Why did the Fresno Housing Authority at its Board Meeting on Jan. 22, 2014, prevent a Community Alliance representative from recording the meeting? I was at this meeting when Preston Prince, [...] Continue Reading
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Bus Rapid Transit for Fresno: Dead on Arrival?
By Sarah Sharpe What Happened? On Jan. 30, after a long and contentious public hearing, in the wee hours of the morning just after midnight, the Fresno City Council voted to halt progress on the Bus [...] Continue Reading
Law and Order, Fresno Style
By Vic Bedoian “It is still the duty of the State and of the court, its instrument, quite as much to protect the innocent as to punish the guilty. Honest administration of justice is the end [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – March 2014
By Mike Rhodes In May 2011, when a Fresno police officer shot Angelo Fernandez in the back, it grabbed my attention. Even in a city where numerous young men (mostly Latinos and African-Americans) are [...] Continue Reading
Local Efforts to Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership
By Stan Santos President Obama Comes to Fresno On Feb. 14, President Barack Obama arrived at the Fresno Airport aboard Air Force One accompanied by Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno). Hundreds of Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – March 2014
Letter Read at Rhodes Farewell Dinner I am sorry that I could not be at this event (see above) to honor Mike Rhodes, but I did want to send a few words about him and what he has meant for journalism. [...] Continue Reading
The Fresno State Sweatshop Connection
By Andrea Wilson When we see a piece of clothing—or any item in a store for that matter—we usually don’t think about its origins. We should. Production is not completely automated. Specialized [...] Continue Reading
Drone: A Participatory Memorial
By Teresa Castillo Fresno State’s Center for Creativity in the Arts (CCA) has invited artist Joseph DeLappe and his Drone Project to be the Spring 2014 artist-in-residence. The theme, Data and [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Worst Air Ever Not Our Fault?
By Tom Frantz The past December and January saw the Central Valley with the worst levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) since monitors for this type of pollution were put in place in 2001. We [...] Continue Reading
Victory in Idaho Illustrates Progressive Movement
By Kaylia Metcalfe The Supreme Court of Idaho ruled last month in a case lauded as a sign of good things for future cases regarding same-sex couples and adoption—but before we celebrate too widely, [...] Continue Reading
The Elected: An (Attempted) Conversation with City Council Member Steve Brandau
By Richard Stone Fresno City Council Member Steve Brandau’s office failed to respond to my requests for an interview, ignoring the access given by five fellow City Council members in recent months. [...] Continue Reading
Inequality!
By Yezdyar Kaoosji The economic reports, books, documentaries, columnists, talking heads and self-proclaimed pundits are juggling cold statistics and jabbering away about “inequality” of resources in [...] Continue Reading