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Yonas Paulos, who is visually impaired, relies on Fresno’s buses to reach his doctor appointments. But now, during the pandemic, only 10 riders are allowed on each bus to allow for social distancing. That means Paulos, 49, sometimes has to wait an extra half hour at a bus stop. The wait, he said, can be brutal in the heat. “It’s very hard to get on a bus at certain intersections,” Paulos said. “I try to target all of my appointments in the morning, so I have a change of life now.” Along with

This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us. The weekend of Aug. 22-23 was the busiest Tijuana to San Diego border crossing in living memory. There were four- and five-hour waits in all lanes, something that hasn’t happened since 1969, when President Nixon ordered “Operation Intercept” and officers searched every vehicle crossing from Mexico. “Operation Intercept” was directed by a political appointee in the Treasury Department, G. Gordon Liddy o

As the state of California grapples with record-breaking heat, wildfire, pandemic, and a $54 billion budget deficit, TPR spoke with California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Jared Blumenfeld to discuss how his agency’s priorities have been impacted by the overlapping crises and continued federal antagonism to climate action. Secretary Blumenfeld reiterates Governor Newsom's commitment to ensuring safe and affordable rural drinking water supplies and opportunities to propel the state’s

Most Americans agree that the current political process does not serve their interests. They believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. They believe policymakers are more concerned with what their party wants than what their constituents want. And they’re not wrong. But, voters in several states have an opportunity in 2020 to help move the needle on reform that would give voters greater power over and confidence in the political process. The national anti-corruption group, Represe

This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us. The primary path to the middle class for American families is through property ownership. However, for many African Americans, Latinos and other minorities, the opportunity has been out of reach because of discriminatory housing laws and economic inequality. It’s alarming that a measure on the November ballot would make this lack of access worse and simultaneously threaten relatively recent gains made

This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us. The Common Sense Party, a new political party being formed in California, stands for fiscal responsibility, social inclusivity and pragmatic decision-making. The party has no checklist of positions to which adherence is demanded.  Instead, a candidate must show that she or he makes decisions on the facts, not prejudice. People of good faith who disagree on any point can receive support of the Common S

This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us. The ban on evictions is causing homelessness, not preventing it. The Judicial Council, which sets rules for California’s court system, has banned evictions since the pandemic started in March. That was a mistake. The eviction ban is unconstitutional, but it’s also a bad idea. It was a bad idea when it took effect, and it’s still a bad idea today. It’s the reason some San Diegans are homeless. For e

Governor Gavin Newsom doesn’t want it to happen. Neither do powerful leaders in the state Legislature. Tenant groups desperately want to prevent it, and landlord associations say they also want to avoid it so long as they don’t bear an unfair portion of the cost. Seemingly all of the important actors trying to find a solution to the so-called “eviction wave” looming over California have a strong incentive to strike a deal. As the novel coronavirus pandemic has shuttered wide swaths of the econo

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. ‍ Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday he would "suspend" all recent operational changes and cost-cutting moves until after the election in order to "avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail." The announcement was an emphatic and sudden abandonment of one of the most controversial governmental actions during a presidential campaign transfor

It’s crunch month for California legislators who promised sweeping reforms in response to the police killing of George Floyd and the protests his death unleashed. Yet some social justice advocates doubt that politicians’ stomachs for change are as strong as their rhetoric: A Senate bill to excommunicate corrupt or misbehaving cops may be denied a floor vote, while another measure to involve the attorney general in certain deadly force investigations is gaining new opposition from those who say