By Mike Rhodes With Tyler Maxwell elected to the Fresno City Council District 4, there is now a majority of Democrats who could set a new direction for this community. They could establish more [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
When You Disrupt the Power, the Power Strikes Back
By Saraí Ramos Gonzalez What do we do when the power strikes back—and puts you in the hospital? That is the question 15-year-old Cristelle Sanchez and her mother have after Sanchez was physically [...] Continue Reading
Where have they all gone?
By Daren Miller The year is 1970. The location is Lincoln Elementary School, located at the corners of California Avenue and B Street, in the Golden Westside of Fresno. It’s the first day of school [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Police Officers Assaulted Homeless Man
By Mike Rhodes Recently, Dez Martinez, with the advocacy group Homeless in Fresno, contacted the Community Alliance and said the Fresno Police Department (FPD) Homeless Task Force (HTF) and other [...] Continue Reading
A Mother Who Didn’t Let Bullying Destroy Her Family
Sukhvir Kaur, an immigrant from India living in Visalia, knew something was wrong when her oldest son, Anmol, asked, “Mom, do I look different?” He avoided elaborating for a while, but later he [...] Continue Reading
The Condemned: Transferring Out of San Quentin
By Donald Ray Young So now we can get off the row, but the death sentence remains? The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has taken the first steps in removing the death [...] Continue Reading
Corruption in the Fresno Police Department Runs Deep
By Mike Rhodes In January, this newspaper announced that there would be an article about the deep corruption within the Fresno Police Department that goes back for generations. “The Long History of [...] Continue Reading
The Fresno Mayoral Race and the Homeless
By Mike Rhodes A proposal to warehouse as many of the homeless as possible on G Street south of Ventura Street was not warmly received by homeless advocates, several Fresno City Council members and [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Jail Transfers Immigrants to ICE Custody
By Stan Santos Fresno County continues to violate the civil rights and basic humanity of immigrants in custody as it facilitates the transfer of arrestees to ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs [...] Continue Reading
Is the Air Force Contaminating Fresno’s Water?
By Pat Elder Fresno’s Southeast Surface Water Treatment Plant is located 7,500 feet from the former Fire Training Areas (FTAs) used by the Fresno Air National Guard for 50 years—the same period the [...] Continue Reading
Pre-candidato presidencial Mike Bloomberg visitó Fresno
Por Alianza Comunitaria Mike Bloomberg visitó Fresno el pasado lunes 3 de febrero donde participó de un rally en el Colegio Comunitario de la ciudad. Unas 250 personas asistieron al evento —Bernie [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Mayor’s Race Pits Progressive Vision versus the Establishment
By Vic Bedoian Although the election for mayor of Fresno is in theory nonpartisan, in reality it’s a choice between a progressive vision for the city’s future pursued by Andrew Janz and Fresno’s [...] Continue Reading