By Mike Rhodes The police made their first arrest of a homeless man under the No Camping ordinance one week after the Standing in Solidarity with the Homeless event. Jerry Mulford was arrested in [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Human Rights Day in Fresno
By Sudarshan Kapoor “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” Hilary Clinton, then First Lady, on Sept. 5, 1995, said these powerful words during the [...] Continue Reading
South of Shaw: Introducing Straight Outta Fresno
By Valley Public History Project Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission and was originally published at [...] Continue Reading
Study Says Climate Change and Drought Threatens Giant Sequoias
By Vic Bedoian A new study of California’s Giant Sequoia groves shows the largest trees on earth are surviving effects of the most recent multiyear drought but are increasingly vulnerable to the [...] Continue Reading
People’s Fair Sentencing and Public Safety Act
By Victoria Johnson At the request of the people of California, WeThePeople.org is making a difference in public safety by helping to reduce the drivers of crime: drug addiction, trauma, poverty and [...] Continue Reading
ACLU Report Shows Police Reform Needed in Fresno
Anti-bias and de-escalation training could help reduce officer-involved shootings By Leslie Fulbright The ACLU of California released a report on Nov. 14 that identifies 146 officer-involved [...] Continue Reading
How Many Homeless Shelter Beds Are There in Fresno and Why It Matters
By Mike Rhodes Proponents of the recently passed No Camping ordinance in Fresno claim that homeless people who are sleeping on public and private property are doing so by choice. They say that if [...] Continue Reading
Three Edison Students Stand Up for DACA
By Raymart Catacutan Editor’s note. This article is republished with permission and was originally published in Know Youth Media at [...] Continue Reading
House Keys, Not Handcuffs
By Mike Rhodes About 200 people went to Fresno City Hall on Sept. 29 to demand an end to the criminalization of the homeless, following the passing of a No Camping ordinance. The demand for house [...] Continue Reading
“Since we can’t go to Oaxaca, we brought our village here”
By Eduardo Stanley Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission and was originally published at www.eduardostanley.com. Despite the government’s promises and laws, indigenous cultures [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – November 2017
Clarification of TCC Success By Candice Troutman Attn.: Downtown, Chinatown and Southwest Fresno Residents Re: Clarification on the success of TCC Proposal #5 and a Call for Celebration As many have [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Angry White Men and Air Quality
By Tom Frantz Here are three items that might be of interest to those whose health is affected by local air quality. First, the air quality index (AQI) used by the local air district needs to be [...] Continue Reading