By Tom Frantz The Central Valley Air Quality Coalition (CVAQ) and other air quality advocates have long stated the need for tighter rules on the Valley’s biggest stationary sources of pollution. [...] Continue Reading
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Crockford Files: Put a Fresh Face on Your PC or Laptop with Linux
By Stan Perkins Microsoft is discontinuing support for Windows XP effective mid-April 2014. This announcement caused many in the business world great alarm. Corporate users have grown dependent on [...] Continue Reading
Internet Essentials Learning Zones in Fresno
By Community Alliance Staff Comcast is providing a $100,000 grant to nonprofit community organizations to create Internet Essentials Learning Zones in Fresno. Internet Essentials is a comprehensive [...] Continue Reading
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: Restoring the Balance of Justice
By Community Alliance Staff The Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) has designated an annual National Crime Victims’ Week, and it will be observed April 6–12 this year. The theme of this year’s Victims’ [...] Continue Reading
What Do They Have to Hide?
Why did the Fresno Housing Authority at its Board Meeting on Jan. 22, 2014, prevent a Community Alliance representative from recording the meeting? I was at this meeting when Preston Prince, [...] Continue Reading
Bus Rapid Transit for Fresno: Dead on Arrival?
By Sarah Sharpe What Happened? On Jan. 30, after a long and contentious public hearing, in the wee hours of the morning just after midnight, the Fresno City Council voted to halt progress on the Bus [...] Continue Reading
Law and Order, Fresno Style
By Vic Bedoian “It is still the duty of the State and of the court, its instrument, quite as much to protect the innocent as to punish the guilty. Honest administration of justice is the end [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – March 2014
By Mike Rhodes In May 2011, when a Fresno police officer shot Angelo Fernandez in the back, it grabbed my attention. Even in a city where numerous young men (mostly Latinos and African-Americans) are [...] Continue Reading
Local Efforts to Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership
By Stan Santos President Obama Comes to Fresno On Feb. 14, President Barack Obama arrived at the Fresno Airport aboard Air Force One accompanied by Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno). Hundreds of Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – March 2014
Letter Read at Rhodes Farewell Dinner I am sorry that I could not be at this event (see above) to honor Mike Rhodes, but I did want to send a few words about him and what he has meant for journalism. [...] Continue Reading
The Fresno State Sweatshop Connection
By Andrea Wilson When we see a piece of clothing—or any item in a store for that matter—we usually don’t think about its origins. We should. Production is not completely automated. Specialized [...] Continue Reading