, February 14, 2018

Let me tell you a story. The first time I moved away from Fresno was around Valentine’s Day in 1973. I piloted my hotshot blue ’71 Ford Pinto up Highway 99 to Sacramento – then motored east on I-80 and over the snow-capped Donner Summit into Reno. I headed north on the 395 and –…

My Biggest Story

Written by Dennis Hart, February 6, 2018

I spent nearly four decades in broadcast journalism – both TV and radio. Right after I graduated from Fresno State, I moved to Susanville to become a radio news director and then – nearly bankrupt, since radio paid no money – made my way back to Fresno and somehow became the youngest TV reporter in…

Dunkirk

Written by Bud Elliott, July 29, 2017

One method to revise history is by omission. Take the hugely successful movie, “Dunkirk;” writer-director Christopher Nolan’s engrossing version of the last-minute evacuation of 330,000 allied troops, mostly British, surrounded and trapped by Nazi Panzer troops on a wisp of beach at the very northwest tip of France. Across the English Channel lies safety, 26…