By Kayla Moon The third annual Women’s Art and Music Festival of Fresno (WAMFF) is stirring up a lot of attention and excitement. The event will feature a night of educators, entertainers, speakers, [...] Continue Reading
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A Community Town Hall was held for West Fresno voters at the Cecil C. Hinton Community Center on Oct. 13. The crowd was addressed by Miguel Arias and Tate Hill, candidates for Fresno City Council [...] Continue Reading
Police Brutality
By Community Alliance Staff The October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation held a candlelight vigil on Oct. 22 in Fresno’s Eaton Plaza. Around [...] Continue Reading
Cold Fighting Strategies
By Jeanette Nishimori A little morning chill tells us fall will soon bring relief from the sloughing, ominous Fresno summers. We also know that winter and the equally sloughing and ominous cold season [...] Continue Reading
Effect of 2018 Nobel Prizes on Diversity and Enhancement of Women
By George B. Kauffman The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Arthur Ashkin (b. 1922), previously of Bell Laboratories, but now working from his home laboratory; Donna Strickland (b. 1959) of [...] Continue Reading
Business as Usual
By Kevin Hall I would not want to be born today nor would I wish it on anyone. The growing uncertainty around whether the planet’s climate will remain stable through the end of this century is now so [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Open Letter to the Almond Board
By Tom Frantz A letter was recently sent to the Almond Board of California by several Valley groups. These groups include the Kern-Kaweah chapter of the Sierra Club, the Central Valley Air Quality [...] Continue Reading
What Does Boise Mean for Homeless Advocacy?
By Paul Thomas Jackson A plaintiff’s job of building a lawsuit has been compared to a construction project. The more social or finance significance the suit has, the more demanding the project usually [...] Continue Reading
Nachos, Nas and the Neighborhood
By Community Alliance Staff Nachos, Nas and the Neighborhood was a party in Jaswant Singh Khalra Park on Oct. 14 for West Fresno residents. Around 100 people, speaking English, Spanish, Hmong and [...] Continue Reading
City Council to Mail Complete Ballot Language for Measure P
By Natasha Biasell On Oct. 25, the Fresno City Council voted to approve a direct mailer to all voters in the City of Fresno containing the complete ballot language for Measure P. Due to a clerical [...] Continue Reading
Fresno City Council District 5 Candidate Forum
By Stan Santos On Oct. 2, a candidate forum was held at the Sal Mosqueda Community Center, sponsored by One Healthy Fresno, the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Faith in the Valley, [...] Continue Reading
Vote for a Difference
By Ruth Gadebusch Elections, by nature, are contentious with this one seemingly well on its way to record breaking. I have no scientific evidence, but it appears that the ads are nastier, started [...] Continue Reading