By Georgia Williams Jemmy Bluestein began spreading the word about One Billion Rising (OBR) when he heard Eve Ensler, noted author of The Vagina Monologues, speak on KFCF radio about a year ago. [...] Continue Reading
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Women, Power, Love, Death and Psycho
By Alfonso C. Hernandez Why do you live in the South San Joaquin Valley? Friends ask me intermittently over the years because they know that all forms of art are essential for me. One or two of the [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files – March 2013
By John Crockford Maps Apple endured some recent bad press over its mapping software problems, so I thought we would go over some map stuff this month. OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org/) is a [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice!
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji “Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files – February 2013
Petitioning the President The White House has a Web site called “We the People” that “provides a new way to petition the Obama administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our [...] Continue Reading
Farewell to Randy Stover
By Rychard Withers Randy Stover, one of KFCF’s founders, passed away last month at the age of 71. Randy worked as a contract engineer for almost every radio station in the San Joaquin Valley at one [...] Continue Reading
What Cupid Means
By Leonard Adame One of the main characters in Les Miserables, though not listed in the credits, is Cupid. That little love god, who somewhat looks like the Michelin Man, enters about halfway through [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files: Getting Information
By John Crockford In future editions of the Crockford Files, we’ll be exploring how local governments are making use of technology to keep us informed. Twitter, for example, has become a popular [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files – Dec. 2012
By John Crockford Secure Communications When a Silent Circle subscriber (this is a fee-based service) makes a phone call, sends a text or video chats with another Silent Circle member, that [...] Continue Reading
A Look at Jill Lepore’s New Yorker Article, “The Lie Factory”
By David E. Roy The True and Original Modern Masters of Deceit Harvard historian Jill Lepore’s article, “The Lie Factory: How Politics Became a Business,” was published in the Sept. 24 issue of the [...] Continue Reading
Newzapalooza: Celebrating and Supporting Independent Media
By Rick Flores Local musicians are devoting their talents in a fall fund-raiser fittingly called Newzapalooza for local alternative/progressive media: the Community Alliance newspaper and radio [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files: Election Information – November 2012
By John Crockford Statewide information about the general election, including election results, can be found at www.sos.ca.gov/elections/2012-elections/nov-general/. For county information, here are [...] Continue Reading