Entries by Esmeralda

Cuatro años después y faltan más

By: The Ivanhoe Sol   On behalf of the team at The Ivanhoe Sol, thank you for yet another year of support. This issue marks our 4th Anniversary along a special journey in storytelling, community building, and learning what it takes to operate a newspaper.   The small communities of the Central Valley share many […]

Nuevo informe climático confirma desafíos y oportunidades que enfrentan las comunidades

By Pedro Hernández, Ivanhoe Sol    In mid-November, the Biden Administration released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) – a federally mandated report to Congress and the President. NCA5 was thoroughly reviewed by Federal Government experts, external experts, and the public multiple times throughout the report development process.     This purpose of this  report is […]

December 2023 Community Spotlight: Norma Cano

By: Esmeralda Garcia, Ivanhoe Sol Norma Cano resides in Ivanhoe but was born in Anahuac, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and was only two years old when her family immigrated to the United States. Cano’s family were migrant farm workers who would follow work from Texas to Michigan. Growing up in Mirando City and Laredo, Texas her […]

Tulare County adopts new environmental justice policies 

By: Pedro Hernández, Ivanhoe Sol    On December 12, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors considered the adoption of the new Environmental Justice Element to the General Plan. This marked the culmination of a multi-year process to collect public input to develop new policies.   For readers unfamiliar with planning jargon, the “general plan” is […]

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor   On behalf of the Ivanhoe Sol, I would like to thank our readers for another year of your support. This concludes our fourth year of operations and continued growth for our team, wow!    This year’s six issues have been special for me. I’m happy to see our team grow […]

Entendiendo la pérdida de la cosecha de aceitunas de 2023 en el sur del Valle de San Joaquín

By Elizabeth Fichtner, PhD , Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County The olive orchards around Ivanhoe and the greater southern San Joaquin Valley have been noticeably quiet during harvest season. Instead of harvest crews deliberately harvesting the historic table olive crop, many orchards remain unharvested and the fruit receiving stations have shut down early.  The lack […]

Maletero o Dulce: Otro éxito de Halloween

By Mayra Becerra, Ivanhoe Sol Ivanhoe Community Council hosted its third annual Trunk or Treat event on Oct. 12, 2023 at The Boys & Girls Club soccer field. This year there were over 100 children present with the event starting promptly at 6 p.m. and culminating at 6:45 p.m.  The event consisted of community members […]