By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is not doing its job. It refuses to take serious its chief function as a health agency protecting the breathing public. It [...] Continue Reading
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Clean Air Advocates Face Feds Trying to Roll Back Standards in Fresno
By Vanessa Warheit Dozens of environmental, industry and community advocates spoke at a federal hearing in Fresno on Sept. 24 in almost unanimous opposition to the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient [...] Continue Reading
Stark Raving Mad
By Marc Keyser High-level officials under President Donald Trump are actively working to combat his controversial policies and erratic behavior, according to a scathing New York Times op-ed written by [...] Continue Reading
Wonder No More
By Ruth Gadebusch Just wondering, could it be that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a better man than we thought? After all, it appears that he is the only thing between the president and wiping out [...] Continue Reading
Fresno in Solidarity with Women’s March
By Ken Hudson In solidarity with the national Women’s March on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 20, Fresno will hold a demonstration on the sidewalks in front of River Park the same day, [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – October 2018
Culture of Fear The fear of death tends to cross cultures to shift people to the right. That’s part of the reason that the constant announcements and displays of threat levels during the George W. [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – October 2018
Dear Reader, When I took on the role of editor earlier this year, I envisioned a more all-inclusive progressive newspaper in the Valley. A print and online forum where those who speak are not [...] Continue Reading
Global Climate Summit Craters
By Kevin Hall Paris, Bonn, San Francisco. Billionaires and corporate CEOs. Heads of state from around the world. It’s enough to turn a young politician’s head. Even an old one’s. In recent years, [...] Continue Reading
Labor Day Rally Highlights Workers’ Rights
By Community Alliance Staff A noontime Labor Day rally and picnic energized a crowd of workers from a variety of industries, including county, hospital and long-term care, as well as families and [...] Continue Reading
2018 Ballot Measure Endorsement Grid
Democrats: California Democratic Party (propositions)/Fresno County Democratic Party (Measure P); Republicans: California Republican Party; Stonewall: Fresno Stonewall Democrats; Labor: California [...] Continue Reading
Constituents Demand Nunes Vote “No” on More Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest
By Community Alliance Staff Demonstrators gathered outside the Clovis office of Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare) calling on him to vote no during the second round of tax cuts for the wealthy. The crowd of [...] Continue Reading
Outside Lands 2018: El grito del alma de Jessie Reyez, la mezcla creativa de Chicano Batman, ¡y más!
Por Eduardo Stanley Jessie Reyez, hasta hace poco una cantante apenas conocida, está empezando a dar qué hablar. Incluso se acaba de presentar en el Festival Outside Lands 2018, de San Francisco, [...] Continue Reading