December 18, 2024 was Reedley’s Police Chief Joe Garza’s last day on the job after 36 years with the Reedley Police Department. Recently, KRL took a moment to chat with Chief Garza and look back at his career.
Whitstable Pearl stars Kerry Godliman as Pearl Nolan who owns a restaurant she named Whitstable Pearl. Her mother, Dolly, helps out, and they have a young chef named Ruby. Pearl also has her own private investigation firm—she used to be with the police until she got pregnant and had her son Charlie who has gone away to Canada to spend some time with his father.
I have been enjoying Thomas Hayes’ beautiful voice on stage for a number of years, as he has performed in numerous shows here in the Valley, including recently in The Secret Garden at Roger Rocka’s—reviewed here in KRL. H
Fresno Lexus Broadway is presenting Come From Away at the Saroyan on November 12 and 13. Recently, KRL had the opportunity to interview cast member Tyler Olshansky-Bailon, who plays Diane in this production. I believe this will be the first time this show has come to Fresno!
I am a huge fan of the Vera TV show, as well as Shetland, and I love Ann’s Matthew Venn books, but I had never read any of her other books until this one. Because I have seen the TV series twice I didn’t feel lost at all jumping into her new Vera Stanhope book, The Dark Wives, and honestly now I can’t wait to read more Vera books.
I am a big fan of Emmeline Duncan’s Ground Rules Mysteries, so I was excited to see that she was starting a new series as well, and this one takes place in a Halloween-themed town called Elyan Hollow, Oregon. I love Halloween, so what could be better than that? This series features Bailey Briggs who has taken over her grandfather’s bookshop Lazy Bones Books. So Halloween and a bookstore—perfect!
If you have read my latest Tower District Mystery, One of You, you know that the last scene in the book takes place at Hobb's Grove in Sanger, CA so I thought it would be a lot of fun to have an event there.
Recently I discovered a relatively new organization for fiction writers here in the Central Valley, the Central Valley Fiction Writers. The group came to the book launch of my new Tower District Mystery at the Book Barn in Clovis in July and introduced themselves. I joined their group and am looking forward to learning more about what they have to offer. I thought it would be interesting to share that learning journey with our readers so I interviewed their Treasurer and Interim President Roh Morgan.
Covering local theatre has always been an important part of what KRL does and we love uncovering something new. Recently, we had the chance to interview Cheryl Carlson, who is the founder and Artistic Director for one of the newer theatre companies in the area, The Village Barn Playhouse in Kingsburg.
This week we are interviewing local author Ryan David Ginsberg from Visalia about his writing, and his new short story anthology The Crumbling of a Nation and Other Stories. Details on how to enter to win a copy of the book, and a link to purchase it are below.
