Ben Fried, Chief Information Officer for Google, has confirmed the rumors that its mapping satellite will be flying over Fresno on Monday, June 16th.

The flyover will take place at approximately 10:17 a.m. and snap 16.5 square kilometer photos of the Fresno metropolitan area in a matter of a few seconds.

The Central Valley Progressive Political Action Committee (CVPPAC) has released its list of endorsements for the June 3, 2008 Primary election and in the process has redefined the term progressive.

Following on the heels of its 2006 endorsement of Margaret Mims for Fresno County Sheriff, the CVPPAC continues to break ground towards constructing a new model for progressivism in the San Joaquin Valley.

April 17, 2008

Fresno County Peace and Freedom Party Endorses Tom Boyajian

In a unanimous decision today, the Central Committee of the Fresno County Peace and Freedom Party endorsed Tom Boyajian for Mayor of Fresno.

John Crockford, Chair
Gloria Hernandez, Member
Georgia Williams, Member
Fresno County Central Committee
Peace and Freedom Party

http://peaceandfreedom-sjv.org/

Ok, San Joaquin Valley Progressives, it's time to get your act together.

The way we get the word out about events is inconsistent, unproductive and inefficient. Notifications are not reaching the widest possible audience and our ability to build a broad left movement in this area is suffering as a result.

If you really would rather not perform jury duty but you would like a few extra bucks in your pocket, then there just may be something coming down the road that may be of interest to you.

Liberals who choose to identify themselves as political progressives overwhelmingly fail the test when it comes to suffrage—the right to vote—and its application to non-citizens.

In the San Joaquin Valley where the percentage of non-citizens represents a significant portion of the general population, the denial of the vote is a discriminatory practice without justification. It exposes a propensity for the continuation of some of the worst aspects of the current social and political system—the perpetuation of racial and economic privilege being the most prominent.

Behind the move to initiate public oversight of Fresno's police department through the creation of an Independent Police Auditor is an underlying principle that is more profound than the call for equality and justice.

It is important to recognize that within a system that promotes racism to divide a community, the call for equality will fall upon deaf ears and the struggle for justice will never cease because full equality and true justice will never be realized there.

The Fresno Area Technology Cooperative (FATC) will hold its first class on "How To Create Your Own Blog" - and it's FREE.

Weblogs, or "Blogs," are becoming extremely popular and there is a lot of interest in them. Many people have shown interest in creating their own blog but haven't a clue about what it takes to get one started.

Blogs are easy to create and easy to maintain and they are completely free. The FATC will be holding classes on how to set up, maintain and post articles and content to your blog. As a matter of fact, if you can send an email, you can post on your blog.

November 28, 2007 - Today, the Peace and Freedom Party - with the assistance of the Greater Fresno Area Chapter of the ACLU - won a small but important victory for free speech and political organizations. The Fresno County Public Library has been continually denying the Peace and Freedom Party the right to use library facilities to hold its general meetings. The denial cited a Fresno County ordinance against using its facilities for campaign or political activity in connection with any election.

Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) is a massive database containing information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide. Power generation accounts for 40% of all carbon emissions in the United States and about one-quarter of global emissions. CARMA is the first global inventory of a major, emissions-producing sector of the economy.

CARMA is online at http://carma.org/

For carbon emissions information in the Fresno Region, go to http://carma.org/region/detail/3142