By Richard Stone Oliver Baines is the Fresno City Council Member for District 3, which encompasses some of the Tower District, downtown and West Fresno. Meeting him in his City Hall office, I was [...] Continue Reading
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To Vote or Not to Vote?*
By Michael D. Evans Most of us belong to one or more listservs. And it is not uncommon to get somewhat annoyed by the arguments, misinformation and sometimes sheer nonsense that seems to populate [...] Continue Reading
Air Board Publicity Stunt: Clearing the Air – December 2013
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Board (Air Board) has recently submitted a request to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a determination of compliance [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Peace Corp Volunteer in Peru
By Ingrid Carmean Surrounded by rich agricultural lands, Cerro Candela is probably the poorest community with whom the Peace Corps Peru environmental group works. Of the three communities I work [...] Continue Reading
Good Will in the Mountains of Chiapas
By Patricia Wells Solorzano (Editor’s note: Patricia Wells Solorzano, a well-known musical artist in the Fresno area, was invited to attend an Escuelita Zapatista in Chiapas, Mexico, in August. About [...] Continue Reading
The Shameful Wrong: Nobel Prize for MRI Imaging
By George B. Kauffman According to the late Ulf Lagerkvist, a member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences who participated in judging nominations for the Chemistry Prize, “It is in the nature of the [...] Continue Reading
Violence in the Homeless Encampments
By Paul T. Jackson Peace is a basic human need; peace of mind is a mark of good health. Peace flows from within each individual out to other members of the community to which the individual belongs. [...] Continue Reading
Grain Silo
By Chris Breedlove On Oct. 23, the City of Fresno had all contingencies methodically calculated out for its systematic destruction of the Silo Grain homeless community. Homeless advocates were also [...] Continue Reading
Public Defense in Peril
By Vic Bedoian In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been [...] Continue Reading
Fulton Mall Targeted by City Hall: Should We Just Give Up on Pedestrian Malls and Accept That Fresno Is a Car Culture?
By Robert Turner (Editor’s note: This series of articles was first published in the October–December Tehipite Topics, the local newsletter of the Sierra Club.) On Sept. 5, the day the City of Fresno [...] Continue Reading
The Fulton Green Project: Introducing a Broader Vision for the Future of Fresno
By Robert Turner The future of Fresno’s historic Fulton Mall hangs in the balance. Whether it remains as a car-free corridor, a welcoming place to pedestrians, strollers, and bicycles, or is returned [...] Continue Reading
Turkey, Grandkids, Mariachis, Da Mean Mayor and Our Duty
By Leonard Adame November, usually a little gray, colder than the turkey in the fridge, the sun losing out to the grim overcast. Doesn’t matter. Soon the turkey will be in a warmer climate. Soon [...] Continue Reading