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Fresno: The Jurassic Park of Politics Rural areas are predominantly conservative. Local governments look at new ideas with distrust, something we witness constantly at Fresno County Board of [...] Continue Reading

Letter to the Editor

Election 2024 Your August Community Alliance was excellent! Your editor’s comments are right on target. This November’s election certainly is one of the most critical elections of our lifetimes, [...] Continue Reading

Harris Candidacy Invigorates Locals

President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign on July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him as the Democratic candidate. Biden, 81, was under pressure after his incoherent [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor

Kamala Harris’s candidacy for the White House is refreshing because she is bringing energy, enthusiasm and hope to the process. Joe Biden did a good job in his four-year term. Let’s remember that [...] Continue Reading

Central Valley Briefs

Lay of the Land Central Valley Matters directly funds several grassroots groups that are active in the Central Valley’s Congressional District 22. All the groups have been vetted for their work in [...] Continue Reading

Backward Christian Soldiers

Worried about a Christian Nationalist takeover of the federal government? Good. You should be. Feeling helpless to block Project 2025 and Agenda 47, Trump’s Cliff Notes version of it, because you live [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor

A Good Example of Solidarity By Eduardo Stanley The City of Fresno recently swapped out signs of Ventura and California avenues and Kings Canyon Road for their new name, Cesar Chavez [...] Continue Reading

Letters to the Editor

Spread the Word It’s time to bring back sanity into this 2024 Presidential election. I’m not surprised to hear people saying, “Why should I bother to vote?”Can’t blame them if they feel that they [...] Continue Reading