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EPA Allows More Pesticide Air Pollution
From a press release from the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment San Joaquin Valley and Ventura County community groups filed a lawsuit on Dec. 12, 2012, against the U.S. Environmental [...] Continue Reading
CHP Targets Farmworkers for Car Impounds
By Pam Whalen In what has become a regular event in the Caruthers area, every year at the peak of the harvest the California Highway Patrol cruisers start showing up in the early morning when [...] Continue Reading
New Marshal in Dodge City: Fresno’s Second Police Auditor Sets Up Shop
By Richard Stone So Fresno has a new person in the Office of Independent Review, with the task of reviewing all cases of an officer-involved shooting (OIS) and auditing the handling of public [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air – Dec. 2012: Off the Grid / Discount Shopping
By Kevin Hall Off the Grid If you live in Fresno’s Tower District, Southeast Fresno, West Fresno or downtown, the pollution monitor that measures wintertime particulate levels for your neighborhood is [...] Continue Reading
Human Rights Commemoration in Fresno
By Sudarshan Kapoor “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the [...] Continue Reading
Jesse Morrow Mountain Re-Hearing: On Again, Off Again, On Again
By Chip Ashley The specter of an aggregate mine on Wa-ha-lish (Jesse Morrow Mountain) lives on. On Aug. 28, on a 2-2 vote, with Supervisor Judy Case recusing herself due to a conflict of interest, [...] Continue Reading
Cindy Sheehan Will Run for Governor in 2014
By Mike Rhodes Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan was in Fresno last month to participate in a peace march, promote her new book, Revolution, A Love Story, and announce that she is running for governor [...] Continue Reading
The #OccupySandy Relief Effort: People Power in Action
By Mike Bridges Following Hurricane Sandy, the conditions on the East Coast have been extremely harrowing, but Occupy Wall Street has transformed into #OccupySandy and made a difference. It started [...] Continue Reading
News from Kettleman City
From a Press Release Kettleman City residents and their environmental justice allies applaud the Department of Toxic Substances Control for taking enforcement action today (Nov. 15, 2012) against [...] Continue Reading
The Valley Is Forging a Sustainable Food System, Starting at Home
By the Fresno Food System Alliance On Oct. 14, the New York Times Magazine published a feature article by Mark Bittman titled “Heavenly Earth,” which highlighted the relationship between farmers and [...] Continue Reading
Musicians’ Strike Settlement
By Larry Gardner On Oct. 24, Fresno Grand Opera (FGO) management and the musicians’ negotiating committee for the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 12 came to a tentative agreement. The [...] Continue Reading