By Tom Frantz California’s 140-year-old oil company, Chevron, has been in the spotlight recently in Kern County. It is not good news. Chevron is in the process of losing a significant chunk of the [...] Continue Reading
Science & Health
AB 617 Not Working
B Tom Frantz In 2017, the California legislature extended cap-and-trade (AB 398) until 2030 as the key mechanism for reducing California’s greenhouse gas emissions. Major emitters of CO2 must buy [...] Continue Reading
Action Needed Now on Family Shelters
By Kayla Moon A homeless mother is mourning the loss of her three-month-old daughter who died in a Fresno motel. According to the Fresno County Coroner’s report, the cause of death is believed to [...] Continue Reading
A Family’s Journey
By Dez Martinez Naszar’ie Maray Butler Sunrise: April 3, 2019 Sunset: July 14, 2019 Akifa and Denny (mother and father) became homeless in October 2018 in Fresno. Akifa looked for [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: High-Speed Rail Construction Is a Dirty Business
By Tom Frantz Readers may have noticed recent high-speed rail (HSR) construction in various parts of the San Joaquin Valley. The building of bridges over Highway 99 in south Fresno and over the San [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Rearguard Action Needed
By Tom Frantz It is a fact that residents in Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern counties breathe the worst air in the nation. The rest of the San Joaquin Valley is slightly better. This pollution [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Rearguard Action Needed
By Tom Frantz It is a fact that residents in Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern counties breathe the worst air in the nation. The rest of the San Joaquin Valley is slightly better. This pollution [...] Continue Reading
Undocumented and Uninsured in Fresno
By Gerardo Sauceda Espinoza “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty,” noted author James Baldwin in 1960, “knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” That succinct sentiment could have [...] Continue Reading
Undocumented and Uninsured in Fresno
By Gerardo Sauceda Espinoza “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty,” noted author James Baldwin in 1960, “knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” That succinct sentiment could have [...] Continue Reading
Equity on the Mall: The Valley Is Rising
By The Center at the Sierra Health Foundation Recently, in his State of the State address, Governor Gavin Newsom recognized that “the [San Joaquin] Valley may be known around the world for [...] Continue Reading
Equity on the Mall: The Valley Is Rising
By The Center at the Sierra Health Foundation Recently, in his State of the State address, Governor Gavin Newsom recognized that “the [San Joaquin] Valley may be known around the world for [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Protect Our Forests
By Tom Frantz Residents of the San Joaquin Valley reside in a polluted and sterile world. We breathe air saturated with dust, exhaust, smoke, ammonia and pesticides. We tread on concrete and [...] Continue Reading