By Michael D. Evans Beneficial State Bank is a different kind of bank. Community-oriented rather than profit-centered, the bank is committed to providing banking solutions specifically for those [...] Continue Reading
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The Battle for Matheny Tract: Demanding Water Justice in Tulare County
By Hannah Brandt A community screening and discussion of the film The Battle for Matheny Tract took place in August at Fres.Co, a downtown Fresno meeting place next to the Crest theater. “Fres.Co is [...] Continue Reading
Opinion: Primarying Bad Fresno Dems Should Be a Priority in 2018
By Emily Cameron Fresno City Council is arguably the most frustrating political arena in regional politics. Here we have a majority Democratic City Council, yet Democrats continue to help the [...] Continue Reading
Despite Concerns it is Unconstitutional, City Council Passes Ban on Street Dwelling 6-1
By Hannah Brandt Fresno City Council Member Steve Brandau (R) opened the Aug. 17 City Council meeting by saying that unlike he usually does, he would not be “winging it.” He said that in this case, [...] Continue Reading
14 Things You Need to Know about the Giant Sequoia National Monument
By Art Rodriguez The timber industry wants to cut down green trees instead of dead trees because they can only get top dollar for green trees. Saw mills will not buy brown trees that are bark [...] Continue Reading
Project Shalom/Salam
Interview with Helen Siporin, a member of Fresno’s Jewish community and co-founder of Project Shalom/Salaam. Q. How did you learn about the Syrian refugees? A. Last February, my friend Susan [...] Continue Reading
The $70 Million that Might End Fresno’s “Tale of Two Cities”
By Emily Brandt We need to “raise our city to a level where past leadership, current leadership and future leadership work together...The goal [of this meeting and this project] is to see if we can [...] Continue Reading
Valley Organizations Come Together to Protest Trumpcare
By Hannah Brandt On July 18, Mi Familia Vota held a press conference on healthcare in coordination with several other groups including Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN), [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – August 2017
By Hannah Brandt It’s another sweltering summer here in the Valley. We have had more days above 100 degrees in a row than I can remember. I dream of clean, cool air. When I was growing up, my family [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Ozone Fraud
By Tom Frantz Summertime ozone levels in the San Joaquin Valley do serious damage to the health of residents. Ozone is a gas formed by human activity. Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are one of the precursors [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: The Periodic Table & Mendeleev
By George B. Kauffman The Periodic Table & Mendeleev. By Fathi Habashi, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Laval University, Quebéc City, Canada, 2017, ISBN [...] Continue Reading
ACLU Sues Madera County for Violating Open Meetings Law
By ACLU of Northern California On July 17, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) sued the Madera County Board of Supervisors for violating California’s open public [...] Continue Reading