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Tower District residents face a new challenge in sale of Tower Theatre to church: The Proud Boys
Activists in Fresno’s Tower District neighborhood say they won’t back down in a dispute over a church’s attempt to purchase the historic Tower Theatre even though symbols of white supremacist groups have been discovered graffittied on buildings. The swastika,...

Story Time
By Cindy Kouyate Author’s Note: The following pieces explore some of my experiences as a female BIPOC, as well as my...

Top 5 Valley Scares + Quiz (Which Scare is Real?)
By Miciah Garcia There are local news articles, entire facebook groups + national deep features about the creepy happenings in the valley! We’...

Black History
February is Black History Month and uSpark wanted to hear directly from local Black leaders. Often the conversations around Black History Month...

Central Valley school board trustee participated in storming the US Capitol — and livestreamed it
Sierra Unified School District trustee James Hoak took part in the assault on the US Capitol in Washington D.C. on Wednesday....