By Eduardo Stanley Last October, 30 families living in the Laguna Knoll apartment complex of Madera received a no-fault 60-day eviction. This decision sparked the reaction of City Council Member [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Plug That Leak!
By Robert Navarro Okay citizens, it’s time to brush up on the Brown Act again. Not familiar with it? I’d always heard about it in connection with “sunshine” but was never sure if it had to do with [...] Continue Reading
Green Party to Assemble in Fresno
By Richard Gomez The Green Party of California will hold its next General Assembly in Fresno on Dec. 7 and 8. The General Assembly is the primary decision-making body of the state’s Green Party and [...] Continue Reading
The View from Above
By Tom Frantz On a Saturday morning in early November, several people, including myself, boarded a Cessna T210 for a flight around the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. The Valley was in the [...] Continue Reading
California Wildfires Affect Air Quality in the Valley
By Eduardo Stanley Wildfires are becoming more common and more dangerous in California, destroying communities and polluting the air we breath. While there weren’t any big fires in the Central [...] Continue Reading
Syrian Recipes from Home: A Gift for Food lovers
By Eduardo Stanley This past summer, in Fresno, we assisted at the presentation of an original book of recipes, Syrian Recipes From Home, by Syrian refugee Nour Al Mshantaf, produced by the Pan [...] Continue Reading
CDP Focuses Attention on the Central Valley
By Michael D. Evans The recently elected California Democratic Party (CDP) chair, Rusty Hicks, has committed to focusing on traditionally underserved areas of the state including the Central [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Residents Protest Police Killing, Call for Federal Investigation
By Vic BedoianPhotos by Peter Maiden The Fresno police force is embroiled in another shooting controversy. This time it’s over the killing two years ago of an unarmed teenage suspect shot in the [...] Continue Reading
California to Subsidize Growers’ Labor Camps
By David Bacon (Editor’s note: Reprinted with permission. Originally appeared in Capital and Main, Oct. 4, 2019.) In California, many farmworkers can’t find decent places to live, or even any [...] Continue Reading
Where Is Dyer on Addressing the Homeless?
By James Mendez At an Oct. 16 press conference, three of Jerry Dyer’s strong supporters—Fresno City Council Members Mike Karbassi and Garry Bredefeld and Fresno Police Chief Andy Hall—of his [...] Continue Reading
Relationships Speak Loudly in Fresno’s Mayoral Race
By James Mendez I attended the Asian Pacific Islander (API) Mayoral Candidates Forum on Oct. 19. Andrew Janz and Jerry Dyer discussed their positions on poverty in Fresno, lack of parks for many of [...] Continue Reading
The Joy of La Guelaguetza
By Eduardo StanleyPhotos by Peter Maiden The colorful celebration of La Guelaguetza took place on Sept. 22 at Calwa Park in Fresno with hundreds in attendance. La Guelaguetza has been organized by [...] Continue Reading