By Community Alliance staff Around a dozen people were involved in a car caravan protest for rent and mortgage relief in Fresno on May 30. The group met on Tulare Street east of downtown Fresno, [...] Continue Reading
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Supporting Small Farmers and the Community
By Community Alliance Staff A volunteer with Hands On Central California helps out with boxes of green beans at a food giveaway at the Hmong Alliance Church of Fresno on May 29. One thousand bags [...] Continue Reading
One Fresno…Really?
By Daren Miller The coronavirus pandemic and rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus has forced all of us to rethink our daily lives. Schools are closed, restaurants and eateries are providing limited [...] Continue Reading
Fresno May 1 Actions for Essential Immigrant Workers
By Stan Santos On May 1, members of the Fresno community celebrated the International Day of Workers’ and Immigrants’ Rights in a new and innovative way. It would be a significant milestone in the [...] Continue Reading
A Progressive Analysis of the March 2020 Fresno Mayoral Race
By Mike Rhodes Progressives in Fresno did not want to see Jerry Dyer elected mayor. They see Dyer as a mini-Trump and did everything they could to stop him from being elected. Dyer’s nefarious [...] Continue Reading
World’s Immigration and Poverty under the Pandemic
By Eduardo Stanley The number of victims is soaring around the world because of Covid-19, with over 100,000 dead persons in the United States while President Trump is playing golf. He leads the [...] Continue Reading
Helping Fresnans to Stay Safe
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Just the FAX, Please
By I. smiley G. Calderon When I first moved to Fresno just a year and a half ago, I didn’t know that the public transit system is referred to as the “FAX,” short for “Fresno Area Express.” I [...] Continue Reading
Attack on Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C.
By Leni Villagomez Reeves On April 30, at about 2 a.m., Alexander Alazo, a Texas resident and Trump supporter—he wrote “Trump 2020” on a Cuban flag—took an AK-47 and fired 32 shots at the Cuban [...] Continue Reading
Connecting the Dots: The Plan to Invade Venezuela and Kidnap or Kill the President for Big Money
By Leni Villagomez Reeves The Invasion On May 3 and 4, two groups of armed men left Colombia on boats to attempt to land in Venezuela, seize Maiquetia International Airport, kidnap President [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Connection to Nicaragua
During the late 1970s, the Nicaraguan People’s Solidarity Committee in Fresno raised money to support the revolutionaries in Nicaragua. Later, the group changed its name to the Latin American Support [...] Continue Reading
Meet Madera County’s New Public Health Officer
By Peter Maiden Dr. Simon Paul is the public health officer for Madera County. He started in his position in February, just weeks before the first reported case of Covid-19 in Madera County. He [...] Continue Reading