By Peter Maiden Over four hundred people came out to downtown Fresno June 18 to paint “Black Lives Matter” in twenty foot tall letters on P Street where it passes in front of City Hall. The event [...] Continue Reading
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Ambush of Arias Revisited
By Sergio Cortes May 12: Home of Miguel Arias Ben Bergquam and a dozen of his supporters arrived at Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias’s apartment door. Bergquam runs a Facebook page [...] Continue Reading
Protest of the Killing of George Floyd
By Community Alliance Staff On May 25, George Floyd, an African American resident of Minneapolis, Minn., was killed by a White police officer, Derek Chauvin, of the local police department. The [...] Continue Reading
Protest for Rent and Mortgage Relief
By Community Alliance staff Around a dozen people were involved in a car caravan protest for rent and mortgage relief in Fresno on May 30. The group met on Tulare Street east of downtown Fresno, [...] Continue Reading
One Fresno…Really?
By Daren Miller The coronavirus pandemic and rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus has forced all of us to rethink our daily lives. Schools are closed, restaurants and eateries are providing limited [...] Continue Reading
Fresno May 1 Actions for Essential Immigrant Workers
By Stan Santos On May 1, members of the Fresno community celebrated the International Day of Workers’ and Immigrants’ Rights in a new and innovative way. It would be a significant milestone in the [...] Continue Reading
A Progressive Analysis of the March 2020 Fresno Mayoral Race
By Mike Rhodes Progressives in Fresno did not want to see Jerry Dyer elected mayor. They see Dyer as a mini-Trump and did everything they could to stop him from being elected. Dyer’s nefarious [...] Continue Reading
Helping Fresnans to Stay Safe
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Attack on Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C.
By Leni Villagomez Reeves On April 30, at about 2 a.m., Alexander Alazo, a Texas resident and Trump supporter—he wrote “Trump 2020” on a Cuban flag—took an AK-47 and fired 32 shots at the Cuban [...] Continue Reading
Connecting the Dots: The Plan to Invade Venezuela and Kidnap or Kill the President for Big Money
By Leni Villagomez Reeves The Invasion On May 3 and 4, two groups of armed men left Colombia on boats to attempt to land in Venezuela, seize Maiquetia International Airport, kidnap President [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Connection to Nicaragua
During the late 1970s, the Nicaraguan People’s Solidarity Committee in Fresno raised money to support the revolutionaries in Nicaragua. Later, the group changed its name to the Latin American Support [...] Continue Reading
Meet Madera County’s New Public Health Officer
By Peter Maiden Dr. Simon Paul is the public health officer for Madera County. He started in his position in February, just weeks before the first reported case of Covid-19 in Madera County. He [...] Continue Reading