In the Annual State of the City Address, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer talked about a number of issues affecting the City of Fresno in both good and bad ways. He discussed updated crime statistics and said overall, crime in Fresno is down. “Year to date, property crime is down by 15 percent business burglary fell by 47 percent residential burglary fell by 29 percent, and auto thefts are down by 32 percent,” he said. Dyer also addressed the issue of homelessness and said they continue to work every day to change the situation. The city of Fresno will soon make loans of up to $100,000 for would-be homebuyers, thanks to a $4.1 million infusion of money from the state of California. Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer announced the new mortgage assistance program during his annual State of the City address Wednesday in downtown Fresno. An IRS whistleblower is going public with the accusation that the Justice Department has "slow-walked" the investigation into Hunter Biden's finances. IRS agent Gary Shapley, a 14-year veteran of the agency, said he immediately noticed "deviations" prosecutors were making from the normal process when he assumed oversight of "a high profile, controversial" investigation.