By Kevin Hall Our kids are the canaries in Fresno’s coal-mine-like atmosphere of microscopic pieces of soot and gases. The more deleterious impacts to their sensitive, developing systems play out [...] Continue Reading
Science & Health
Clearing the Air: Valley Fever
By Tom Frantz The last three years have seen rapidly increasing cases of Valley Fever in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV). Recent growth in the Valley is 150%, whereas Southern California saw a 75% [...] Continue Reading
Awakening the Greatness Within You
By Veena Kapoor “To survive and thrive in this turbulent world, we need peace and power, that comes from deep inner contentment. The foundation of inner peace and inner power is spiritual awareness [...] Continue Reading
March for Science Fresno
Photos by Peter Maiden Fresno residents gathered on April 14 in Radio Park to defend science for the common good and its role in policy and society. Science has faced increasing threats at the [...] Continue Reading
Immigrants and the Sad Realities of Healthcare
By Samuel Molina Congress made further attempts last year to remove provisions from the Affordable Care Act, therefore it is necessary to remain vigilant and do all that can be done in each state to [...] Continue Reading
Organized Camps Initial Solution to Unsheltered Homelessness
By Paul Thomas Jackson Editor’s note: “Organized Camps” is the third article in a three-part series on homelessness in Fresno. The third reason voluntary enrollment in an organized camp is the right [...] Continue Reading
Connecting the Political to the Personal
By Mai Vang I started my job as Hmong Innovating Politics’ (HIP) Community Organizer nearly six months ago and despite being fluent in Hmong, I’ve had a really tough time trying to explain to my [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air District Lies to the Public
By Tom Frantz The San Joaquin Valley had extremely high levels of air pollution over the holidays. From Dec. 24 to Jan. 5, the hospital emergency wards were jammed. People died in excessive [...] Continue Reading
Organized Camps Initial Solution to Unsheltered Homelessness
By Paul Thomas Jackson Editor’s note: “Organized Camps” is the second article in a three-part series on homelessness in Fresno. Organized camps are the right way to begin solving unsheltered [...] Continue Reading
Gun Violence—Carnage at Florida High School
By Sudarshan Kapoor Carnage took place at a high school in Parkland, Fla. Seventeen precious lives were lost on Valentine’s Day. The day of love turned into a day of grief, pain and violence. What a [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Air District Chief Leaving
By Tom Frantz The end of an era has come at the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Seyed Sadredin is retiring after more than 10 years as the chief executive officer. A look at his [...] Continue Reading
City Heavy-Handed in River Access Decision
By Andy Hansen-Smith Editor’s note: Andy Hansen-Smith has been attending meetings of the Fresno City Council and the Fresno County Board of Supervisors for the past seven months. He live-tweets the [...] Continue Reading