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
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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
Environmental and Land-Use Reality Tour
Join us on an informative and fun tour to better understand the causes of the ecological deterioration of San Joaquin Valley land, air and water and to explore mechanisms for restoration and enhancing [...] Continue Reading
A New Future for the Central Valley
In the Central Valley, rural communities have long been the backbone of the state’s agricultural economy, yet they remain some of the most underserved and overlooked populations. Rural [...] Continue Reading
Comunidades Rurales en Ascenso: Un Nuevo Futuro para el Valle Central
En el Valle Central de California, las comunidades rurales han sido durante mucho tiempo la columna vertebral de la economía agrícola del estado, y sin embargo, siguen siendo algunas de las [...] Continue Reading
New KFCF Programming The Central Valley Partnership (CVP) has announced that it will host a monthly radio show on KFCF 88.1 FM (kfcf.org) on the second Thursday of each month from 3 p.m. to 3:30 [...] Continue Reading