Time for underage parties is now, Fresnans

If you are of legal drinking age, you've got to throw a party this weekend. Invite all the 18 to 20 year-olds you know, then serve them as much beer as you can. You might think you were doing something illegal, but you'd be thinking incorrectly.

Apparently it is perfectly legal, but not for long. The Fresno City Council is voting to close a loophole in state law that allows adults to poor drinks to 18 to 20 year-olds, as long as it's in private. Since when is Fresno in the business of changing state laws?

Foolish me, I just assumed that a person 21 or older, giving booze to anyone who wasn't, was already illegal. Damn, I could have been throwin' keg-standing-past-out-girls-hurling-boys-raggers this whole time and it would have been perfectly on the up-and-up. It's not like I really know anyone 18 to 20 - especially girls - but still, would've been nice to know.

As Councilman Tom Boyajian said about the closed loophole, "How would you even enforce this?"

Are they gonna start sending in undercover cops to parties? Kinda like they already have outside of bars? I smell an episode of 21-Jumpstreet.

Federline out to sea

I'm sure you missed the American Music Awards this week - it's okay, so did everybody else. And since you missed it, you missed a good bit using Kevin Fresnoline as fodder.

At least they didn't remind everyone that Kevin's from Fresno by dumping him off at the city limits

Drunk Holiday Viewing

Plan on driving drunk this holiday season? Well, before you do that, you should watch the NBC Nightly News story about the Fresno Police's DUI Stings It will be airing tonight during the 5:30 broadcast on KSEE 24. Check and see if you were broadcast to the country driving drunk down Palm, last weekend.

Also see Police Chief Jerry prove to the nation that Fresno has the shiniest heads and best cop mustaches in all of the country.

Best Buy PS3 melee: Fresno Style

In case you haven't gotten enough coverage of the Playstation 3 release, here's some more - with video:

>KSEE 24's live coverage of the near riot at Fresno's Best Buy. This is currently number 4 on YouTubes most watched today. Watch people getting pulled out of line by police and Nick Mata get his 15 minutes of Fresno fame. I thought it was real interesting that channel 24 decided to use an actual person that was in line as a "reporter" instead of one of their people. Pretty bold and cool. Check it here:


>Well there's more, Fresno is even making the national news in Canada: CBC clip

>A Boston area newscast uses some of the Fresno footage for their report:Fresno in Boston clip

>Cell phone video of the same near riot: Cell Video.

>This clip has much better quality and has folks gettin' excited about the Ghetto Birds arrival. But it doesn't show the line melee: Best Buy ps3

Fresno Today

Here's the USA Today article on Fresno's drunk-breaking DUI crackdown programs.

A couple of disturbing things you will learn in the article: Drunks are more likely to run into a checkpoint in Fresno then anywhere else in the country, and you can't have your Glock on you when you're driving around sloshed. Good to know.

KRZR A bunch of Mullet fakers?

As reported by Mike Oz. on the Bee Hive Blog from FresnoBee.com, Fresno rock station (with the worst mascot/tagline in Fresno radio history "The Wild Hare") has been claiming that they are going away Wednesday at 8:00AM - or, at the very least, doing a format change.

The prospect of this has excited many, but I've been torn. These guys have always run their station in a beerchugging-eighties-holdovers-mullet-wearing-white-trash sort of way. But, they fill a needed spot in Fresno radio. A spot I would miss.

As Mike Oz. wrote, it is more likely they are doing a morning show changeover instead of closing shop. If that's the case, it is actually good because the current Mancow Show is awful.

But to do it in a way that makes everyone think the current KRZR format is going away, along with its DJ's, is shitty. Even for balding, beergutted, mulletheads.

Open letter to Kevin Federline

It is time to come home Kevin. Come home to Fresno Kevin. Yes, we called you Kevin because we know you’ve never liked K-Fed. We understand it offends you. Fresno won’t call you by it anymore.

Come home Kevin.

We forgive you. Forgive you for leaving Fresno and disrespecting it every chance you got. We understand. Every Fresno native does it when they first leave. It’s just something that is done.

Come home Kevin.

You tried Kevin. You left the small pond for the big one. You did, you tried. Bless your little wigger-baby-making heart, you tried. You even got the hottest country girl since Gilligan Island’s Mary Ann. It is over now.

Come home Kevin.

It will be fun. You’ll see. All of Fresno’s nightlife will be yours. The Silver Dollar, Elbow Room, Livingstones, Dirty Olive, World Sports, you will never have to buy yourself a beer…ever. Fresnan’s just won’t let you. We’re like that.

Come home Kevin.

You ARE Fresno Famous Kevin. You need to be on the valley’s floor. You need Fresno right now.

Kevin. Come home.


-Fresno