By Tom Frantz On Nov. 7 and 8, a Biomass Summit was hosted by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier. The purpose [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Make the Break (If You Can)
By George B. Kauffman Make the Break (If You Can) by Dr. Reginald J. Exton (Author), Roy Speckhardt (Editor), Humanist Press, 1777 T St. NW, Washington, D.C., 2012, $9.99. ISBN 9780931779268. NASA [...] Continue Reading
Tiffany’s Take: Irma
By Tiffany A. Potter Sleeves up. Hearts open. All in. (Our daily mantra) Oh, what a difference 30 days can make. The space between this time last month and today broke me open. In the last few [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Angry White Men and Air Quality
By Tom Frantz Here are three items that might be of interest to those whose health is affected by local air quality. First, the air quality index (AQI) used by the local air district needs to be [...] Continue Reading
Still Imprisoned
By Boston Woodard During my youth, I was no doubt the poster child for irredeemable miscreants. I was a young thug running wild, unchecked, with no respect for others. I was a criminal. In 1973, I [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Ozone Implosion
By Tom Frantz As the dust-reddened sun rose over the city, residents reluctantly crawled out of bed shaking off headaches from oxygen deprivation due to a night of breathing dirty air. Talking heads [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Link to Chemistry Week
By George B. Kauffman In his official proclamation, Fresno Mayor Lee Brand cited the following reasons for declaring October 22–28 National Chemistry Week (NCW) in the City of Fresno: Chemistry [...] Continue Reading
Veteran and Antiwar Activist Col. Ann Wright Comes to Fresno
By Joshua Shurley Colonel Ann Wright (retired) will speak on Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. at the Community United Church of Christ (5550 N. Fresno St.). Colonel Wright spent 29 years in the U.S. Army and Army [...] Continue Reading
A Response to Brooke Ashjian Regarding the Armenian and LGBT Communities
By Hanna B. Smith Editor’s note: This article was originally published by LGBT Fresno and is republished with [...] Continue Reading
All in for Huron
By Michael D. Evans Huron is a peaceful town, far from anything urban. It sits in southwest Fresno County about 15 miles from Coalinga—about an hour’s drive from Fresno. As of the 2010 Census, Huron [...] Continue Reading
Tiffany’s Take: The Lesson
By Tiffany A. Potter Someone recently asked me what the biggest, most profound, most life-changing lesson is that I have learned, to date. Which was curious to me given that I had just (“just” as in, [...] Continue Reading
Ten Things You Should Know About Ashjian
By Kaylia Metcalfe Editor’s note: The original version of this article was published in Perhaps We Learn https:// perhapswelearn.blogspot.com/, and this edited version is republished with [...] Continue Reading