By Eduardo Stanley If you plan to have a BBQ, or a good piece of meat, like a tasteful New York steak, you can get the most of it with a good salsa you can use both to marinate or just to spread it [...] Continue Reading
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How the Census Works
(Editor’s note: Printed by permission from Ethnic Media Services.) Below are the most frequently asked questions regarding the Census as gathered through social media. Do you mean that this [...] Continue Reading
Nuclear Lies and Broken Promises
By Conn M. Hallinan When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas on Sept. 4 that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a [...] Continue Reading
Plug That Leak!
By Robert Navarro Okay citizens, it’s time to brush up on the Brown Act again. Not familiar with it? I’d always heard about it in connection with “sunshine” but was never sure if it had to do with [...] Continue Reading
Green Party to Assemble in Fresno
By Richard Gomez The Green Party of California will hold its next General Assembly in Fresno on Dec. 7 and 8. The General Assembly is the primary decision-making body of the state’s Green Party and [...] Continue Reading
The View from Above
By Tom Frantz On a Saturday morning in early November, several people, including myself, boarded a Cessna T210 for a flight around the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. The Valley was in the [...] Continue Reading
The Air We Breathe Makes Us Sick
By Dr. Rosanna Esparza There’s no getting around the appalling air pollution in California’s San Joaquin Valley, and the situation is about to get worse. The Trump administration’s proposal to [...] Continue Reading
The Beautiful Game Has Left Town
By Peter Maiden The Fresno Football Club, known as the Foxes, or the Zorros in Spanish, is disbanded. It was a pro team in the second division United Soccer League, and it played at Chukchansi Park [...] Continue Reading
Struggles of a Runaway Youth
By Kayla Moon Imagine you are 15 and running, racing through the streets of Fresno. It’s late and you have nowhere to go, staying at a friend’s house is no longer an option because that person’s [...] Continue Reading
California Wildfires Affect Air Quality in the Valley
By Eduardo Stanley Wildfires are becoming more common and more dangerous in California, destroying communities and polluting the air we breath. While there weren’t any big fires in the Central [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Investment Booms but Leaves Workers Behind
By Mark Hedin California boasts the world’s fifth-largest economy, with Central Valley’s agricultural exports a key driver. In the state’s continuous economic growth, only the Bay Area has been [...] Continue Reading
Syrian Recipes from Home: A Gift for Food lovers
By Eduardo Stanley This past summer, in Fresno, we assisted at the presentation of an original book of recipes, Syrian Recipes From Home, by Syrian refugee Nour Al Mshantaf, produced by the Pan [...] Continue Reading