This year’s May Day in the Central Valley was a day of action focusing on the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies and in defense of immigrant workers and their families. Across the [...] Continue Reading
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Exploring Land Use in the San Joaquin Valley
Who decides how land in the San Joaquin Valley is used? How do those decisions affect our lives? What can we do about it? Those queries were the overarching theme of an environmental and land-use [...] Continue Reading
Madera Celebró el Primero de Mayo
El jueves 1ro. de mayo aproximadamente 200 personas participaron de la Marcha del Primero de Mayo en Madera para celebrar a los trabajadores y en particular a los inmigrantes. En la tarde soleada y [...] Continue Reading
Community Responds to Veterans’ Healthcare Cuts
Trump and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have proposed cuts to the VA’s workforce and budget that affect various aspects of service for veterans. These changes include job losses, potential [...] Continue Reading
It Has Happened Here: Hit the Streets!
In the 1935 dystopian novel about fascism titled It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, Lewis states that “when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” It seems [...] Continue Reading
Fighting Oligarchy Tour Inspires Bakersfield
The coast-to-coast “Fighting Oligarchy Tour,” featuring Senator Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.), hit the Central Valley town of Bakersfield, where oil and agriculture [...] Continue Reading
Cocina Comunitaria Ayudará a Vendedores Ambulantes
Los vendedores ambulantes son ya parte del paisaje de las ciudades y pueblos del Valle. Su presencia es más notoria durante eventos públicos, desde deportivos y culturales hasta protestas políticas. [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fails to Follow Through on No Camping Arrest
On April 10, Fresno Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez ruled that the Fresno City Attorney’s Office failed to meet the 45-day deadline to bring an unhoused individual to trial; 77-year-old Wickey Two [...] Continue Reading
Protests Against Tesla Grow
On March 15, a protest against the Tesla electric vehicle dealership in north Fresno drew about 200 people. The protest was part of a similar action that occurred in several U.S. cities, with [...] Continue Reading
Endorsements “Sweep” Fails Jonasson Rosas
Fresno Unified School District Trustee Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas had it all heading into the District 5 Fresno City Council special election: political connections, name recognition, strong financial [...] Continue Reading
Democrats, Stand Up!
“I’m trying to figure out what leverage we actually have,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D–N.Y.) said at a press briefing in February. “What leverage do we have? Republicans have repeatedly [...] Continue Reading
Rosa Hernández, Mujer del Año 2025
El pasado lunes 10 de marzo, Rosa Hernández, residente de Madera, recibió en el Capitolio de Sacramento la distinción “Mujer del Año 2025” a manos de la senadora estatal Anna Caballero [...] Continue Reading