By Howard K. Watkins Many might not know, but there is yet another special election in Fresno this year set for Aug. 13. Northwest Fresno’s City Council District 2 seat became open when Republican [...] Continue Reading
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Public Resists Plans to Drill for Oil on Valley Public Lands
By Gary Lasky and Ron Martin The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) this year rolled out its latest proposal to auction off public lands for oil and gas drilling, following a federal court’s [...] Continue Reading
Join Us on June 15 to Help Keep Free Speech Alive
By Community Alliance Staff Community Alliance readers, advertisers, contributors and supporters are invited to join us for a fund-raiser on June 15. As you are aware, we are experiencing a crisis [...] Continue Reading
Fresno: A City Evolving
By Kayla Moon The Central Valley has some of the most impoverished communities in the nation and appears to always get the short end of the stick in regard to resources and representation. Mendota, [...] Continue Reading
Conference at Fresno State Highlights Women in Soccer
By Peter Maiden The Valley Public History Initiative, also known as Historia Pública, is building an archive of materials related to Central Valley soccer. The project is called “The Other [...] Continue Reading
Sanctions, Embargo, Blockade: Siege Warfare by Another Name
By Leni Reeves The basic concept of siege warfare is to surround a civilian population that has been designated “the enemy” and to prevent supplies, especially of food, from getting in until [...] Continue Reading
First Social Justice Scholarship Presented
By Mike Rhodes The first Mike Rhodes Social Justice Scholarship of $1,000 was given to Esmeralda Serapio, who is a student at the San Joaquin College of Law. The scholarship was set up by Howard [...] Continue Reading
The People’s Dispensary Fresno Cannabis Town Hall
By Peter Maiden The Cannabis Town Hall was held at the First Congregational Church in Fresno on May 6, offering perspectives on jobs in the marijuana business, especially for people of color whose [...] Continue Reading
Why We Can’t Wait: Being Black in the Cannabis Industry
By Cesar Casamayor and Gidai Maaza There is unfinished business when it comes to cannabis legalization—the trauma-filled legacy of the War on Drugs within the Black community, especially on young [...] Continue Reading
Deregulation of Communications Infrastructure in California
By Stan Santos AB 1366, which was introduced by Lorena Gonzalez (D–San Diego), would lead to the indefinite extension of SB 1161 (2012), which ended public agency oversight, quality measurements, [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: High-Speed Rail Construction Is a Dirty Business
By Tom Frantz Readers may have noticed recent high-speed rail (HSR) construction in various parts of the San Joaquin Valley. The building of bridges over Highway 99 in south Fresno and over the San [...] Continue Reading
The Crushing Burden of Student Loan Debt
By Alexia Baca Morgan Americans have $1.5 trillion in student loan debt. This is is $620 billion more than total U.S. credit card debt. It is second only to mortgage debt in this country. The [...] Continue Reading