By Rick Flores One of the first times Laurie Lewis ever played in public was at the studios of KPFA in Berkeley. It happened late at night on Gert Chiarito’s folk music show. She was 14. Her dad [...] Continue Reading
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Youth Homelessness: The Homestretch
The Homestretch, a powerful documentary about youth homelessness, will be screened in Fresno at the Sierra Vista Cinemas on Nov. 19–20. The film provides unprecedented access into public schools and [...] Continue Reading
Day-of-the-Dead Sugar Skull Recipe
By Abigail Janzen Sugar skulls are traditionally used on Nov. 1 and 2 for the Day-of-the-Dead in Mexico. This tradition is widely practiced in other countries as well. Sugar skulls, along with [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Tell No Lies
By Mike Rhodes The early 1970s were an amazing time to be young and alive in the Central Valley. There was a sense of excitement, hope and a belief that we were about to change the world. It is in [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Holidays and Other Disasters
By George B. Kauffman Holidays and Other Disasters by John G. Rodwan, Jr., considers the major U.S. holidays from an atheist’s perspective. It specifically examines religious holidays, those that [...] Continue Reading
Will the Real Progressive Please Stand Up
By Mike Rhodes The battle is on for the Fresno City Council District 1 seat, and both candidates want the vote of Community Alliance newspaper readers. Both claim to be the true progressive in [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – October 2014
By Ernesto Saavedra In Jack D. Forbes’ book Columbus and Other Cannibals, he talks of a horrible, contagious disease widely undetected. “For several thousands of years human beings have suffered [...] Continue Reading
Measure Z Goes Rogue: Cost Overruns, Closed Door Meetings, Soaring Payroll
By Kevin Hall Ten years ago, Community Alliance readers read the first and only warnings about Measure Z: $100 million in taxes slated to be controlled by a private corporation not subject to [...] Continue Reading
Palestine Solidarity Mural
By Teresa Castillo Nestled in an uptown Oakland business district on 26th Street, a new public art project was unveiled on Aug. 10. The entire 157 feet long by 22 feet high side of a building came [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – October 2014
Clarification My letter in the August edition responding to our editor’s July editorial seems to have been open to misinterpretation. I’ve been asked if my partial disagreement with his commentary [...] Continue Reading