By Alfonso C. Hernandez A colleague asked me if I was going to Mexico for Christmas vacation, and when I answered him affirmatively he said that he would never go back to visit the city he was born [...] Continue Reading
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What Cupid Means
By Leonard Adame One of the main characters in Les Miserables, though not listed in the credits, is Cupid. That little love god, who somewhat looks like the Michelin Man, enters about halfway through [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Police Department Documents Posted Online
By Mike Rhodes In early September 2011, the Community Alliance newspaper, through a California Public Records Act request, asked the Fresno Police Department (FPD) for its Policies and Procedures [...] Continue Reading
Fresno City Hall Says “Cut Back,” the People Say “Fight Back”
By Mike Rhodes The conservative right-wing majority of the Fresno City Council (Andrea Borgeas, Lee Brand, Clint Olivier and Larry Westerlund) voted on Dec. 20 to privatize another essential [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change—Will Superstorm Sandy Be the Tipping Point?
By George B. Kauffman The scientific debate is over! Of 13,950 peer-reviewed climate change articles, only 24 deny it’s happening. That’s 0.17% for those of you keeping score. Check out “The Most [...] Continue Reading
The Community Alliance Helps the Homeless
By Mike Rhodes The Community Alliance newspaper has secured funding for a second year to provide portable toilets to several homeless encampments in downtown Fresno. The toilets provide the homeless [...] Continue Reading
Sustainable North Fork
By Chip Ashley Long before it was called North Fork, it was called Wa-up by the Mono people that inhabited the area and used what nature provided with respect for the Earth—they used it sustainably. [...] Continue Reading
Food Not Bombs!
By Kelly Borkert People from all points will be converging on Jan. 20 at the Full Circle Brewery (620 F St.) for another great experience at the hands of Blake Jones and the Trike Shop and another [...] Continue Reading
Pay for Play Good for the Kids?
By Lloyd G. Carter Loathe to propose new taxes, school districts around California, including the Clovis Unified School District (CSUD), are using bond measures to raise capital, triggering criticism [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – January 2013
Efforts to Label Genetically Engineered Foods Continue Although Prop 37 to label genetically engineered foods was narrowly defeated in November, it was a huge success nationally and globally. [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – January 2013
When we started the Community Alliance in 1997, I had no way of knowing all of the twists and turns we would take that eventually brought us to where we are today. Back then we were the [...] Continue Reading
Is Cemex’s Bid to Mine Jesse Morrow Mountain Truly Over?
By Chip Ashley Several stories in the Fresno Bee and online have concluded that Cemex is giving up on its plans for an aggregate mine on Jesse Morrow Mountain, known as Wa-ha-lish to the Choinumni [...] Continue Reading