By Sandy Close and Regina Brown Wilson The California legislature has spent months considering a bill—SB 911 by State Senator Steve Glazer (D–Orinda)—that would dedicate $25 million in state [...] Continue Reading
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Fiber Broadband Comes to the Central Valley
The story of broadband technology in Central Valley communities follows historic patterns of privilege and neglect, extreme poverty in a region of extreme wealth. Hundreds of towns, such as Firebaugh, [...] Continue Reading
La Fibra Óptica Llega a Comunidades Pobres del Valle
La historia de la tecnología de banda ancha en las comunidades del Valle Central sigue patrones históricos de privilegio y abandono, pobreza extrema en una región de extrema riqueza. Pueblos como [...] Continue Reading
Community Alliance Wins Sacramento Press Club Award
One of the most important jobs a journalist has is to share the stories of the unheard. Community Alliance Editor Eduardo Stanley has spent his journalistic career (of more than 25 years) covering [...] Continue Reading
Alianza Comunitaria Gana Premio de Periodismo del Sacramento Press Club
Uno de los trabajos más importantes que tiene un periodista es compartir las historias de los que no tienen una voz. Durante los últimos meses he tenido el placer de trabajar (a través de una beca) [...] Continue Reading
The June 2022 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper below. This is a .pdf of the June 2022 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading
The June Community Alliance is now online
The June 2022 Community Alliance newspaper is being printed today and will be mailed to subscribers this afternoon. You can see the online version here: www.fresnoalliance.com [...] Continue Reading
Federal Court Victory for the Unhoused
On May 24, in a major victory for the unhoused community, advocates and the press, U.S. District Court Judge Dale Drozd granted a preliminary injunction blocking the implementation of Fresno’s [...] Continue Reading
Sheriff’s Department Stole Our Newsstands: What’s Next?
Everyone has heard law enforcement’s slogan that they exist to “serve and protect.” But what happens when law enforcement employees are the thieves stealing your property? We know for a fact that [...] Continue Reading
The May 2022 Community Alliance newspaper
You can read the print version of the paper below. This is a .pdf of the May 2022 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading
“Stop Talking to GV Wire”
Them's fightin' words in Fresno, but when the fascists went on a GV Wire–inspired attack at Fresno Unified School District Board meeting in February, Dr. Lars Maischak’s words of warning from a recent [...] Continue Reading
Community Alliance Asks for your Help
May 1, 2022 Every month, the Community Alliance newspaper tells the story of people in Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley who are making history—working for peace and social and economic justice. [...] Continue Reading