There are many expressions of resistance to the authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government. It is happening through demonstrations large and small, with investigative reporting, displayed in [...] Continue Reading
Allensworth: Striving to Thrive
As in most small towns, Allensworth’s children are at the heart of community life. Whether it is the school play, sporting events or holidays, kids bring people together as a community. Families [...] Continue Reading
Allensworth: Buscando la Prosperidad
Como en la mayoría de los pueblos pequeños, los niños de Allensworth son el centro de la vida comunitaria. Ya sea en la obra de teatro escolar, eventos deportivos o días festivos, los niños unen a la [...] Continue Reading
Dos Rios State Park
BY VIC BEDOIAN Dos Rios State Park is truly unique in its conception, location and purpose. It has evolved through vision and hard work in the private and public sectors. It is very much the [...] Continue Reading
Parque Estatal Dos Ríos
El Parque Estatal Dos Ríos es verdaderamente único en su concepción, ubicación y propósito. Ha evolucionado gracias a la visión y el arduo trabajo de los sectores público y privado. Es, sin duda, un [...] Continue Reading
Constructing the Future via ValleyBuild
With 15 years of success under its tool belt, the ValleyBuild construction trades program is becoming more essential than ever. It recruits and provides training for an inroad to good-paying skilled [...] Continue Reading
Construyendo el Futuro con ValleyBuild
Con 15 años de éxito a sus espaldas, el programa de oficios de la construcción ValleyBuild se vuelve más esencial que nunca. Recluta y capacita para facilitar el acceso a empleos cualificados y bien [...] Continue Reading
Explorando el Uso del Suelo en el Valle de San Joaquín
¿Quién decide cómo se utiliza el suelo en el Valle de San Joaquín? ¿Cómo afectan esas decisiones nuestras vidas? ¿Qué podemos hacer al respecto? Estas preguntas fueron el tema central de una gira de [...] Continue Reading
Exploring Land Use in the San Joaquin Valley
Who decides how land in the San Joaquin Valley is used? How do those decisions affect our lives? What can we do about it? Those queries were the overarching theme of an environmental and land-use [...] Continue Reading
Tulare Lake Reflections
BY VIC BEDOIAN Tulare Lake has been many things to many people over a very long time. It’s not a lake anymore except when in certain wet years it becomes the ghost of a lake, bringing back memories [...] Continue Reading
Fighting Oligarchy Tour Inspires Bakersfield
The coast-to-coast “Fighting Oligarchy Tour,” featuring Senator Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.), hit the Central Valley town of Bakersfield, where oil and agriculture [...] Continue Reading
Conservando las Tierras y Aguas del Corazón de California
En la vasta extensión de la región sur del Valle de San Joaquín se extiende un mosaico de paisajes que van desde la Sierra Nevada, a través de las laberínticas laderas, hasta las granjas y praderas de [...] Continue Reading