Monthly Archives: May 2021
Deslucida Celebración del 1 de Mayo
Por Eduardo Stanley
Unas 200 personas participaron del rally y posterior marcha para celebrar el 1ro. de mayo, Día Internacional de los Trabajadores, el sábado 1ro. de mayo frente al ayuntamiento de la Ciudad de Fresno. La mayoría de...
A Dull May 1 Celebration
By Eduardo Stanley
About 200 people participated in the May 1 Day event, which took place on May 1 in front of the Fresno City Hall. The majority of the participants were activists or members of the organizations that...
La revuelta colombiana
Juan Trujillo Limones
La noche del 5 de mayo, el joven Lucas Villa Vázquez recibió ocho impactos de bala cuando se encontraba con otros compañeros en el viaducto en la ciudad colombiana de Pereira. Se trataba del octavo día...
Colombian Government Chooses Force over Dialogue as Protests Continue
By Joshua Collins
Deisy Paricio lights candles at a remembrance ceremony in the neighborhood of Soledad for those who have died during 10 bloody days of protest in Colombia. “We’re here to denounce the actions of a criminal regime,”...
After the Guilty Verdict in George Floyd Killing, What’s Next?
By Community Alliance Staff
On April 20, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all three charges in the death of George Floyd back in May 2020. Chauvin, a White officer, held his knee on Floyd’s...
Public Funds to Shelter the Unhoused: Crossroads on the Money Trail
By Bob McCloskey
We, the community, are at a crossroads. Do we accept a continued failed effort to “shelter the homeless”? Do we continue to pour millions of dollars into the current system of temporary housing, law enforcement and...
Toxic Tsunami Headed for Fresno
By Kevin Hall
Increased diesel exhaust in people’s lungs has a secure future in Fresno. Despite being the focal point of groundbreaking studies by Stanford and UC Berkeley concluded more than a decade ago showing the toxic gas's DNA-mutating...
Police Tolerance of Proud Boy Intimidation Threatens Free Speech Rights
(Editor’s note: The following is a statement sent to the media by the Save the Tower Theatre demonstration organizers. They demonstrate the sale of the iconic theater to a conservative church each Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon on the northeast corner...
Tower District Community Increases Pressure on Theater Owner
By Vic Bedoian and Peter Maiden
At a media briefing on April 21, the owners of independent businesses reemphasized their demand to terminate the sale of the Tower Theatre to the ultra-conservative, anti-LGBTQ+ Adventure Church. Residents from throughout Fresno...
News About the Community Alliance
The current issue of the Community Alliance newspaper contains a wide variety of stories that I am convinced are of interest to our audience. Besides the print version, our online version gets updated often as news comes in. But we are also...
