BY PETER MAIDEN No Kings Day, March 28, was the largest national protest in American history, bringing out as many as 9 million people in more than 3,300 separate actions. In Fresno, more than [...] Continue Reading
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Workers Support Autonomous Vehicle Safety
Around 25 gig workers came out to the lawn in front of Fresno City Hall on March 25 for a press conference to support SB 1246, which would regulate autonomous vehicles statewide. State Senator Dave [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
I was with the mailing crew for the newspaper in the office of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence on Van Ness Avenue last month when an anti-ICE protest march of students from Fresno High School came [...] Continue Reading
Musical History in a Song
Fresno resident Jim Bedoian, the brother of Community Alliance reporter Vic Bedoian, has a collection of 6,000–8,000 78 rpm records. The 78s are discs with one song on each side, each side holding a [...] Continue Reading
Mayor Makes Controversial Remarks at MLK Event
In a speech to a crowd of 1,000 at the Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration in downtown Fresno on Jan. 19, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, also the former police chief of the city, seemed to blame protesters [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Two events of national and international importance shook the progressive community in January. U.S. forces kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela on Jan. 3. Maduro might not have been the [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
The annual fundraiser for the Community Alliance exceeded our expectations. We raised more than $20,000. There is a story about it by Mike Rhodes—with photos—in this issue. The event came at the [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Hello. I’m Peter Maiden, interim editor of the Community Alliance newspaper. I’m stepping into the big shoes of Eduardo Stanley while the newspaper decides who will be the next editor. We have a [...] Continue Reading
La singular carrera editorial de Steve Alcala
Steve Alcala nació en Hanford y se mudó a Fresno de niño. Se graduó de la preparatoria Roosevelt, en el sureste de Fresno, y luego, en 1979, de la Universidad Estatal de Fresno, con una [...] Continue Reading
The Unique Publishing Career of Steve Alcala
Steve Alcala was born in Hanford, then moved to Fresno as a young child. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno, and then in 1979 from Fresno State, with a major in music. “Let [...] Continue Reading
Needle Exchange Loses Its County Office
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted on Aug. 19 to stop funding a space for Fresno’s Whole Person Harm Reduction Program in the County Department of Public Health building on Fulton [...] Continue Reading
Intercambio de Agujas Pierde su Oficina en el Condado
El 19 de agosto, la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Fresno votó a favor de suspender la financiación de un espacio para el Programa de Reducción de Daños Integrales de Fresno en el edificio del [...] Continue Reading