Central Valley Fuego Football Club has left the third-tier USL 1 league and, as if relegated into a lesser league as the result of its second consecutive season at the bottom of the standings, has [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Forum on Migration Draws Large Crowd in Madera
On Feb. 11, about 80 people packed the meeting room at the Madera Public Library to participate in an informational forum on migration in which local authorities participated and explained the [...] Continue Reading
What’s Wrong with Fresno’s Leaders?
Is there any humanity left in Fresno’s leaders? It’s a fair question when the mayor and the City Council refuse to open warming centers even when temperatures drop to 35 degrees. Although the [...] Continue Reading
Foro Sobre Migración Atrae Numeroso Público en Madera
El pasado 11 de febrero, unas 80 personas abarrotaron el salón de eventos de la Biblioteca Pública de la Ciudad de Madera para participar de un foro informativo sobre migración en el cual participaron [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s New War on Drugs and Unhoused People
It has been a long year And I am still here. I am cold, So very cold. I sit on a dirty blanket Next to a building made of polished granite. I watch people laugh and kiss, and feel [...] Continue Reading
MLK Day
Jan. 20 was the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and the City of Fresno held its annual march and rally in commemoration of the civil rights leader. Fresno is unusual in holding a City-sponsored [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Gender-Affirming Surgery Support Trans-e-Motion has reopened its Community Care Grants, which fund gender-affirming surgeries for Central Valley residents, thanks to a $5,000 grant from Equality [...] Continue Reading
Fresno City Employees Strike
On Dec, 17, the City of Fresno Professional Employees Association (CFPEA), representing 435 supervisors in all City departments as well as professional positions in the City, such as architects, legal [...] Continue Reading
A Fresno Christmas Classic
What better escapist fantasy for enlightened Fresnans to enjoy than a night at the Tower Theatre watching Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, that classic tale of a socialist affordable-housing [...] Continue Reading
Kill the Poor 2.0
“The sun beams down on a brand new day, no more welfare tax to pay, jobless millions whisked away, convinced the liberals it’s okay, so let’s get dressed and dance away while they kill, kill, kill the [...] Continue Reading
White Fog in Yokuts Valley
I grew up on the coast of Maine where fog rolled in so thick you couldn’t see the road ahead when you wanted to get somewhere. You had to inch forward at a few miles an hour, along the painted white [...] Continue Reading
Slow Progress for Street Vendors
Fresno’s City Council passed a new law that places strict restrictions on street vendors, barring them from selling in designated areas. The “Sidewalk Vending Ordinance” passed on a 5-2 vote in [...] Continue Reading