On Nov. 28, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) voted to establish a censorship panel for the Fresno County Library system. An 11-member panel, with two members appointed by each supervisor [...] Continue Reading
Politics
Yokuts Valley: Respect or Racism?
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors are making a last-ditch attempt to hold on to S— Valley and erase the town’s new name, Yokuts Valley. The supervisors voted 3-2 for a charter amendment that [...] Continue Reading
Getting to Know a School Board Candidate
(Author’s note: Dan Bordona has announced his candidacy for a school board seat in the November 2024 election. The author worked as a teacher at Edison High School when Bordona was also there—first as [...] Continue Reading
Another Fresno Opportunity
A believer in a “downtown,” a heart of any city, I was overjoyed with the new dreams and plans for Chinatown. Then I remembered what happened to Fresno’s Fulton Mall. It was exciting, unique and [...] Continue Reading
Las Elecciones 2024 Estarán Marcadas por el Voto Étnico y el Racismo
POR IVÁN WIELIKOSIELEC El 15 de mayo de 2018, el por entonces presidente Donald Trump autorizaba la construcción de un muro en la frontera mexicana de 300 millas. ¿La razón? “proteger al país de [...] Continue Reading
Las Elecciones Tienen Consecuencias
Ganar elecciones no necesariamente significa ganar el poder. Tanto en México como en muchos países de Latinoamérica no es suficiente con ganar la presidencia, pues hay intereses muy arraigados [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
On Senate Candidate Barbara Lee “If the U.S. can fund an $886 billion defense budget, we can afford Medicare for All. If the U.S. can fund an $886 billion defense budget, we can afford the Green [...] Continue Reading
A Mystery to Me
Try as I might I cannot comprehend the current political world: the state of public opinion, the blame for this direction, the drought of honesty and integrity of one party, the concern re diminished [...] Continue Reading
Some Questions about Fresno’s Growth Plan
BY MATTHEW ARI JENDIAN, SIMON BIASELL, JIM GRANT AND AKIKO MIYAKE-STONER Been in Fresno long? Ever notice how the city has grown (mostly northward) and what has happened in the wake of that growth [...] Continue Reading
México Elegirá Una Mujer Presidente en 2024
POR TERESA PUENTE (Nota del Editor: el presente artículo se publica por cortesía de Caló News) El próximo año, México hará historia y elegirá por primera vez a una mujer como su [...] Continue Reading
De Política y Cosas Peores
El debate, el intercambio de ideas, el no pensar necesariamente igual que los demás son cosas que personalmente valoro. Pero no la aberración. Eso es lo que ha venido sucediendo en [...] Continue Reading
Neglect and Fatal Defects
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) seems incompetent, indifferent and neglectful as they preside over a county care and service crisis. Several examples of the board’s offensive and obdurate [...] Continue Reading