Dear Reader, This edition is bittersweet because April marks my one-year anniversary as editor, while I face the disheartening reality that this might be the last printed issue allowing access to [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor — April 2019
Dear Reader, This edition is bittersweet because April marks my one-year anniversary as editor, while I face the disheartening reality that this might be the last printed issue allowing access to [...] Continue Reading
Newspapers Shrink as Online Journalism Struggles to Fill the Gap
By Vic Bedoian A voluntary buyout offer to 450 employees of the McClatchy newspaper chain was announced recently. Almost half of them took that offer. Not all were journalists or editors, but many [...] Continue Reading
Newspapers Shrink as Online Journalism Struggles to Fill the Gap
By Vic Bedoian A voluntary buyout offer to 450 employees of the McClatchy newspaper chain was announced recently. Almost half of them took that offer. Not all were journalists or editors, but many [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rejects Proposal That Would Punish Good Samaritans
By Eduardo Stanley On March 21, the Fresno City Council voted 3-2 against a proposal that would criminalize and fine those who donate money or food to people at intersections. The proposal was [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Rejects Proposal That Would Punish Good Samaritans
By Eduardo Stanley On March 21, the Fresno City Council voted 3-2 against a proposal that would criminalize and fine those who donate money or food to people at intersections. The proposal was [...] Continue Reading
Community Alliance Fund Appeal
Which side are you on? The Community Alliance is at a crossroads and what you (our readers) do will determine our fate. There are two paths that are possible now as we face the biggest threat to [...] Continue Reading
Community Alliance Fund Appeal
Which side are you on? The Community Alliance is at a crossroads and what you (our readers) do will determine our fate. There are two paths that are possible now as we face the biggest threat to [...] Continue Reading
$50 and Clothes in a Cardboard Box
By Camille Russell On March 20, 2017, after serving 38 years in California’s prisons, Community Alliance writer Boston Woodard was paroled. However, he had a 45-year-old parole violation in [...] Continue Reading
$50 and Clothes in a Cardboard Box
By Camille Russell On March 20, 2017, after serving 38 years in California’s prisons, Community Alliance writer Boston Woodard was paroled. However, he had a 45-year-old parole violation in [...] Continue Reading
¡A ti, Mujer luchadora!
Jorge Acuña / Martes 12 de marzo de 2013 Mujer trabajadora, rebelde y soñadoraLlena de defectos y grandes virtudesLlena de amor y comprensiónLlena de coherencia y firme convicciónDe un profundo [...] Continue Reading
¡A ti, Mujer luchadora!
Jorge Acuña / Martes 12 de marzo de 2013 Mujer trabajadora, rebelde y soñadoraLlena de defectos y grandes virtudesLlena de amor y comprensiónLlena de coherencia y firme convicciónDe un profundo [...] Continue Reading










