By Mike Rhodes Have you ever thought about what the Central Valley was like before it was invaded and taken over by our ancestors? Tulare Lake, which was just south of where Lemoore is today, was [...] Continue Reading
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Living Rogue
By I. smiley G. Calderon The 19th annual Rogue Festival in Fresno’s Tower District was an eventful cornucopia of the best live spoken-word theater, music, dance—and everything in between—fringe [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner – April 2020
Meditation By Diego Rivera Lost in My Mind travel/My biggest wars are mind battles/Concentrated thoughts/ through galaxies/And Planet Rocks/I feel the cool darkness as I pray towards the [...] Continue Reading
Special Announcement: April Issue of the Community Alliance
Wednesday, March 18 2020 The Community Alliance will not print a newspaper in April 2020. Because of the coronavirus and the need for social distancing, we have decided to publish [...] Continue Reading
COVID19, A Game Of Life And Death
By Kayla Moon On February 27th I received an Email from Micah White, one of the co-founders of Occupy Wall Street. I subscribe to his newsletter and this update was particularly interesting and [...] Continue Reading
Corruption in the Fresno Police Department Runs Deep
By Mike Rhodes In January, this newspaper announced that there would be an article about the deep corruption within the Fresno Police Department that goes back for generations. “The Long History of [...] Continue Reading
The Fresno Mayoral Race and the Homeless
By Mike Rhodes A proposal to warehouse as many of the homeless as possible on G Street south of Ventura Street was not warmly received by homeless advocates, several Fresno City Council members and [...] Continue Reading
Community Alliance Inspires Activist
As I read the articles in Fresno’s Community Alliance newspaper, I must stop and take a minute to truly talk about what I feel. The coverage of the breadth of political activism in Fresno is [...] Continue Reading
Homeless Accuses Police of Violence
I would like to file a lawsuit against the City of Fresno for violating my civil and human rights. My wife and I are homeless, and this is what we are up against as police officers are making our [...] Continue Reading
More (and better) Information for Our Audience
In the past few years, many newspapers closed for good or reduced drastically their coverage and circulation (see “The Future of Journalism” on page 4). These are difficult times for independent [...] Continue Reading
