Poverty/Justice

Owners of North Fresno Mobile Home Park Want to Close It. What’s Next for Residents?

Owners of North Fresno Mobile Home Park Want to Close It. What’s Next for Residents?

Less than a year after taking control of a north Fresno mobile home park, owners want to close the site. And Fresno officials will get the f...

1 year ago

Adding Speed Cameras to CA Cities Won’t Target People of Color. It’ll Protect Them.

In Summary A proposed pilot program to reduce pedestrian accidents in six California cities is receiving pushback because critics believe in...

2 years ago

After Farmworker’s Death in Fresno Heat, UFW and Sen. Padilla Call for Stronger Protections

In Summary U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and the United Farm Workers union say a recent death in a tomatillo field was due to heat, but a coroner’s...

2 years ago

Central Valley Foundation’s ‘Community Read’ Focuses on Costs of Racism to All

If you think racism is costly only for people who are being discriminated against, you’ll want to read Heather McGhee’s book, &#...

2 years ago

Is California Providing Enough Food Aid for the Hungry?

“A catastrophic hunger crisis.” That’s the dire warning from the California Association of Food Banks after federal pandemic food aid ended ...

2 years ago

Fresno Homeless Rain

Local Homeless Count Rises 6.6%, but Leaders Say They’re on Right Track

While the number of homeless people has increased across Fresno and Madera counties since last year, according to a point-in-time count in J...

2 years ago

California Spends $42K per Homeless Person. Here’s How to Get Better Results.

For more stories on inequality in California, sign up for Inequality Insights, a weekly must-read on one of California’s most pressing...

2 years ago

California Can Learn a Lot From Texas on Housing the Homeless

When you’re facing an intractable crisis like homelessness, you’ll try to find answers anywhere. Despite a recent history of quarreling gove...

2 years ago

Homelessness Expert Explains Tragic Realities of Tent Encampments

Click on the video above or below to hear Fresno Mission CEO Matt Dildine explain the realities of the tragic events that unfold daily in lo...

2 years ago

Drug Addiction, High Housing Costs Fuel Crisis Resulting in Fresno Sidewalk Camping Ban

Click on the video above or below to learn the root causes of homelessness in Fresno. In response, the city council approved a ban on campin...

2 years ago

1 year ago

Humanitarian Aid Is Stuck at Gaza-Egypt Border as Israeli Siege Strains Hospitals

1 year ago

Suzanne Somers, of ‘Three’s Company,’ Dies a Day Before 77th Birthday

1 year ago

Hunter Biden Investigations Lead to Ethical Concerns About President Biden, an AP-NORC Poll Shows

1 year ago

Pharmacy Chain With Locations Across Fresno Files for Bankruptcy

1 year ago

California’s Widening Housing Gap Defies State Efforts to Jump-Start Construction

1 year ago

Israeli Shelling on Lebanon Border Kills Reuters Journalist, Wounds 6

1 year ago

The Geography of Conflict: Understanding the Israeli Communities Along the Gaza Border

1 year ago

What’s Out in the Universe? NASA’s Amber Straughn Will Tell Us in Town Hall Opener

1 year ago

Valley Agricultural Innovators Honored with the CALF 2023 Profiles in Leadership Award

1 year ago

Obama to Israelis in 2013: Put Yourselves in Palestinians’ Shoes

1 year ago

Death Row Inmate Who Murdered Merced Police Officer Back in Court, Says His ‘Rights Violated’

1 year ago

Republicans Pick Jim Jordan as Nominee for House Speaker, Putting Job Within the Trump Ally’s Reach

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