Aidee Guzman, a Fresno County native, is an ecologist who is looking at how agricultural management affects fungi and carbon cycling to examine their relationship and effect on biodiversity. Her work [...] Continue Reading
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Letters to the Editor
About Your “Prison Gladiator Fights” Article Reader comments regarding “California Prison Gladiator Fights, Again!” (March 2023 issue): First of all, that was a really good article. You covered [...] Continue Reading
“Natural Energy” Initiative Fires Up
Fresno politicos joined hands, linked arms and stood tall with private interests on the first of the month and announced a bold new direction for the county’s one million–plus urban and rural [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Climate Summit
By Magdalena Wenger There is a connection between humans and the natural world; faith can help us to see this connection in new and deeper ways. Many religions and spiritualities share a common [...] Continue Reading
Court Orders Reconsideration of Cancer-Causing Pesticide Regulation
In early March, the Alameda County Superior Court ruled that a proposed regulation fails to protect farmworkers who labor near fumigated fields from harmful levels of exposure to the cancer-causing [...] Continue Reading
Blooming Beginnings: Sweet Girl Farms
As the citrus season comes to a sweet end and the warmth of spring turns our acres pink, Sweet Girl Farms, a farm stand run by Liset Garcia continues to flourish. At her stand off of Alta Avenue, you [...] Continue Reading
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California Rescinde su Objetivo del 15% de Conservación de Agua a Medida que se Acerca otra Tormenta
Por ALASTAIR BLAND Con la Sierra Nevada cubierta de nieve, grandes extensiones del Valle Central bajo el agua y muchos californianos cansados de las precipitaciones, los funcionarios estatales [...] Continue Reading
What’s in a Climate Name?
Last Chance Alliance, 11th Hour Project, Third Act—get the message? Time’s up. The remaining question is: Can you handle the radical prescription necessary for humanity’s survival? Apparently not, [...] Continue Reading
Lanare: Free of a Major Dump Site!
Have you ever heard of Lanare? If you have not, you are not alone. Most people ignore that Lanare is a small unincorporated community 24 miles southwest of the city of Fresno. Despite its small [...] Continue Reading