Jeff Robinson, an iconic leader in Fresno’s LGBTQ+ community and longtime host of a pioneering radio program on KFCF, died at the age of 60 last month. He was widely respected for his enduring service [...] Continue Reading
Challenges of a Warming Valley Region
Climate change is dramatically affecting virtually every aspect of life in the San Joaquin Valley and our surrounding mountains. Mostly because of a warming planet, state and region. In 2018, [...] Continue Reading
Giant Sequoia Land Managers Report 2021 Wildfire Devastation
Federal and tribal land managers have provided an assessment of the 2021 wildfires that burned nearly 200,000 acres in the Giant Sequoia ecosystem, killing thousands of the forest monarchs. The KNP [...] Continue Reading
South Fresno Residents Challenge Warehouse Invasion
Residents of south Fresno have in recent years been inundated with warehouse development. Companies such as Amazon operate logistics and fulfillment centers in a part of the city already burdened with [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change, Wildfires and the Future of Giant Sequoias
The firefighting effort to suppress Sequoia National Park’s KNP Complex Fire is beginning to wind down after burning nearly 90,000 acres of drought-stressed forest. With containment increasing around [...] Continue Reading
Voting Equity on the Line in Fresno County Redistricting
By Vic Bedoian Fresno County, along with all other counties in California, is in the process of redrawing its supervisorial districts. District boundary lines must conform to federal and state [...] Continue Reading
Fourth Grade Student with a History Lesson Confronts School District
It started out as a class project. Malachi Suarez, a smart, curious and articulate fourth grader at James K. Polk Elementary, wants to change the name of his school. In doing so, he sparked a broader [...] Continue Reading
Valley Farmworker Families Sue Chemical Giant Dow
Dow Chemical Company is the target of lawsuits recently filed on behalf of two Central Valley farmworker families over injuries they allege are caused by the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The extensively [...] Continue Reading
Giant Sequoias Killed by the Thousands in Castle Fire
By Vic Bedoian The 2020 SQF Complex Fire in the southern Sierras scorched more than 176,000 acres in the Giant Sequoia National Monument and the adjacent Sequoia National Park. Now, a report [...] Continue Reading
Valley Applauds Biden’s Armenian Genocide Declaration
President Joe Biden’s official declaration and recognition of the genocide of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire 106 years ago was greeted with relief and happiness by Fresno’s Armenians and the [...] Continue Reading
Tower District Community Increases Pressure on Theater Owner
By Vic Bedoian and Peter Maiden At a media briefing on April 21, the owners of independent businesses reemphasized their demand to terminate the sale of the Tower Theatre to the ultra-conservative, [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Mayor’s Race Pits Progressive Vision versus the Establishment
By Vic Bedoian Although the election for mayor of Fresno is in theory nonpartisan, in reality it’s a choice between a progressive vision for the city’s future pursued by Andrew Janz and Fresno’s [...] Continue Reading