By Doug Richert The Downtown Fresno Coalition (DFC) remains steadfast in its opposition to the City of Fresno’s plan to demolish the historic Fulton Mall and replace it with 20 feet of asphalt. The [...] Continue Reading
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WILPF: April 2016
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday April 14, 7 PM, at Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK April 6, first Wednesday of each [...] Continue Reading
BERNIE RALLY
Fresno California | April 2016 Rally for Bernie Sanders for president of the United States, in Tower District, Fresno, April 2, 2016. Photos by Hannah Brandt [...] Continue Reading
REPORT HIGHLY CRITICAL OF FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT
By Gerry Bill Something pretty bizarre has been going on at the Fresno Police Department. Apparently unbeknownst to most City leaders, such as the Mayor and the City Manager, FPD Chief Jerry Dyer [...] Continue Reading
San Luis Obispo Planners and Citizens Statewide Rebuff Oil Trains
By Vic Bedoian Over 500 people from around State converged in San Luis Obispo on February 4 and 5 with the goal of halting a project that would bring mile-long oil trains through the heart of that [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Dairies and Climate Change
By Tom Frantz Around 3% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions come from dairy cows. Most of these emissions are from industrial sized milk factories found in the San Joaquin Valley. The emissions [...] Continue Reading
Long Time Fresno Activist Says Chief Dyer Has Got To Go
By Ellie Bluestein A reporter from The Fresno Bee asked what I thought about the conclusions of the recent internal report conducted by Michael Josephson Institute at the request of the Fresno Police [...] Continue Reading
Reclaiming Dr. King and Rally for Justice at Fresno Pacific
By Hannah Brandt and Karen Crozier “Why America May Go to Hell” was to be one of Martin Luther King’s sermon in April of 1968. He gave it as a speech at a march of striking sanitation workers in [...] Continue Reading
FULTON MALL SUPPORTERS TO APPEAL DEMOLITION RULING
By Doug Richert The Downtown Fresno Coalition (DFC) was formed to promote responsible revitalization of downtown Fresno. Focusing on preserving Fulton Mall, one of DFC’s most abiding concerns is to [...] Continue Reading
USE THAT VOTE
By Ruth Gadebusch It surely appears very early in the game to be so fully engaged in an election, but like it or not it is all engulfing. The importance of this coming election cannot be denied. My [...] Continue Reading
JOURNALISTS, PROFESSORS, LEGISLATORS: What do they have in Common?
By Alex Vavoulis All three have become victims of the Corporate State; they are all victims of the capitalist class because the three provide fertile ground for the capitalist to improve its income; [...] Continue Reading
DARWIN DAY 2016
By George B. Kauffman Last month our nation celebrated Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, while the entire world celebrated the birthday of Charles Darwin, who is ranked alongside our greatest [...] Continue Reading