“Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh, Speaker California Assembly 1961–1968 Influence Of Money On Local Races On June 2 Fresno held its primary elections for [...] Continue Reading
Politics
Bredefeld’s Wild Tongue Won’t Be Tamed, Many Forced to Grovel
“What a Drag” At its April 21 meeting, the County Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved an agreement between the county library and the Fresno Chaffee Zoo to hold summer programs for [...] Continue Reading
Tom Steyer Is 30 Years too Late
As climate activists know all too well, 1988 is the year Dr. James Hansen spoke before Congress and warned them of the dangers of global warming. What they studiously ignore is that simultaneously [...] Continue Reading
Here Comes the Judge
Voting for judicial candidates in local elections matters. Local judges make decisions that affect everyday life directly, from traffic tickets and misdemeanor cases to child custody, divorce and [...] Continue Reading
District 7 City Council Candidates
The residents of Fresno City Council District 7 will be voting to elect a new Council Member on the June 2 primary. District 7 is currently represented by Nelson Esparza who has been “termed out.” The [...] Continue Reading
Candidato a gobernador visita Fresno, promete “California para el pueblo, no para los multimillonarios”
Ramsey Robinson, activista y trabajador social, visitó el oeste de Fresno el 18 de abril para compartir su visión de California si llegara a ganar la contienda por la gubernatura en junio. “Estoy [...] Continue Reading
Map Reveals Fresno’s Unequal Voice
For 14 years, every election map printed by the Fresno County Registrar of Voters has told the same story: Affluent north Fresno turns out in large numbers to back conservative candidates and oppose [...] Continue Reading
What’s Wrong with Fresno!?
By asking this question some might think this is to be a bash piece against Fresno. In truth, it is quite the opposite. This is not a feel-good piece either. I ask the question because I truly [...] Continue Reading
Road Rage: Driving County Policy Off a Cliff
Nuts and Bolts What nuts-and-bolts tasks has the Fresno County Board of Supervisors managed to accomplish within the past month? Routine administrative actions include staffing the Office of [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans for a People’s Budget
Who gets to decide what safety looks like in the city of Fresno and how are taxpayer dollars used to build that? A new advocacy group, Fresnans for a People’s Budget (FPB), formed to bring awareness [...] Continue Reading
Noses to the Grindstone
“I don’t want to live in a California run by Republicans,” says Amy Wilkinson, a delegate to the California Democratic Party state convention from Kings County. “The one thing keeping me sane right [...] Continue Reading
The End Continues
In what was supposed to be a ritual start of a new year, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ first meeting of 2026 on Jan. 6 was notable for feeling like the last. Resignations were announced, and [...] Continue Reading