By Nayamin Martinez and Sarah Aird The San Joaquin Valley is often called “the food basket of the world” because it is one of the major agricultural producers in the United States. Two of the [...] Continue Reading
Activism
The Tower Theatre is Being Sold
The Tower Theatre might be sold to the conservative Christian Adventure Church, and Tower District neighbors are protesting the sale. Around 50 came to an action on Jan. 10. To the protesters, the [...] Continue Reading
The Dream Is Alive
By I. smiley G. Calderon After such a horrible, tragic and unthinkable year, it’s a breath of fresh air to finally put 2020 behind us and look earnestly upward toward a hopeful new year. And [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Grand Jury Critical of Homeless Policy
By Bob McCloskey The 2019–2020 Fresno County Civil Grand Jury recently reported its findings in an investigation into the City of Fresno and County of Fresno actions addressing homelessness in the [...] Continue Reading
The Passing of Zoyer Zyndel
The Community Alliance staff (Editor’s note: Local LGBTQ community leader Zoyer Zyndel, 33, passed away on Dec. 26. Circumstances of his death were not made available to the public and were [...] Continue Reading
New Video Shows Police Violence at Homeless Encampment
By Mike Rhodes The Community Alliance newspaper has obtained body cam video from the Fresno Police Department (FPD) Homeless Task Force (HTF) that shows what happened during a homeless encampment [...] Continue Reading
Dolores Huerta: Tribute to Greatness
By Sudarshan Kapoor On Oct. 2, Fresno State celebrated the 90th birthday of Dolores Huerta (official birthday April 10 ) by planting a peace tree in her honor in the Peace Garden. Dr. Joseph I. [...] Continue Reading
In the Line of Fresno Fire
I. smiley G. Calderon With the recent wildfires blazing around and a pandemic raging within Fresno, you would think that the sanctity of life would be forefront in every Fresnan’s mind. But, [...] Continue Reading
“Level the Playing Field Tour” Comes to Fresno
By Peter Maiden Several speakers came together at a press conference in Fresno for Proposition 16 on October 8, part of the “Level the Playing Field Tour.” Proposition 16 would reinstate [...] Continue Reading
Why the November Election Is the Most Important of Our Lives
By Francis Horan This year, many worst-case scenarios have become our reality. Global warming, police violence and our unorganized national health system are inflicting terrible damage. For both [...] Continue Reading
Punch a Nazi, Vote Biden
By Kevin Hall People need hope. They need help. Desperately. And while it’s been that way for many years, now it’s growing exponentially. Five long years ago when that golden, gelded steer of [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley on Fire, Hearts Inflamed
By I. smiley G. Calderon As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage among us, dangerous wildfires are raging around us here in Fresno County. There have been at least 26 major wildfires in the [...] Continue Reading