By Tom Frantz The past December and January saw the Central Valley with the worst levels of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) since monitors for this type of pollution were put in place in 2001. We [...] Continue Reading
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The Elected: An (Attempted) Conversation with City Council Member Steve Brandau
By Richard Stone Fresno City Council Member Steve Brandau’s office failed to respond to my requests for an interview, ignoring the access given by five fellow City Council members in recent months. [...] Continue Reading
Inequality!
By Yezdyar Kaoosji The economic reports, books, documentaries, columnists, talking heads and self-proclaimed pundits are juggling cold statistics and jabbering away about “inequality” of resources in [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files: Access to Government Information Revisited
By John Crockford A letter (www.fresnobee.com/2014/01/13/3712545/online-access-to-fresno-courts.html) from the media coordinator of the Fresno Superior Court to the editor of the Fresno Bee on Jan. [...] Continue Reading
Board of Supervisors Set to Change
By Michael D. Evans The 2014 election has the potential to be historic. With control of both the Fresno County Board of Supervisors and the Fresno City Council on the line, there is the real [...] Continue Reading
Tenants Bring Class Action Lawsuit against Central Valley’s Biggest Slumlord
By Tenants Together Tenants in California’s Central Valley have filed a class action lawsuit against one of the region’s largest and most notorious landlords—JD Homes Rentals—alleging operation of [...] Continue Reading
Fresno County Quietly Attempts to Cut Healthcare for Poor Fresnans
By Sandra Celedon (corrected: 2-8-14) On Dec. 31, 2013, Fresno County subtly attempted to overturn a permanent injunction issued in 1983 that requires the county to provide medical care to all poor [...] Continue Reading
Forum Sets New Course for Local Politics
By Michael D. Evans The Fresno Partnership shook up the local political world on Jan. 25 with a Candidate Forum for candidates in Fresno City Council Districts 1 and 7. The forum was unprecedented [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – Feb. 2014
Community Alliance Newspaper Has Legs I am in an Arcata motel in Humboldt County tonight. I’m with my daughter touring northern California looking at colleges. I came upon a free newspaper called the [...] Continue Reading
Distortions and Lies—Air District Annual Report: Clearing the Air, Feb. 2014
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (the Air Board) has just approved its annual report to the community for 2013. The report details the marvelous job the Air Board [...] Continue Reading
California Can’t Tunnel Its Way Out of Drought Conditions
By Restore the Delta SACRAMENTO—Restore the Delta (RTD) and opponents of Gov. Jerry Brown’s rush to build peripheral tunnels that would drain the Delta and doom salmon and other Pacific fisheries [...] Continue Reading
Nelson Mandela: A Giant in History – The Prison Press, Feb. 2014
By Boston Woodard Much has been written and said about Nelson Mandela since his passing on Dec. 5, 2013, at 95. President Barack Obama called Mandela “a giant in history” as he talked about the [...] Continue Reading