Juan Esparza Loera

Fresno

Editor at Vida en el Valle

Editor of Vida en el Valle since its founding in 1990, avid photographer and runner. @JuanEsparzaLoer [email protected]

Articles

Trump can go down in history by pushing immigration reform

1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Juan Esparza Loera

President Donald Trump has an opportunity to do something that historians will remember him positively. The megalomaniac, however, would have to accomplish an achievement that has evaded generations of presidents and politicians from both sides of the aisle: Comprehensive immigration reform. Even U.S Sen. Adam Schiff of California, a nemesis of the president ever since he led the first House impeachment of Trump, believes he can get on the good side.
Mendota still remembers its fallen 50 years after end of Vietnam War

1 week ago | fresnobee.com | Juan Esparza Loera

Public officials and relatives of Jesús Rojas Bermúdez and Loy Wendell attended a rededication ceremony of Rojas-Pierce Park in Mendota in 2008. Vida en el Valle File Photo The Rolling Stones were flying high in November 1965 with the No. 1 hit "Get Off My Cloud." That was when Jesús Rojas Bermúdez, a 23-year-old draftee from Mendota lost his life in Vietnam. In August 1971, the Bee Gees were at the top of the charts with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart." That is when Sgt.
Los graduados latinos de Fresno State se dedican a la agricultura, pero no a cuidar cultivos | Opinión

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Juan Esparza Loera

Hace un par de décadas, asistí a una ceremonia de graduación de la preparatoria Le Grand que me rompió el corazón. El programa de graduación enumeraba a cada estudiante y la universidad, vocación o rama militar que les esperaba. Muchos de los aproximadamente 100 graduados mencionaron Merced College, Fresno State o el Ejército de los Estados Unidos.
Latino graduates of Fresno State enter ag fields, but not to tend crops

2 weeks ago | fresnobee.com | Juan Esparza Loera

Mauricio Soriano earned a master's degree in Plant Science with a 3.58 GPA from the Fresno State College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at the college's graduation ceremony at the Save Mart Center on May 16, 2025. Soriano was named the dean's graduate medalist. [email protected] A couple of decades ago, I attended a Le Grand High School graduation ceremony that broke my heart. The graduation program listed each student and what college, vocation or military branch awaited them.
Latino graduates of Fresno State enter ag fields, but not to tend crops | Opinion

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Juan Esparza Loera

A couple of decades ago, I attended a Le Grand High School graduation ceremony that broke my heart. The graduation program listed each student and what college, vocation or military branch awaited them. Many of the estimated 100 graduates listed Merced College, Fresno State or the U.S. Army. Those were notably next steps for the graduates, most of them the first in their family to earn a high school diploma and go on to college. However, a handful shocked me.
Trump plan to cut programs that get poor kids into college makes no sense

2 weeks ago | fresnobee.com | Juan Esparza Loera

Riverdale High TRIO participant Christopher Navas, posing with his family at a program graduation on May 14, 2025, credits the program with getting him more involved in school. [email protected] Calling a 61-year-old federally funded project "a relic of the past" is insulting, not because I'm just a few years older than the Upward Bound program that continues to provide a vital service in guiding low-income students into college.
My love for Fresno goes beyond taco trucks and farm produce. Here's why

1 month ago | fresnobee.com | Juan Esparza Loera

The downtown Fresno skyline is seen in the foreground as snow caps the Sierra Nevada mountains and clouds hug the foothills in the background Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Several days of precipitation have given the mountains east of Fresno a much-needed dumping of snow. CRAIG KOHLRUSS/THE FRESNO BEE Fresno Bee Staff Photo The Fresno Bee regularly covers crime, homelessness and other difficulties our city deals with on a daily basis.
My love for Fresno goes beyond taco trucks and farm produce. Here’s why | Opinion

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Juan Esparza Loera

The Fresno Bee regularly covers crime, homelessness and other difficulties our city deals with on a daily basis. Those are important issues to cover, but that coverage sometimes dwarfs the more positive aspects of the state’s third-largest city. This year, Bee reporters have embarked on an effort to “Flip the Script” about Fresno, to go beyond the usual stereotypes about the city and challenge the narratives that suggest we are no more than a collection of our negatives.
Honoring the 110th anniversary of the Armenian genocide

1 month ago | fresnobee.com | Juan Esparza Loera
Democrats say Rep. Valadao moves to ‘shut down America’s schools.’ Is it true?

1 month ago | mcclatchydc.com | Juan Esparza Loera

Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email [email protected]. Rep. David Valadao has joined a “move to shut down America’s schools,” the Democrats’ congressional campaign arm says. He hasn’t. But the Hanford Republican has not said whether he supports President Trump’s decision to dismantle the federal Department of Education.