On June 13, nine persons from various communities met virtually to hear updates about a project that will help them improve the indoor air quality in their homes. Although getting filters for their [...] Continue Reading
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Central Valley Fuego in June
Fuego FC lost to the Richmond Kickers 2-1 in a June 10 game. Richmond was third in the standings, and Fuego FC was working its way up from the bottom. Fuego FC had a lot of chances and led Richmond [...] Continue Reading
Jack Ortega: Friend, Mentor, Organizer (1929–2023)
Jack Ortega was born in Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 1929. He graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Alameda and went into the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean War as an artillery observer. [...] Continue Reading
Unprecedented Crime, Unprecedented Indictment
And more to come! Yes, I know a basic principle in our nation is innocent until proven guilty; however, this ex-President has given us the evidence many times over. He with the “big mouth” is his [...] Continue Reading
San Quentin Plantation Paradigm
BY DONALD RAY YOUNG Using the Norwegian model as a template, San Quentin State Prison wants to be the model gulag for California, the nation and beyond. This comes with a sticker price of $380 [...] Continue Reading
The War on Culture, the War on Cuba
As almost everyone knows, for more than 60 years the United States has maintained a blockade of Cuba that encompasses financial, economic and trade transactions. It’s not simply an “embargo” because [...] Continue Reading
Thousands Participate in Pride Parade
x By Community Alliance Staff On June 3, thousands of local residents attended the 33rd Fresno Pride Parade on the streets of Fresno’s Tower District. After the parade, people enjoyed a [...] Continue Reading
In Yosemite Valley, Snow Melt Flows and Falls
Yosemite Valley’s waterfalls are especially abundant this year due to the enormous snowpack in the southern Sierra. History was made as the Merced River’s watershed was buried under a snowpack that [...] Continue Reading
Kill the Poor
The well-known punk rock band, the Dead Kennedys, released a song in 1980 about the neutron bomb called “Kill the Poor.” Here’s some of the lyrics. Now that we have the neutron bomb It’s nice [...] Continue Reading
The Fall of Bitwise
On May 29, Bitwise Industries furloughed its 900 employees nationwide “effective immediately.” Why? The company ran out of cash and couldn’t pay its employees. As news about the company’s financial [...] Continue Reading
Tulare Lake Lives!
Imagine the largest lake west of the Mississippi on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. About 200 years ago, you could see flocks of birds arriving that were as loud as a freight train. Turtles, [...] Continue Reading
Water Forum Ponders Valley Water Concerns
There are few places this year where water has been more of a preoccupation than in Kings County. That’s mainly because of a partial rewatering of the historic Tulare Lake, along with flooding due to [...] Continue Reading