On Dec. 9, 2023, the Central Valley Leadership Round Table (CVLRT) met in Firebaugh to interview candidates for California’s 13th Congressional District, which includes parts of Merced, Madera, [...] Continue Reading
La Mesa Redonda de Líderes del Valle respalda al Republicano Duarte
El 9 de diciembre de 2023, la Mesa Redonda de Liderazgo del Valle Central se reunió en Firebaugh para entrevistar a los candidatos para el 13º Distrito Congresional de California, que incluye partes [...] Continue Reading
Jack Ortega: Friend, Mentor, Organizer (1929–2023)
Jack Ortega was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 1929. He graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Alameda and went into the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean War as an artillery observer. [...] Continue Reading
Alfonso Hernandez, Trabajadores and the Chicano Youth Center
In 1977, Alfonso Hernandez, an idealistic social work graduate student at Fresno State, founded Trabajadores de la Raza San Joaquin Valley, or “Workers of the People.” Trabajadores established a [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Measure C: A Leap of Blind Faith
Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9408 was present at Fresno City Hall on July 7 to support the overwhelming opposition to the November referendum on Measure C and $6.8 billion in public [...] Continue Reading
La Medida ‘C’ de Fresno y las Carreteras del Futuro
Communications Workers of America Local 9408 estuvo presente en la junta del 7 de julio de 2022 para apoyar la abrumadora oposición al referéndum de noviembre sobre la Medida C y $6.8 mil millones en [...] Continue Reading
Fiber Broadband Comes to the Central Valley
The story of broadband technology in Central Valley communities follows historic patterns of privilege and neglect, extreme poverty in a region of extreme wealth. Hundreds of towns, such as Firebaugh, [...] Continue Reading
La Fibra Óptica Llega a Comunidades Pobres del Valle
La historia de la tecnología de banda ancha en las comunidades del Valle Central sigue patrones históricos de privilegio y abandono, pobreza extrema en una región de extrema riqueza. Pueblos como [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Digital Rich and Digital Poor
In 2019–2020, Fresno County schools enrolled 207,858 students, of which 140,000, or 65%, were Latino and 10,600 were African American. But there are pronounced disparities in the educational [...] Continue Reading
Ricos y pobres en la brecha digital de Fresno
Por Stan Santos Durante el año escolar 2019-2020, las escuelas del Condado de Fresno tuvieron una inscripción de 207.858 estudiantes de los cuales 140.000 ó 65% eran latinos y 10.600 eran [...] Continue Reading