By Devorah Levy-Pearlman On March 3, Super Tuesday, the city of Fresno held its local election. The high-profile mayoral race to replace Lee Brand—who announced last May he would not seek [...] Continue Reading
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Bureau of Land Management Approves Oil Drilling in Carrizo Plain
By Vic Bedoian The Bureau of Land Management recently approved a new oil well and pipeline in Carrizo Plain National Monument. The oil well hasn’t operated for nearly 20 years and was slated to be [...] Continue Reading
Why Oliver Baines Shouldn’t Head Fresno Police Reform
By Kevin Hall Short answer: He’s a cop. Newly engaged Fresno activists young and old are about to get a fundamental lesson in local politics. That’s because their efforts to radically alter the [...] Continue Reading
Alex Vavoulis Left an Enduring Legacy
By Vic Bedoian Alex Vavoulis, the man who launched radio station KFCF in Fresno among many other achievements, died June 9 at the age of 95. He was a proud Greek-American who grew up in New [...] Continue Reading
Nursing Homes Unsafe during Pandemic?
By Sunita Sohrabji The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the plight of U.S. seniors, who have been disproportionately infected and killed by the disease. Eight out of 10 Covid deaths in the United [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Sanctions Imposed on International Court at The Hague
By Leni Villagomez Reeves “State of Emergency” On June 11, 2020, President Donald Trump declared a “state of emergency.” Not about the pandemic. Not about racist violence by the police and the [...] Continue Reading
Border and Racism Issues
By Leni Villagomez Reeves There are two issues to address. They are closely related. First, we must realize that it is U.S. policies and direct interventions that have produced violent unstable [...] Continue Reading
México: Impacto de la Pandemia en Trabajadores Informales
Por Eduardo Stanley El Covid-19 está afectando dramáticamente a nuestra sociedad, no solo por los altos niveles de contagios y muertes sino también por sus efectos en la economía. En México está [...] Continue Reading
Hundreds March in Support of Black Lives Matter
Photos by Peter Maiden Several hundred marchers met at Saint Rest Baptist Church in West Fresno June 6 to promote the message of Black Lives Matter in a peaceful manner. They marched over a mile to [...] Continue Reading
Black Lives Matter and the City of Fresno Work Together with A Proclamation and Street Painting
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
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