I got nothin’. I’ve sat down to write this month’s column more than a few times and, ultimately, my steadfast process seems to have turned on me. Nothing (and I mean, nothing) has flowed from my [...] Continue Reading
12 Points to Address Police Abuse
By Gloria M. Hernandez Three years ago, families met in Oxnard from throughout the state to share their pain and learn from each other. I went to find others like me who had been in the battlefront [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Real Time “Security State”
By Stan Santos Author’s note: On July 7, reporters gathered at the Fresno Police Department (FPD) headquarters to observe the rollout of the Real Time Crime Center. The Community Alliance covered this [...] Continue Reading
Hopelessness to Hope
By Bev Fitzpatrick and Yellowfeather Noriega (Authors’ note: This story is told by both Bev Fitzpatrick and Yellowfeather Noriega.) Meeting Hopelessness on the Street (Fitzpatrick) Meeting [...] Continue Reading
There’s Never Going to Be Another Alfonso
The Community Alliance On Aug. 21, the Dickey Youth Center, known by many as the Chicano Youth Center, building was named the Alfonso Hernandez, Jr., Building in honor of Alfonso Hernandez, Jr., who [...] Continue Reading
Concerns for the California Air Resources Board
By Cherylyn Smith (Author’s note: The following comments were posted on the California Air Resources Board (arb.ca.gov) Web site on Aug. 14. They raise issues that have occurred since my previous [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Don’t Pollute Our Air to Save the Planet
By Tom Frantz There is a bill before the current legislature in California that is mislabeled as a project appropriate for greenhouse gas reduction funding. This bill is numbered AB590 and is [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – September 2015
PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING WILPF--FRESNO 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND WILPF--INTERNATIONAL CENTENNIAL Dangerous Women: 50 Years in Fresno, 100 Years Internationally Inspiring historical and educational [...] Continue Reading
Union Brothers
By Leni Reeves Bold Step is the name of an event that will be held on Sept. 5 and 6 in Delano, hosted by the Filipino American Historical Society, honoring the Filipino roots of the Delano [...] Continue Reading
Déjà vu All Over Again
By Richard Gomez Has 1968 returned again, hopefully without the killings? Let’s see, President Lyndon Johnson began the year with great anticipation of being reelected. The leadership of both parties [...] Continue Reading
2016 Green Party Presidential Candidates
By Richard Gomez Yes, the Green Party has candidates for the 2016 Presidential election. Although all the talk on radio and television is about Bernie Sanders’ activities, Hillary Clinton’s [...] Continue Reading












