By: Dan Waterhouse If the lender agrees, the Fresno Housing Authority will rescue H. Spees’ One By One Leadership property along both sides of historic L Street, a few blocks away from the failed [...] Continue Reading
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Modesto Harm Reduction Activists Still Facing Jail
In Modesto, two harm reduction activists, Brian Robinson and Kristy Tribuzio (the “Mono Park 2”), are facing significant sentences from a local court. And this for offering a voluntary service, a [...] Continue Reading
When Shoestrings Come Untied
By: Kelly Borkert On February 19, a fund-raiser for Fresno Food Not Bombs will take place at the Full Circle Brewery (620 F Street, just north of Ventura and east of the Highway 99 exit). Blake Jones [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Water Forums: Facts vs. Fictions
Why spend the time to make sense of our water crisis? Because our lives depend on it! On Saturday, March 13, set aside some time to attend the Central Valley Water Forum: Facts vs. Fictions, which is [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Greens Begin Anew in 2010
“So flower power didn’t work, okay, we start again.”—John Lennon The Fresno County Green Party is reenergizing itself from within and looks forward to a successful rebuilding effort in 2010. In a [...] Continue Reading
Fresno State Should Support Academic Freedom—Not Hate Radio
By: Richard Gomez Among the “big boys” in our city, Fresno State ranks right up there as an influential giant. The decisions it makes and the values it demonstrates are visible and important. Often [...] Continue Reading
Common Sense, Not Excuses
Never is there any lack of opinion about public education: how well it is, or is not, serving us. Nor is there ever a lack of opinion as to how to fix any problems it may have. After all, we all went [...] Continue Reading
From the Greenhouse: ‘Feed-in Tariff’
By: Franz Wienschenk If you live in the Central Valley and plan to buy a solar system, on average, the array that will be on your roof will pay for approximately 80% of your monthly electric bill. [...] Continue Reading
Aid to Haiti: Where Does Our Money Go?
By: Patrick Young With over 200,000 dead and a collapsed city, Haiti is desperate for help. The pervasive poverty Haitians have been living with for years is now past the breaking point. With few [...] Continue Reading
Peace & Justice Festival: 9th Annual Rally in the Valley
By: Ken Hudson Be counted for peace at the Peace & Justice Festival: 9th Annual Rally in the Valley on Sunday, March 21, from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the Big Fresno Fairgrounds Junior Exhibit [...] Continue Reading
Latest Stunt at Labor Board Shows SEIU’s Charges Have No Merit
By: Sadie Crabtree After a year of stalling union elections for more than 100,000 of their own members who want to quit SEIU, SEIU officials have cast themselves as champions of democracy in a [...] Continue Reading
Huge Victory for Kettleman City and Environmental Justice Allies
By: Bradley Angel In a major victory for the residents of the embattled Latino farmworker community of Kettleman City and their environmental justice allies, corporate giant Waste Management, parent [...] Continue Reading