Pride Month Sparks Outburst from Bredefeld June is Pride Month in the United States, officially recognized since President Bill Clinton’s Proclamation 7203 in 1999. Yet at the June 10 meeting of [...] Continue Reading
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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
Central Valley Briefs
Creating the Transportation Future We Deserve Fresno County residents deserve a seat at the table when decisions are made about the county’s transportation future. Residents should have a say in [...] 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
Measure C Battle Lines Drawn
At the April 22 meeting of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS), points of contention were delineated for the upcoming Measure C renewal vote, with truculent, implacable Vice Chair Garry [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Tombstone Community Celebrates Safe Drinking Water Access On May 13, residents of Tombstone Territory, an unincorporated community in Fresno County, celebrated the groundbreaking of a long-awaited [...] Continue Reading
Copper-Wire Theft Ordinance Advanced
In a unanimous vote on April 8, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors advanced a new ordinance, brought by District 2 Supervisor Garry Bredefeld and District 5 Supervisor Nathan Magsig, aimed at [...] Continue Reading
Cientos Participan de “Equidad en la Plaza” en Sacramento
Cientos de personas, muchas de ellas representando a organizaciones sin fines de lucro del Valle de San Joaquín, se reunieron el 23 de abril en la explanada frente al capitolio estatal de Sacramento [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Valley Voices for Peace Valley Voices for Peace is an idea turned into reality by a grant from the U.S. Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF). The idea behind this podcast is [...] Continue Reading
Cocina Comunitaria Ayudará a Vendedores Ambulantes
Los vendedores ambulantes son ya parte del paisaje de las ciudades y pueblos del Valle. Su presencia es más notoria durante eventos públicos, desde deportivos y culturales hasta protestas políticas. [...] Continue Reading
Equity on the Mall
Fourteen hundred people, many of them representing nonprofits in the San Joaquin Valley, came together on April 23 on the mall in front of the State Capitol in Sacramento to listen to speakers, [...] Continue Reading