By Mike Rhodes In May 2011, when a Fresno police officer shot Angelo Fernandez in the back, it grabbed my attention. Even in a city where numerous young men (mostly Latinos and African-Americans) are [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
From the Editor
By Mike Rhodes In a surprising turn of events, I have ended up (at least for this month) as the editor of the Community Alliance newspaper. This happened, after a two-month transition period, when [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – Jan. 2014
By Chip Ashley Every problem I can think of in Fresno, Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley has to do with the fact that the whole massive edifice rests, or maybe floats, on a foundation of oil, [...] Continue Reading
From the Incoming Editor – December 2013
By Chip Ashley Mike Rhodes has edited the Community Alliance newspaper since 1998, and I want to take this opportunity to thank him for the help and encouragement he has freely given me. I have no [...] Continue Reading
From the Departing Editor – December 2013
I enjoy reading the Letters to the Editor. It has always been one of my favorite sections in any newspaper because it gives readers a chance to give feedback about what issues and articles are [...] Continue Reading
The Future of Independent Journalism Is In Your Hands
By Mike Rhodes (departing Editor) The Community Alliance is in a transition as I leave and our expenses increase. It is up to you whether this bold experiment in publishing an [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – November 2013
The newspaper you are holding in your hands right now is pretty special. In fact, there is nothing else like it in this region and perhaps in the whole country. We are a local alternative/independent [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – October 2013
I have been a part of the Community Alliance newspaper since we published our first issue in September 1996 and have been the editor since June 1998. What an interesting trip it has been! But things [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – September 2013
The culture of death and destruction at City Hall is threatening this community’s most vulnerable residents with a policy that they hope will be the “final solution” to homelessness in Fresno. I was [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – August 2013
By Mike Rhodes The next big thing to create an upheaval in the political/economic landscape of Fresno will be the struggle over downtown development, specifically around the Fulton Mall. Powerful [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – July 2013
After decades of mismanagement of the city budget by a series of Republican mayors, Ashley Swearengin planned to balance the budget by throwing our award-winning sanitation workers under the bus. The [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – June 2013
In the middle of May, the Community Alliance newspaper published a Special Edition about the barbaric treatment of the mentally ill in the Fresno County Jail. We have reprinted “Freefall into Madness” [...] Continue Reading