With the devastation caused by the Creek Fire, the chairperson of Big Sandy Rancheria calls herself a messenger for her community. So far, most of the 170-member tribe have evacuated. Elizabeth Kipp is the Auberry tribe’s chairperson. Since evacuating to Fresno, she’s made multiple trips back up Highway 168 to …
Read More »Reflecting On Japanese American Internment Camps, Reparations, And Serving The Nation
This week, a Japanese-American from Baton Rouge, Louisiana visited Fresno for the first time in 78 years. In 1942, Walter Imahara and his family were ordered to leave their home in Sacramento and come to the Fresno Assembly Center per President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. The family was …
Read More »Humanics Professor Says One Way To Start Serving The Valley: “See People As People,” Use Empathy
Thanksgiving can make us think about how to give back — maybe it’s serving food at a homeless shelter or donating canned goods. But what about the rest of the year? I spoke with Don Simmons, a longtime community organizer and professor in the Humanics program at Fresno State about …
Read More »Humanics Professor Says One Way To Start Serving The Valley: “See People As People,” Use Empathy
Thanksgiving can make us think about how to give back — maybe it’s serving food at a homeless shelter or donating canned goods. But what about the rest of the year? I spoke with Don Simmons, a longtime community organizer and professor in the Humanics program at Fresno State about …
Read More »Merced officer injured while serving arrest warrant
A Merced police officer and robbery suspect suffered non-life threatening injuries while gang unit officers served an arrest warrant at a home in the 1600 block of East 21st Street Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. … Click to Continue »
Read More »They’re serving 20 years for running a pot dispensary. Will Obama grant them clemency?
By 2006, former high school football teammates Luke Scarmazzo and Ricardo Montes were living an unimaginable dream in an unlikely setting. Two years before in Modesto, the conservative Central Valley … Click to Continue »
Read More »Rescue mission to stop serving meals; future is uncertain
A sign posted near the front door of the Merced County Rescue Mission has sparked concerns that the facility, which provides food and shelter to the needy, would cease to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater officers arrest 5 while serving warrants
Officers serving warrants on two women find three others with outstanding warrants Alexandria Rayburn faced local felony charges Tara Baker faced misdemeanor counts from Bay Area … Click to Continue »
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