Youth walking on Fresno’s west side still face safety risks. On Thursday, Sept. 22, 19-year-old Luis Pacheco was jumped by three individuals while walking in his neighborhood. His assailants hit him in the face and stole his bike, all in broad daylight with several onlookers.
Take a quick glance, just flip through the pages of Fresno’s youth magazine, the kNOw: Youth Voice of Central Valley, and it quickly becomes apparent that these youth writers are not holding anything back. Reading over the following article titles gives an idea of what many of our youth today are dealing with…
Chris Jarvis, 50, talks with the kNOw’s Jaleesa Vickers about what it’s like to be an elder in Fresno’s gay community.
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif.–Once a week, Altagracia Hernandez boards a bus near her tiny two-bedroom apartment in East Palo Alto, Calif., and heads to the Ecumenical Hunger Program (EHP) on Puglas Road to stock up on a three-day supply of canned foods and fresh produce.
Everyone look out your window, a new hero is here! Larry Powell is not a superhero, but his generous sacrifice of his own income (in total, around $800,000) to give back to schools certainly was heroic.