The Community Alliance newspaper is your local, progressive independent newspaper and we are celebrating 28 years of publishing. Join us on November 30 as we face the new political challenges [...] Continue Reading
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2024 General Election Endorsements
The Community Alliance does not make political endorsements, but we do provide a grid showing who other groups have endorsed. This gives our readers the information they need to help them decide how [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture Calendar
(English) You can read the (.pdf) print version of the Arts & Culture page below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply place your [...] Continue Reading
The November 2024 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online
You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the November 2024 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages [...] Continue Reading
Racism and Class War in Fresno
At a Sept. 23 press conference, City of Fresno officials announced that the City would be aggressively enforcing its harsh new anti-camping ordinance, which calls for arresting unhoused people [...] Continue Reading
Visalia Confronts Homelessness
On Oct. 4, Community Services Employment Training (CSET) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new Visalia Navigation Center (VNC). The facility is part of an enormous project that aims to [...] Continue Reading
Celebrating Decades of Pride
The Source—an LGBTQ+ community center located in Visalia, the only one of its kind in the San Joaquin Valley— celebrated National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11 with a powerful display of laser lights [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Hopefully, on Nov. 6 We’ll Feel Relieved The possibility of Donald Trump winning the Nov. 5 election is chilling. According to press reports, he promised a position to billionaire Elon Musk, who is [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Why Rudy Salas Is the Leader Latinos Need As Latinos in California, we know what it means to fight for our families, dignity and future. We work hard, show up for each other and push for [...] Continue Reading
Clovis Ends Century-Old At-Large Voting System
(Editor’s note: This article is reprinted by permission of Fresnoland.) In a contentious decision that has divided the community, the Clovis City Council voted last month to abandon its at-large [...] Continue Reading
Dockworkers’ Strike
In early October, there was a short-lived strike by about 45,000 dockworkers of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). The ILA had been negotiating since May 2024 [...] Continue Reading