By Kevin Hall Beneath the panic of the Trump pandemic, local politics continue. They must, of course, now more than ever. From dealing with the immediate coronavirus-induced health and economic [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Has the Air District Changed Its Stripes?
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, behind the façade of a public health agency, has forever been in the back pocket of local polluting industries such as [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: On Tyranny
By Dr. Alex Vavoulis In his prologue for On Tyranny:Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, author Timothy D. Snyder says that “Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy [...] Continue Reading
Electric Car Sharing
By Tom Frantz I walk up to four compact SUVs parked in front of the Community Center building at the Sunset Villa Apartments in Wasco. I need a car to drive around the north side of town for about [...] Continue Reading
A Fresno Coronavirus Time Capsule
By Kevin Hall (Editor’s note: The coronavirus situation is evolving continually. The article below was submitted on March 15, so in all likelihood the data has worsened since the article’s [...] Continue Reading
Living on Occupied Land
By Mike Rhodes Have you ever thought about what the Central Valley was like before it was invaded and taken over by our ancestors? Tulare Lake, which was just south of where Lemoore is today, was [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner – April 2020
Meditation By Diego Rivera Lost in My Mind travel/My biggest wars are mind battles/Concentrated thoughts/ through galaxies/And Planet Rocks/I feel the cool darkness as I pray towards the [...] Continue Reading
Bloomberg’s “Stop and Frisk” Campaign
By Kevin Hall As the Democratic Party establishment moves into what’s known technically as “freak-out mode” over the rise of Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders and his call for political [...] Continue Reading
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Coming to Town
By Tom Frantz Oil and gas companies are facing an existential threat in California. The governor and legislators have agreed that the use of fossil fuel must be phased out over the next 20 years if [...] Continue Reading
Save the Date
The Community Alliance will hold its annual fundraiser at 6:00 pm on June 28th at Pat Wolk's beautiful garden. Mark Arax is the featured speaker. He will talk about the importance of investigative [...] Continue Reading
The Long History of Police Corruption in Fresno
By James Mendez Fresno is on the cusp of a historical mayoral election. Do we break with our past, look to the future and embark on a new pathway with Andrew Janz as mayor, or do we continue down [...] Continue Reading
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., in Fresno
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Unity Committee of the City of Fresno sponsored the annual MLK march on Jan. 20. The march went from St. John Cathedral to City Hall, where the marchers rallied. [...] Continue Reading