WILPF BUSINESS MEETING February 7, Thursday, 7PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK February 6, first Wednesday of each month at [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Patty Dawson Journey Nears End
By Stan Santos It has been 19 months since the brutal, unprovoked attack on Native American healthcare worker Patty Dawson, and her journey for justice is nearing its end. On Jan. 18, after less [...] Continue Reading
Do We Have Equal Justice under the Law?
By Maria Telesco You didn’t know our country has two “justice” systems, one for “Rich Somebodies” and another for “Poor Nobodies,” did you? You will soon. Imagine these scenarios, which this writer [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Police Department Documents Posted Online
By Mike Rhodes In early September 2011, the Community Alliance newspaper, through a California Public Records Act request, asked the Fresno Police Department (FPD) for its Policies and Procedures [...] Continue Reading
Fresno City Hall Says “Cut Back,” the People Say “Fight Back”
By Mike Rhodes The conservative right-wing majority of the Fresno City Council (Andrea Borgeas, Lee Brand, Clint Olivier and Larry Westerlund) voted on Dec. 20 to privatize another essential [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change—Will Superstorm Sandy Be the Tipping Point?
By George B. Kauffman The scientific debate is over! Of 13,950 peer-reviewed climate change articles, only 24 deny it’s happening. That’s 0.17% for those of you keeping score. Check out “The Most [...] Continue Reading
Sustainable North Fork
By Chip Ashley Long before it was called North Fork, it was called Wa-up by the Mono people that inhabited the area and used what nature provided with respect for the Earth—they used it sustainably. [...] Continue Reading
Pay for Play Good for the Kids?
By Lloyd G. Carter Loathe to propose new taxes, school districts around California, including the Clovis Unified School District (CSUD), are using bond measures to raise capital, triggering criticism [...] Continue Reading
Is Cemex’s Bid to Mine Jesse Morrow Mountain Truly Over?
By Chip Ashley Several stories in the Fresno Bee and online have concluded that Cemex is giving up on its plans for an aggregate mine on Jesse Morrow Mountain, known as Wa-ha-lish to the Choinumni [...] Continue Reading
Under Pressure: California Drafts Regulations on Fracking
By Vic Bedoian The State of California has released draft rules on the hydraulic fracturing process to produce oil and gas. The practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, injects a mix of [...] Continue Reading
Last of the “Wild West”: Tulare County Planning
By Gary Lasky Fresno County Los Angeles Times press clippings from Mark Arax’s investigative reporting recall the days—just 15 years ago—when the FBI conducted a sting operation in Fresno. Operation [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air – January 2013
By Kevin Hall Clean Air Acting How many Valley Air Board members does it take to violate the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law for government agencies? Eight, if the full 15-member board is [...] Continue Reading