By Beverly Fitzpatrick On Dec. 29, volunteers from Wings Advocacy Fresno (Wings) participated in a special project, providing 165 welcome baskets to those moving, at the beginning of the new year, [...] Continue Reading
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Tower Theatre Being Sold
By Peter Maiden The Tower Theatre might be sold to the conservative Christian Adventure Church, and Tower District neighbors are protesting the sale. Around 50 came to an action on Jan. 10. To the [...] Continue Reading
Essential Workers, Love and MLK Jr.’s Lasting Influence
By Benny Corona Martin Luther King, Jr., used to say that we should always believe that there exists inherent value in all of us. And that our worthiness, and somebodiness, cannot be defined by [...] Continue Reading
February for Beginners
By I. smiley G. Calderon There’s truly no better month to refresh and renew your personal outlook and yearlong goals—a perfect time to really reevaluate and reignite your year’s focus and plan—than [...] Continue Reading
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Sudarshan Kapoor (Editor’s note: The following comments were delivered by Dr. Su Kapoor at MLK events in mid-January.) Jan. 18 was a federal holiday in honor of Dr. King’s 92nd birthday, [...] Continue Reading
Power of Fire Destroys
By Janet CapellaPhotos by Peter Maiden The Creek Fire started on Sept. 4, 2020, the first day of Labor Day weekend, in the isolated woodland between Big Creek and Huntington Lake. The final embers [...] Continue Reading
Our “Right to Know” When Pesticides Are Applied
By Nayamin Martinez and Sarah Aird The San Joaquin Valley is often called “the food basket of the world” because it is one of the major agricultural producers in the United States. Two of the [...] Continue Reading
Hope for Clovis
By Michael D. Evans Educator Noha Elbaz, a Democrat, is seeking election to the City Council in Clovis. That’s not a typo. Elbaz is a Democrat running because the Clovis City Council “needs new and [...] Continue Reading
Enough Is Enough
By Ruth Gadebusch Yes, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.), enough is enough—more than enough. It has been more than enough for weeks now, actually months before the November election. Where have you [...] Continue Reading
Local School Board Trustee at Capitol Insurrection
By Sergio Cortes (Editor’s note: Reprinted courtesy of usparkvalley.com.) Sierra Unified School District (SUSD) Trustee James Hoak took part in the assault on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, [...] Continue Reading
Will the Real State Sponsors of Terrorism Please Stand Up?
By Leni Villagomez Reeves Cuba State Sponsor of Terrorism but not Saudi Arabia? The Trump regime placed Cuba on the U.S. State Sponsor of Terrorism list on Jan. 11, just five days after inciting [...] Continue Reading
¿Cuándo Vacunarán Contra el Covid 19 a Los Campesinos?
Por Eduardo Stanley No hay una sola respuesta y sí muchas preguntas. “Hay de todo, algunos no quieren (vacunarse) porque dicen que no es algo seguro. Incluso hay otros que dicen que esa vacuna [...] Continue Reading