By Tom Frantz The almond harvest finished this year a few days earlier than normal in mid-October. As usual, this activity produced a horrible 10 weeks of choking dust for many San Joaquin Valley [...] Continue Reading
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California High-Speed Rail at Crossroads
By Stan Santos On Oct. 13, a press conference was held at the West Fresno Family Resource Center with approximately 40 persons in attendance. VOICE (Voice of Including Community Equitably) [...] Continue Reading
Biden Visit to Bakersfield
By Richard D. Iyall On Oct. 7, a political rally at California State University, Bakersfield, featured Vice President Joe Biden. State Senator Alex Padilla (D–Pacoima), candidate for California [...] Continue Reading
Celebration of Life While Mourning the Loss
By Kaylia Metcalfe This month marks the 17th year where groups from all over the world will gather together on Nov. 20 and participate in Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) events. TDoR is a [...] Continue Reading
The Fresno LGBT Community Center Is Moving…and Needs Your Help
By Kaylia Metcalfe In 2011, when Gay Central Valley (GCV) decided to have a physical office and by extension a one room, less than 100-square-foot LGBT Community Center, they had no idea the events [...] Continue Reading
Laurie Lewis Coming to Fresno
By Rick Flores One of the first times Laurie Lewis ever played in public was at the studios of KPFA in Berkeley. It happened late at night on Gert Chiarito’s folk music show. She was 14. Her dad [...] Continue Reading
Youth Homelessness: The Homestretch
The Homestretch, a powerful documentary about youth homelessness, will be screened in Fresno at the Sierra Vista Cinemas on Nov. 19–20. The film provides unprecedented access into public schools and [...] Continue Reading
Day-of-the-Dead Sugar Skull Recipe
By Abigail Janzen Sugar skulls are traditionally used on Nov. 1 and 2 for the Day-of-the-Dead in Mexico. This tradition is widely practiced in other countries as well. Sugar skulls, along with [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Tell No Lies
By Mike Rhodes The early 1970s were an amazing time to be young and alive in the Central Valley. There was a sense of excitement, hope and a belief that we were about to change the world. It is in [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Holidays and Other Disasters
By George B. Kauffman Holidays and Other Disasters by John G. Rodwan, Jr., considers the major U.S. holidays from an atheist’s perspective. It specifically examines religious holidays, those that [...] Continue Reading
