By Ronald Martin The Kern County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting on Jan. 14 with the staff of a new agency, the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM, which replaces DOGGR, the [...] Continue Reading
Opinion & Analysis
Opportunity to Make a Difference
By Ruth Gadebusch Not a day goes by that we don’t hear something about the overwhelming homeless tragedy. However, there is another group not so visible among us. That is the many families who [...] Continue Reading
Latinos, Tiempo de Producir Cambios
Por Francisco Duarte Este año nos llega la oportunidad de lograr cambios políticos muy importantes, tanto en el área local como nacional. En estos cambios necesarios tenemos el poder de [...] Continue Reading
Is Dyer Running Scared?
By Mike Rhodes Community Alliance reporter Kayla Moon attended a debate between Fresno mayoral candidates Andrew Janz and Jerry Dyer at the Community Media Access Collaborative (CMAC) on Jan. 7. [...] Continue Reading
The Long History of Police Corruption in Fresno
By James Mendez Fresno is on the cusp of a historical mayoral election. Do we break with our past, look to the future and embark on a new pathway with Andrew Janz as mayor, or do we continue down [...] Continue Reading
A World Where You Get to Choose Your Future
(Editor’s note: The story below is a creative way of looking at our future and the importance of the upcoming election. Which world would you rather live in?) My preference is to tell you about the [...] Continue Reading
Ukraine Air Flight 752 and Iran Air Flight 655: Some Sad Parallels, Some Striking Differences
By Gerry Bill The tragic downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 by Iran in Iranian airspace on Jan. 8 was, unfortunately, reminiscent of the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the [...] Continue Reading
Kern County and the Oil Industry That Refuses to Die
By Community Alliance Staff On Jan. 14, hundreds of oil workers and oil company owners packed the Kern County Administrative Center. They were invited by Kern County supervisors to attend a meeting [...] Continue Reading
Seven Years Later
By Ruth Gadebusch On the seven-year-anniversary of that horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the gun situation in this nation is hardly better. In fact, one could argue [...] Continue Reading