Great news for resident living in one neighborhood in West Oakland, they are finally getting their first full-scale grocery store in decades. Community Foods Market is expected to open in June and it will provide the area with some much needed access to fresh and healthy food options. This neighborhood is considered a food desert […]

Tomorrow is election day, and there are many issues being voting on this year. One issue in particular is important because it deals with a fundamental thing that everyone needs in order to survive, water. Proposition 3, known as the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018, invests $8.87 billion in California water infrastructure, […]

According to the first annual New American Economy Cities index for integrating immigrant communities, the immigrant community in Fresno is paying around $1 billion in annual taxes and contributing over $3 billion annually to the local economy. Fresno ranked 35th out of 100 large U.S. cities in the study. According to the index, the numbers […]

California has invested billions of public dollars over the past decade into studying stem cells and it has finally received its first royalty check for its investment. The City of Hope medical research center sent over $190,000 to the State Treasurer’s Office, which was received in December, related to research funded by the California Institute […]

As it turns out, if all you do to become rich is working hard, it will only end up costing you more in the long run. It seems weird because one of the American values that we are taught at an early age is that the only way to acquire wealth is through hard work. […]

By John Ford The Great Recession of 2008 collapsed our housing market and foreclosures skyrocketed. More than seven years later, as home values are beginning to move upward, there are still economic caution flags. California isn’t out of the woods yet; we grapple with some of the highest numbers of foreclosures in the nation. In […]