What better escapist fantasy for enlightened Fresnans to enjoy than a night at the Tower Theatre watching Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, that classic tale of a socialist affordable-housing [...] Continue Reading
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Pereas Push Pollution, Attack Advocates
Tower District voters’ favorite daughter-father political team joined forces publicly last month to advocate for continued toxic diesel exhaust exposure in Fresno and beyond. Annalisa Perea represents [...] Continue Reading
Miguel Arias for City Manager?
BY KEVIN HALLWhile all eyes are turned to the presidential election, local politicians are focused on their immediate prospects. With three Fresno City Council members due to term out in 2026 and only [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s MAGA Death Squads
Pro tip: If you’re relying on the Supreme Court’s extreme right-wing majority for guidance, you’re doing it wrong. But that’s exactly what the Fresno City Council and Fresno County Board of [...] Continue Reading
Backward Christian Soldiers
Worried about a Christian Nationalist takeover of the federal government? Good. You should be. Feeling helpless to block Project 2025 and Agenda 47, Trump’s Cliff Notes version of it, because you live [...] Continue Reading
Climate Profits Prophet
It’s difficult to imagine bringing a child into today’s world, someone destined to live beyond the year 2100; the extreme weather-related risks between now and 2050 worry me enough already. But that’s [...] Continue Reading
Do Not Pass FresGo!
The unfortunately named Texas game company Top Trumps has garnered Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer’s enthusiastic support for a local version of Monopoly, the board game focused on property ownership, [...] Continue Reading
Facing Fresno Fascism
No local Republican elected officials have denounced Donald Trump, his violent political movement or the MAGA takeover of the GOP. This means every Republican office holder—from the mayor and [...] Continue Reading
Endorsements Take Courage, Too
When Esmeralda Soria ran unsuccessfully for Congress four years ago, the folks at Courage California, formerly Courage Campaign, heartily endorsed her as part of a slate of progressives, a California [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Oppression, Cruelty Ignored
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” —Martin Luther King Jr. Photos splashed across the Internet of smiling [...] Continue Reading
Smoggies Return in January
Fresno’s premier awards ceremony for worst quotes and votes by local polluters and those who serve them—The Smoggies—is returning for a third straight year. Renowned for its sarcasm, lack of trigger [...] Continue Reading
Bitcoining Climate Change
I don’t envy Gov. Gavin Newsom. He has a young daughter counting on him to address climate change and safeguard her future. The burden of such a responsibility, so close to the heart, must weigh as [...] Continue Reading