This year’s May Day in the Central Valley was a day of action focusing on the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies and in defense of immigrant workers and their families. Across the [...] Continue Reading
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Exploring Land Use in the San Joaquin Valley
Who decides how land in the San Joaquin Valley is used? How do those decisions affect our lives? What can we do about it? Those queries were the overarching theme of an environmental and land-use [...] Continue Reading
Madera Celebró el Primero de Mayo
El jueves 1ro. de mayo aproximadamente 200 personas participaron de la Marcha del Primero de Mayo en Madera para celebrar a los trabajadores y en particular a los inmigrantes. En la tarde soleada y [...] Continue Reading
Community Responds to Veterans’ Healthcare Cuts
Trump and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have proposed cuts to the VA’s workforce and budget that affect various aspects of service for veterans. These changes include job losses, potential [...] Continue Reading
Gorging at the Public Trough
While covering the recent special election win by Brandon Vang to the Fresno City Council District 5 to replace newly elected Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez, I dug into the campaign finances of [...] Continue Reading
Where Are the Democrats?
“Where are the Democrats?” Everyone seems to be asking this question—from pundits such as Ralph Nader and Robert Reich to grassroots activists. Nader called Trump’s March presidential address to [...] Continue Reading
Jane Fonda in Fresno
On April 16, Jane Fonda visited Fresno. She was a presenter at the 2024–2025 San Joaquin Valley Town Hall series (valleytownhall.com/). It was a great opportunity to meet and listen to a [...] Continue Reading
Adiós al Papa Francisco
(Nota del Editor: esta nota se reproduce con permiso de HispanicLA.com) Jorge Mario Bergoglio, el Papa Francisco, que falleció el lunes 21 de abril a las 7:35 hora de Italia, a los 88 años en El [...] Continue Reading
Copper-Wire Theft Ordinance Advanced
In a unanimous vote on April 8, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors advanced a new ordinance, brought by District 2 Supervisor Garry Bredefeld and District 5 Supervisor Nathan Magsig, aimed at [...] Continue Reading