By Peter Maiden A vigil was held for Lorenzo Perez in Pilibos Soccer Park in southeast Fresno on March 28, drawing 250 people. Perez, a pushcart vendor, was shot to death exactly a week earlier on [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
New Murals in Fresno Portray Deported Veterans
A mural prepared by the Leave No One Behind Mural Coalition was unveiled March 28 in Homerun Alley, behind the 3 Hermanos Company store that has its storefront at 927 Fulton Street. The mural [...] Continue Reading
Climate Change – Special Section
The Community Alliance newspaper will print a special section on climate change in April 2021. Climate activist Kevin Hall is putting together articles, photos and other illustrations because, [...] Continue Reading
Essential but Disposable: How California Farmworkers Battle Covid-19
By Jenny Manrique In addition to high-risk exposure to Covid-19, farmworkers in California have borne the brunt of setbacks caused by the pandemic: loss of income and employment, sudden childcare [...] Continue Reading
The Big Read Returns to Fresno
By Linda Kobashigawa The Big Read returns to Fresno, centering on the book An American Sunrise by the current U.S. poet laureate, Joy Harjo. The program looks a little different this year, as all [...] Continue Reading
February for Beginners
By I. smiley G. Calderon There’s truly no better month to refresh and renew your personal outlook and yearlong goals—a perfect time to really reevaluate and reignite your year’s focus and plan—than [...] Continue Reading
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
This Newspaper Plays an Important Role in Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley
Every time this newspaper asks for the community’s support, you come through for us. Dec. 12 was our “Where Do We Go from Here” fundraiser, and you, our readers, made this a great year to be a part [...] Continue Reading
Meet Aria Luna, a 10-Year-Old Painter and Activist
By Eduardo StanleyPhotos courtesy of Aria Luna When you look at Aria Luna’s painting, you know it’s not kid stuff. It’s paintwork. And then you learn she is a kid. So you take again a look at her [...] Continue Reading
The Passing of Zoyer Zyndel
The Community Alliance staff (Editor’s note: Local LGBTQ community leader Zoyer Zynder, 33, passed away on Dec. 26. Circumstances of his death were not made available to the public and were [...] 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
We Are in This Together
By Mike Rhodes The Community Alliance newspaper is here for you. We are there when you need to know, or want to participate with, who is standing up for economic, social and [...] Continue Reading