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
Environment
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
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
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
Letters To The Editor – August 2017
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to the editor by Emily Brandt in response to her question below to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. I am looking at the areas that are covered [...] 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
“Our Valley, Our Voice”
By Peter Maiden A town hall meeting titled “Our Valley, Our Voice” was held by the California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) at Bitwise in downtown Fresno on July 15. A second meeting was held [...] Continue Reading
Save the Giants: Giant Sequoia National Monument
By Dr. Mehmet McMillan and Art Rodriguez The Department of the Interior recently opened a “review” of certain national monuments created in the last 20-plus years, including the Giant Sequoia, for [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – July 2017
Public Voices Strong Support for Protecting Giant Sequoia National Monument On June 27, the Tulare County Supervisors voted 3-2 to approve a letter calling for the elimination of portions of the Giant [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Dust
By Tom Frantz No one living in the San Joaquin Valley is shocked to see a film of dust on their car the day after a wash. In this valley, we have a serious and health damaging dust problem. And this [...] Continue Reading
Tapped Out: Whose Reality?
By Michael D. Evans Valley PBS aired a documentary miniseries titled Tapped Out: The History and Battle over Water in California’s San Joaquin Valley during May. The four-part series examined the [...] Continue Reading