There is an unequal justice system in Fresno. One for the police and the rich. Another for the poor and working class. For the unhoused of Fresno, there is often no justice. Some recent examples of [...] Continue Reading
Environment
The Rite of Fresno: Composing a Rezone
Fans of the composer Igor Stravinsky might find his modernist work The Rite of Spring a suitable soundtrack for the story of Peter Stravinski the developer, particularly its “Sacrificial Dance” [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
October 2023 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the September 2023 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] Continue Reading
Tulare Lake Lingers over Industrial Landscape
The emergence of a reborn Tulare Lake, from winter floodwaters that submerged farmland in the San Joaquin Valley, is posing new problems. The lake still covers an extensive landscape, but it is now [...] Continue Reading
BLM Shuts Down Oil Drilling in the Carrizo Plain National Monument
President Bill Clinton created the Carrizo Plain National Monument in 2001. It is California’s largest remaining natural grassland and home to numerous sensitive and rare species of plants and [...] Continue Reading
Measure C to Go to Voters in March 2024
(Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative.) A half-cent sales tax that funds public safety and street repairs in the City of Merced moved a [...] Continue Reading
“Down There” in West Fresno
A recent comment from a Fresno City Council member rang an old, all too familiar bell. When District 1 representative Annalisa Perea referred to West Fresno as “down there” in an interview with [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
September 2023 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page below. This is a .pdf of the September 2023 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
August 2023 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club page at the link below. This is a .pdf of the August 2023 Sierra Club Sponsored Page. There are features that allow viewers to increase [...] Continue Reading
A Ticking Bomb in Arvin-Lamont
On June 13, nine persons from various communities met virtually to hear updates about a project that will help them improve the indoor air quality in their homes. Although getting filters for their [...] Continue Reading
In Yosemite Valley, Snow Melt Flows and Falls
Yosemite Valley’s waterfalls are especially abundant this year due to the enormous snowpack in the southern Sierra. History was made as the Merced River’s watershed was buried under a snowpack that [...] Continue Reading
Tulare Lake Lives!
Imagine the largest lake west of the Mississippi on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. About 200 years ago, you could see flocks of birds arriving that were as loud as a freight train. Turtles, [...] Continue Reading