By Ernesto Saavedra It was a sunny day Dec. 27, 2014, in Fresno. People were slowly recovering from the holidays and preparing for New Year’s. Early that afternoon, while many were on their way to [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Environmentally Speaking
By Ruth Gadebusch Growing up as I did on a Georgia farm, I have always been somewhat aware of the environment, the word not often heard. We were dependent on the weather that all too often seemed to [...] Continue Reading
Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System
By Ernesto Saavedra (Author’s note: This is one of a series of articles on this subject. Stay tuned for more to come.) There are more people incarcerated in the United States than in any other [...] Continue Reading
Fresno to Ferguson
By Hannah Brandt On one of the first cold days of the season, the glow of lights from a TV news crew in the distance amplified the foggy halo around Fresno’s downtown water tower. Eaton Plaza has [...] Continue Reading
Goodbye to the Inanimate
By Leonard Adame How many of us who moved away have come back to Fresno only to discover an almost foreign city? While I was gone for more than 18 years, the city doubled in size, mostly to the [...] Continue Reading
Resisting Through Culture and Identity
By Paula Ayala An identity beyond regional or sociopolitical influence is in fact a reality accomplishable. However, the reality is that in the state in which we reside there exist efforts to strip [...] Continue Reading
Against the Fresno Police Department
By Jonathan Luevanos Felix On June 11, Miguel Torres was killed by Fresno Police Department (FPD) officers Colin Lewis (repeat shooter in 2014) and Jordan Wamhoff in what amounted to a total of 17 [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Comes Before Ferguson
By Richard Gomez Peace and nonviolence isn’t just praying and hoping for justice but includes the time when we must roll up our sleeves, get out in the streets and make demands to our duly elected [...] Continue Reading
Something Right in Fresno
By Ruth Gadebusch With so much of the world in turmoil, the beginning of a new year seems a good time to look at what is right (as in correct, not political) in our community. So many harbor [...] Continue Reading
Despite City’s Poor Process, Community Wins Key Victories in General Plan
By Building Healthy Communities Fresno Building Healthy Communities’ leaders are utterly disappointed that the City of Fresno disregarded the community’s request for more time to understand the City [...] Continue Reading
Fresno County Votes to Invest in Health
By the Community Alliance In January of this year, Fresno County’s healthcare safety net, the Medically Indigent Services Program (MISP) was on the brink of being completely dismantled due to lack of [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – December 2014
Blight in Fresno Is a Major Problem Blight in Fresno is a major problem that many Fresno residents have long had to withstand. Currently, Fresno has more than 250 documented blighted properties in [...] Continue Reading