Standing next to Woodland Road just off Highway 168, Jem Bluestein looks downslope into the Jose Basin. “It just came up here, up the canyon. It just came up here like a thousand freight trains, this [...] Continue Reading
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Sobrevivir al Incendio Creek
Jem Bluestein y yo estábamos parados junto a la carretera Woodland, justo al lado de la autopista 168, mirando hacia la cuenca de Jose. “Simplemente subió aquí, por el cañón. Simplemente subió aquí [...] Continue Reading
State Seeks to Rescue What’s Left of Valley’s Nature
The San Joaquin Valley has been described as the nation’s most transformed landscape. It has been industrialized with agriculture, resource extraction and spreading urbanization. It has been called a [...] Continue Reading
Community Groups Say CHS Mismanaged Funds
Two advocacy organizations dedicated to protecting the health and well-being of underserved populations in Fresno are suing the Community Health System (CHS), the nonprofit that operates the two major [...] Continue Reading
El Estado Busca Rescatar lo que Queda de la Naturaleza del Valle
El Valle de San Joaquín ha sido descrito como el paisaje más transformado de la nación. Se ha industrializado con la agricultura, la extracción de recursos y la expansión de la [...] Continue Reading
Valley Journalist Lloyd Carter Spoke Truth about Water and Power
I just hope we start thinking seven generations into the future about what we’re going to leave behind because I don’t believe that agriculture can last in this valley for the next few centuries. For [...] Continue Reading
Tsuru for Solidarity: Bridging Past and Present Injustices
Japanese cranes, known as Tsuru in the Land of the Rising Sun, are elegant and statuesque birds with national treasure status. In Japanese culture, the crane symbolizes peace, luck and longevity, [...] Continue Reading
Tsuru for Solidarity: Superando Injusticias Pasadas y Presentes
Las grullas japonesas, conocidas como Tsuru en la Tierra del Sol Naciente, son aves elegantes y esculturales con estatus de tesoro nacional. En la cultura japonesa, la grulla simboliza la paz, la [...] Continue Reading
Searching for Lost Kinjo
It has always been known in Fresno as Chinatown, or the West Side, or the Other Side of the Tracks. But the fading facades of old buildings hide a rich history. If those old walls could talk, they [...] Continue Reading
Manzanar: Living History and Remembering the Past
“We can never fully right the wrongs of the past. But we can take a clear stand for justice and recognize that serious injustices were done to Japanese Americans during World War II.” —President [...] Continue Reading
Manzanar: Vivir la Historia y Recordar el Pasado
POR VIC BEDOIAN “Nunca podremos corregir por completo los errores del pasado. Pero podemos adoptar una postura clara a favor de la justicia y reconocer que se cometieron graves injusticias contra [...] Continue Reading
Marion Masada: Survivor, Historian, Teacher
Marion Masada is a survivor of one of America’s most tragic and misguided actions. As we prepared for our interview, she gently admonished me. “Call it a concentration camp, please,” she advised. This [...] Continue Reading