Text and photos by Manuel Ortiz Escámez A growing wave of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion is reaching Tijuana, Mexico, where people hope to cross into the United States in search of [...] Continue Reading
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BOS Goes Bonkers
Buoyed by their success ignoring community input with its decennial redistricting, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) has gone on the warpath against the citizenry. On Feb. 22, the BOS [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Hearts Enflamed for Education
In the small west Fresno County city of Huron, there is an active battle for education that is gaining momentum. Dozens of concerned Huron parents filled the local John Palacios Community Center in [...] Continue Reading
The Struggle for Human Dignity in Fresno
Lewis Brown was living in a homeless encampment near Highway 180 and West Avenue when he was brutalized by several members of the Fresno Police Department. In a lawsuit filed on Brown’s behalf, [...] Continue Reading
Can Schools Return to Normal?
So what’s been happening inside the Fresno Unified School District (FUSD)? What do teachers experience on the job nowadays, and what’s changed over the past few years? In recent few years—partly [...] Continue Reading
Redefining the Family in a Revolutionary Manner in Cuba
Cuba finished writing and approving, by referendum, a new constitution in 2019. Now Cuba is creating a legal code that details the rights set forth in the new constitution. The previous Cuban [...] Continue Reading
DA Biases Unveiled
By Miguel Arias (Editor’s note: At the March 10 meeting of the Fresno City Council, District 3 City Council Member Miguel Arias presented opening comments attempting to hold Fresno County District [...] Continue Reading
2021 Courage Scores Announced
By Community Alliance Staff On Feb. 28, the Courage Campaign announced the 7th Annual Courage Scores. The Courage Score is a tool that helps Californians hold their elected representatives in [...] Continue Reading
March Community Alliance Newspaper
You can read the print version of the paper below. This is a .pdf of the March Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier [...] Continue Reading
Fresno County Sheriff Mims Retires
By Community Alliance Staff Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced on Feb. 18 that she is retiring. But hold the firecrackers; she will retire when her term ends later this year. She was [...] Continue Reading
There Is Hope for Supervisorial District 4
On Jan 27, Jose Antonio Ramirez, 50, announced his candidacy for the Fresno County Board of Supervisors District 4 seat. He has been the city manager of Orange Cove, Firebaugh and [...] Continue Reading
Angry Youth Protest for Chancellor Castro’s Resignation
Fresno State’s former vice president of student affairs, Frank Lamas, and California State University (CSU) Chancellor Joseph Castro are experiencing extreme heat. Castro allowed Lamas to continue [...] Continue Reading