By Kevin Hall People need hope. They need help. Desperately. And while it’s been that way for many years, now it’s growing exponentially. Five long years ago when that golden, gelded steer of [...] Continue Reading
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From the Editor
The Date is November 3 In this edition of the Community Alliance our readers will find several articles dedicated to the upcoming election on Nov. 3. And with good reason because this election is [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Back in Paper I was so happy that the print Community Alliance is happening again! I don’t know why, but while I usually read almost all of the print version, I have found myself unable to want to [...] Continue Reading
Protecting Indoor Air Quality
By Tom Frantz How many residents of the San Joaquin Valley live in homes with swamp coolers that suck in outside air through a water-soaked mat of loose fibers and that require at least one window [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley on Fire, Hearts Inflamed
By I. smiley G. Calderon As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage among us, dangerous wildfires are raging around us here in Fresno County. There have been at least 26 major wildfires in the [...] Continue Reading
Trump’s End, Fresno County’s New Era
By Kevin Hall “There is simply not enough time to wait for us to grow up and become the ones in charge.”—Greta Thuneberg, age 16, 2018 We’re nearing the end of the most disastrous presidential [...] Continue Reading
Stir it Up
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A Case for Yes on Prop 15
By Daren A. Miller The times have really changed since 1978. Well, for most of us they have. I was a 12-year-old, exiting elementary school, headed for middle school. My previous summers had been [...] Continue Reading
Have They No Shame Whatsoever?
By Ruth Gadebusch The body of Ruth Bader Gingsburg was still warm when the Republicans began to gloat over their opportunity to make another appointment to the Supreme Court. While hesitating to [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Tehipite Chapter Endorses Candidates
By Gary Lasky The Sierra Club Tehipite Chapter is organizing its member volunteers to support two San Joaquin Valley Congressional candidates in 2020: TJ Cox and Brynne Kennedy. Cox is a freshman [...] Continue Reading
How We Can End Homelessness
By Mike Rhodes With homelessness increasing in Fresno for the past several years, it is obvious that whatever we are doing, it is not ending homelessness. There are many organizations (West Care, [...] Continue Reading
Does the City of Fresno Have the Political Will to End Homelessness?
By Gerry Bill (Editor’s note. Gerry Bill is responding to Mike Rhodes’ article about ending homelessness, which can be found HERE). What we are doing is not working. Unfortunately, the [...] Continue Reading