May Day March in Madera
The Madera May Day Committee announced on April 21 the celebration of International Workers’ Day on May 1 starting at 5 p.m. The celebration will include a 40-minute march through the city [...] Continue Reading
Marcha 1 de Mayo en Madera
El Comité del Día de Mayo de Madera anunció el lunes 21 de abril, la celebración del Día Internacional de los Trabajadores el jueves 1ro. de Mayo a partir de las 5 p.m. en el Parque de la Corte (210 [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fails to Follow Through on No Camping Arrest
On April 10, Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez ruled that the Fresno City Attorney’s Office failed to meet the 45-day deadline to bring an unhoused individual to trial; 77-year-old Wickey Two [...] Continue Reading
Valley Reps Vote Against Constituents’ Interest
On April 10, Congress voted on a Continuing Resolution for the House Budget that would extend tax cuts that mainly benefit corporations and the wealthy. To partially cover the cost of the tax cuts, [...] Continue Reading
Costa Fighting to Save Medicaid
On April 8, Rep. Jim Costa (D‒Fresno) held a “Medicaid Matters” telephone town hall for a discussion with his constituents about Donald Trump and House Republicans’ budget proposal to cut Medicaid by [...] Continue Reading
Environmental and Land-Use Reality Tour
Join us on an informative and fun tour to better understand the causes of the ecological deterioration of San Joaquin Valley land, air and water and to explore mechanisms for restoration and enhancing [...] Continue Reading
“They’ll Miss Their State”
For several years, some historians have speculated that democracies as we know them might collapse—and that repressive autocracies might replace them. For at least two scholars, however, the [...] Continue Reading
BOS Acknowledges Reliance on Federal Funds
The March 11 meeting of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS), though largely procedural, carried an undercurrent of urgency as discussions about the County’s budget and code enforcement [...] Continue Reading
CineCulture Features Backlash
On April 11, CineCulture will present the Canadian documentary film Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age by co-directors Guylaine Maroist and Léa Clermont-Dion. Backlash follows four women who have [...] Continue Reading
Conservando las Tierras y Aguas del Corazón de California
En la vasta extensión de la región sur del Valle de San Joaquín se extiende un mosaico de paisajes que van desde la Sierra Nevada, a través de las laberínticas laderas, hasta las granjas y praderas de [...] Continue Reading
Impacto del Precio del Huevo en las Panaderías
La gripe aviar provocó la infección o el sacrificio de más de 111 millones de aves entre febrero de 2022 y enero de 2025. La pérdida de millones de gallinas ponedoras provocó una disminución en la [...] Continue Reading
Porterville: Protestan Posibles Políticas Anti-Trans del Ayuntamiento
El 4 de marzo de 2025, las escalinatas del Ayuntamiento de Porterville se llenaron de manifestantes antes de una reunión del Concejo Municipal que incluía en su agenda dos propuestas relacionadas con [...] Continue Reading
Comunidades Rurales en Ascenso: Un Nuevo Futuro para el Valle Central
En el Valle Central de California, las comunidades rurales han sido durante mucho tiempo la columna vertebral de la economía agrícola del estado, y sin embargo, siguen siendo algunas de las [...] Continue Reading
Entrevista con la directora de cine Guylaine Maroist
El 11 de abril de 2025, CineCulture presentará el documental canadiense Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age, de las co-directoras Guylaine Maroist y Léa Clermont-Dion. CineCulture es un ciclo de [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Threats Against Cuban International Medical Program
For many years, Cuba has been providing both disaster-related and not-quite-routine medical care to many countries in the world, almost all in the Global South. This is often focused on post-colonial [...] Continue Reading
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New KFCF Programming The Central Valley Partnership (CVP) has announced that it will host a monthly radio show on KFCF 88.1 FM (kfcf.org) on the second Thursday of each month from 3 p.m. to 3:30 [...] Continue Reading
Genocide Continues
In 1989, while a high school social studies teacher, I went to Palestine, and what I learned completely transformed my point of view. As a teenager in the 1960s, I had absorbed the Leon Uris Exodus [...] Continue Reading
“Mom, I Want to Live”: A Ukrainian Family’s Nightmare
Lyudmila, 54, lives in Kherson in a one-bedroom apartment with her daughter Galina, 30; grandson Vasyl, 18 months; son, 20; son-in-law, 32; and five dogs and a red cat. A small apartment is littered [...] Continue Reading
“Following Jesus” Can’t Mean…
Among Christians, “following Jesus” is supposed to be a good thing, the loving way to live. But is following Trump compatible with actually following Jesus? A few non-religious, common-sense [...] Continue Reading
Woven Resilience
BY STORM WONIYA HEREDIA In this era of American society, it might feel like what has happened before is happening again, a form of déjà vu. For how familiar this feels, it presents its own [...] Continue Reading
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La Suprema Corte contra la EPA
Desde que el Presidente Trump asumió su puesto, muchos esperan que la Suprema Corte de Justicia (SCOTUS por sus siglas en inglés) intervenga en los destinos de la nación estadounidense para frenar los [...] Continue Reading
Peace and Social Justice Calendar for April 2025
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Arts and Culture Calendar April 2025
Guitar Festival Fresno State’s School of Music is hosting a Guitar Festival on April 11 and 12 at the Wahlberg Recital Hall on the Fresno State campus. The concerts begin at 8 p.m. both days, and [...] Continue Reading
Arte y Cultura de Fresno April 2025
Perfil de Artes La Escuela de Música de la universidad local, CSU Fresno, presenta un Festival de Guitarra los días 11 y 12 de abril en la Sala de Recitales Wahlberg ubicada en el campus de la [...] Continue Reading
Reactions on the Rise
The social tensions and uncertainty generated by the current administration seem to know no bounds. In addition to feuding with countries once considered friends and allies, massive layoffs of workers [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Faith in the Supreme Court In my four campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives in Central California in the 1970s and 1980s, I raised the issue of protecting the Constitution of the United [...] Continue Reading
Stolen Newspapers
The Community Alliance newspaper has been disappearing from some of its distribution sites apparently by individuals determined to prevent the community from accessing its content. “One of our [...] Continue Reading
Lenguas Indígenas Llegan a Consulados de México en EE.UU
El miércoles 12 de marzo, en la Ciudad de México, el canciller de México, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, acompañado por Tatiana Clouthier, titular del Instituto de Mexicanas y Mexicanos en el Exterior [...] Continue Reading
Porterville City Council Weighs Anti-Trans Policies
On March 4, the steps of Porterville’s City Hall were crowded with protestors as activists gathered ahead of a City Council meeting at which two proposals relating to “women’s” and “trans” rights were [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Foreign Aid: Impact and Strategy
Every year, the exact figures vary, but the United States spends a significant amount of money on foreign aid. According to recent U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) data, the U.S. [...] Continue Reading
Attack on Immigrants
Since Jan. 20, Donald Trump has signed Executive Orders (EOs), signed a bill into law passed by Congress and pushed for actions that punish immigrants. His obsession is to show that immigrants are [...] Continue Reading
Marco Rubio’s Powerful Secret Backers
Marco Rubio, as everyone knows, is now the U.S. Secretary of State. Among his first acts was attempting to deport a legal permanent resident of the United States who had committed no crime. The [...] Continue Reading
Día de la Mujer, Celebrando Resiliencia y Triunfos
El viernes 7 de marzo, en el Parque de la Corte de Madera un grupo de mujeres inmigrantes de esa ciudad organizó un evento para celebrar el Día Internacional de la Mujer—que es oficialmente el 8 de [...] Continue Reading
Impact of Egg Prices on Panaderias
The avian flu resulted in more than 111 million birds being infected or culled between February 2022 and January 2025. The loss of millions of egg-laying chickens caused decreased egg production. With [...] Continue Reading
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Pre-Apprenticeship Program Recognized
At the 15th anniversary celebration of the ValleyBuild Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program, local, state and federal officials and representatives gathered with more than 100 people at Pardini’s in [...] Continue Reading
Conserving the Lands and Waters of California’s Heartland
Within the vast expanse of the southern San Joaquin Valley region live a mosaic of landscapes stretching from the tree-clad Sierra through the rambling foothills and across the farms and prairies of [...] Continue Reading