Fresno County Jail’s Barbaric Treatment of the Mentally Ill (Editor’s note: These are some of the comments that we received in the first two days following the distribution of our Special Edition, [...] Continue Reading
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The Office of Independent Review: Up for Review
By Richard Stone Author’s note: Fresno’s current police auditor, Rick Rasmussen, released his second quarterly report in early April. On May 7, he held an open house to answer questions from the [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files – June 2013
By John Crockford GPS “The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near the [...] Continue Reading
How Not To Fight Climate Change: Clearing the Air – June 2013
By Tom Frantz Our lungs are being violated by misguided climate change action in Sacramento. Simultaneously, our Valley Air Board is facilitating this environmental injustice. First, some [...] Continue Reading
Free Cell Phones for the Homeless
If you are homeless and living in Fresno (or anywhere in California), you are probably eligible to receive a free cell phone as part of a program run by the state Public Utilities Commission. If you [...] Continue Reading
Rethinking Priorities
By Community Alliance Staff Since 1980, California has built 20 new prisons, and only one new university. It’s time to rethink California’s priorities! Join us as we engage in conversation and [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – June 2013
Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
A Gift of Life for Caroline
By Steve Malm It is to the enduring credit of the Community Alliance newspaper that its focus has always been equity, justice, and compassion. It is in that sense we make an appeal for the gift of [...] Continue Reading
Grand Challenges in Science Education
By George B. Kauffman Science magazine, the weekly flagship journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ran a free special issue (April 19, 2013) featuring “Grand Challenges [...] Continue Reading
That School Board in the Capitol
By Ruth Gadebusch In his latest proposal for school finance, Governor Jerry Brown has again stirred the pot. Such a major portion of the state budget being for education will always keep the pot [...] Continue Reading
A New Reality in Pleasant Valley: This Voter Block Could Be Historic First
By Christian Williams Detainee Americans for Civic Equality (DACE) at Coalinga State Hospital is a newly organized group of politically active residents at the 1,500-bed mental health facility in [...] Continue Reading
Freefall into Madness: The Fresno County Jail’s Barbaric Treatment of the Mentally Ill
Reported and written by Fresno State journalists Sam LoProto, Damian Marquez, Angel Moreno, Jacob Rayburn, Brianna Vaccari, Liana Whitehead and their professor Mark Arax. For the past six years, in [...] Continue Reading