(Burn Fresno) – 8/17/2010- Anyone in Fresno that regularly drives around town will have noticed a recent wave of graffiti and an increase in Fresno Police graffiti cleanup crews. The city has eight trucks on their graffiti cleanup crew and all have been busy driving around town. No news on if anyone has been prosecuted for this yet.

It’s been especially noticeable downtown, an area Fresno is currently trying to transform into a hot spot for all kinds of entertainment and activities. Hmong gang activity has been attributed to much graffiti in Fresno in the past, and with the slump in the economy the number of jobless young adults with nothing to keep them busy is likely large.

Graffiti sees no profit for the person who commits the crime, so I cannot fathom how someone would want to ruin the future look of their city. Perhaps they have been so brainwashed with a gang mentality that they are unable to see anything outside of that world, and feel “representing” their gang by advertising it is helpful to their cause.

What they do not realize is that they will one day too want to live in a world without pointless scribbles on the walls of buildings. Actual art is one thing, but scrawling a persons initials or the name of their gang has no place on the walls and surfaces of our city.

(Burn Fresno) Researchers from Google have figured out how to solve the age old puzzle of the Rubik’s Cube using no more than 20 moves to move it back to its original state.

Using Google’s supercomputers, a team of researchers have processed every one of the Rubik’s Cube’s 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different configurations to work what is the maximum number of moves needed to complete it and return it to its original state.

(Burn Fresno) Today a $300 million yacht designed by Phillippe Starck was spotted off the coast of Malibu. The yacht is owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Melinchenko.

Andrey Melinchenko made his fortune in energy and banking in Russia.

(Burn Fresno) Coroners from the Tulare County Coroner’s Office have identified the body found in Lake Kaweah as 46 year old Mark Burgess of Tulare. He went missing after he was ejected from his boat on Memorial Day weekend when it collided with a jet ski. When the body was first found Sheriff’s investigators were unsure of the identity of the drowning victim. But it has now been confirmed by the Coroner’s Office.

More info at the Visalia Times Delta: HERE.

(Burn Fresno) Starting today, 8/11/2010, Mexicana Airlines (Aeroliñea Mexicana) will no longer be flying to or from Fresno. Fresno Yosemite International Airport is in negotiations with other Mexican airlines to resume flights.