Fresno Police Accused of Excessive Force I am writing to you as a local business owner, a concerned citizen and, unfortunately, as a victim of assault by a Fresno police officer, who violated my [...] Continue Reading
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Rating the Rater: The Office of Independent Review Issues First Quarterly Report
By Richard Stone Rick Rasmussen, our Man in the O.I.R. (Office of Independent Review), has been on the job for about four months and has filed his first report. I met with him to discuss the impact [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press” Ex-Iranian Hostage Visits San Quentin; Prison Isolation Strikes Chord
By Boston Woodard and Juan Haines Independent journalist Shane Bauer spent 26 months in an Iranian prison, four of those months were in isolation. In 2009, Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air – March 2013: Scapegoating Our Air Quality Problem
By Tom Frantz More than obesity and poverty, polluted air is shortening the lives of Central Valley residents. The marginal cost of our early deaths and degraded quality of life is around $6 billion [...] Continue Reading
Voters Likely to Weigh in on Privatization
By Michael D. Evans Opponents of Mayor Ashley Swearingen’s plan to privatize residential sanitation service, which had been approved by the outgoing Fresno City Council in December 2012, gathered [...] Continue Reading
Studies Prove: Knowing More Than Other People Makes You Happy!
By Kaylia Metcalfe OK, I’ll admit it. I skim. I see headlines, I nod along if I agree, shake my head if I don’t and many times move on to the next sensational headline in my Facebook newsfeed. (Or, [...] Continue Reading
Women, Power, Love, Death and Psycho
By Alfonso C. Hernandez Why do you live in the South San Joaquin Valley? Friends ask me intermittently over the years because they know that all forms of art are essential for me. One or two of the [...] Continue Reading
Chowchilla Freedom Rally
By Diana Block On Jan. 26, more than 400 people from across California rallied, marched and chanted to protest extreme overcrowding, deteriorating healthcare and constant lockdowns in the women’s [...] Continue Reading
Searching for Devin Nunes
By Gene Roza Constituents and friends held a Day of Action on Feb. 20 in Clovis in front of Rep. Devin Nunes’ office for a verified appointment with his district director, Rudy Mendoza, to address [...] Continue Reading
So Tell Me Something New: What about Systems Thinking?
By Jean Kennedy As I reflected on our African-American month of celebrations, it was a little different this year. Along with spending it in the South, my radio shows helped to promote the viewing of [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – March 2013
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING March 14, Thursday, 7PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK March 6, first Wednesday of each month at noon [...] Continue Reading