By Tiffany A. Potter Until two weeks ago, I was a derby virgin. And now, much like my sex life in my early 20s, I wonder what took me so long. Roller derby is a team skating competition on roller [...] Continue Reading
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Nunes Calls for San Joaquin River Salmon to Go Extinct
By Gary Lasky In a lengthy, conspiracy-tinged June 12 letter to Investor’s Business Daily, Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Tulare) gives free rein to his interesting fantasies about the incredible clout of [...] Continue Reading
The Divide in Fresno
By Kathy G. Ayala Inequalities and its history still linger and resonate within our cities and expand globally. In Fresno, we experience a divide—a division cutting through the city horizontally [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Jerry Brown and a Conspiracy to Pollute Groundwater
By Tom Frantz On June 3, 2015, an interesting lawsuit was filed by farmers in Kern County against Governor Jerry Brown, a few regulators and a couple of big oil companies. The lawsuit claims there [...] Continue Reading
WILPF: July 2015
WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet on Thursday, July 9, at 7 p.m. at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence (1584 N. Van Ness Ave.). This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK July 1 [...] Continue Reading
The Entire World Asks, “Is the U.S.A. Crazy?”
By George B. Kauffman American TV, the source of “news” for most of us, wastes time on ever-changing polls showing who is ahead in the race for the 2016 election, as if it were a sports game. Failed [...] Continue Reading
CVPPAC: Here Is How We Are Going to Win Political Power in Fresno
By Mike Rhodes Welcome to the first monthly sponsored one-half page in the Community Alliance newspaper by the Central Valley Progressive Political Action Committee (CVPPAC). We are excited to share [...] Continue Reading
Third Annual Chicano History Revisited Symposium
By Eddie Varela and Jose Luis Barraza Concilio de Fresno, Inc., is hosting the Third Annual Symposium of Chicano History Revisited of Fresno County on August 29 at the Sal Mosqueda Community Center. [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Fire Chief to Address NWPC
By Susan McCall Carrasco Fresno Fire Chief Kerri Donis, who broke through the glass ceiling to become the first woman to hold that position in the Fresno Fire Department’s 130-year-plus history, will [...] Continue Reading
Alternatives to Violence Project
By Irene Serrano Alternatives to Violence San Joaquin Valley will hold a mini workshop on July 11 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Bethany Inner City Church (2305 E. Stanislaus St.). The workshop is open to [...] Continue Reading