By Tom Frantz On June 3, 2015, an interesting lawsuit was filed by farmers in Kern County against Governor Jerry Brown, a few regulators and a couple of big oil companies. The lawsuit claims there [...] Continue Reading
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WILPF: July 2015
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet on Thursday, July 9, at 7 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence (1584 N. Van Ness Ave.). This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK July 1 [...] Continue Reading
The Entire World Asks, “Is the U.S.A. Crazy?”
By George B. Kauffman American TV, the source of “news” for most of us, wastes time on ever-changing polls showing who is ahead in the race for the 2016 election, as if it were a sports game. Failed [...] Continue Reading
CVPPAC: Here Is How We Are Going to Win Political Power in Fresno
By Mike Rhodes Welcome to the first monthly sponsored one-half page in the Community Alliance newspaper by the Central Valley Progressive Political Action Committee (CVPPAC). We are excited to share [...] Continue Reading
Third Annual Chicano History Revisited Symposium
By Eddie Varela and Jose Luis Barraza Concilio de Fresno, Inc., is hosting the Third Annual Symposium of Chicano History Revisited of Fresno County on August 29 at the Sal Mosqueda Community Center. [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fire Chief to Address NWPC
By Susan McCall Carrasco Fresno Fire Chief Kerri Donis, who broke through the glass ceiling to become the first woman to hold that position in the Fresno Fire Department’s 130-year-plus history, will [...] Continue Reading
Alternatives to Violence Project
By Irene Serrano Alternatives to Violence San Joaquin Valley will hold a mini workshop on July 11 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Bethany Inner City Church (2305 E. Stanislaus St.). The workshop is open to [...] Continue Reading
A pesar de las diversidades, van surgiendo grupos para enfrentar los problemas sociales de manera decidida.
Por Leoncio Vásquez Santos En los 15 años que he estado involucrado en asuntos comunitarios, deja mucho que desear de nuestra sociedad al quedarse conforme y aceptar las situaciones que vivimos y [...] Continue Reading
Censurando la voz de la minoría
Por Cesar Campos El mes pasado la Ciudad de Fresno, decidió censurar un anuncio sobre la distribución de parques, en los autobuses ambulantes. En un caso clásico de censura, este anuncio fue [...] Continue Reading
Los días de terror en Chile tras del golpe de estado de Septiembre 11, 1973
Por Lizbeth De La Cruz El tema crimen de estado no deja de ser una conversación en nuestras comunida- des. Basta sólo con sintonizar su noticiero local o leer su periódico de preferencia para [...] Continue Reading