On Nov. 7, Rych Withers, KFCF 88.1 FM station manager, was dropping off some mail at the Tower District Post Office when he noticed a man taking all the Community Alliance newspapers from the [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Direct Action Downtown
On Nov. 5, a small group of local activists gathered to deliver a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta. Outside the Attorney General’s Fresno satellite office, they shouted their pleas for [...] Continue Reading
Print Media Matters, Keep it Alive!
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Central Valley Briefs
Merced Fair Elections Act Signed into Law Assembly Member Esmeralda Soria’s Merced Fair Elections Act (AB 1441) was signed into law in October by Governor Newsom—a law that will ensure fair, [...] Continue Reading
The Failures of Mayor Dyer and the Fresno City Council
Two homeless shelters, the Journey Home and the Golden State Triage Center, are closing in Fresno by the end of 2025 due to a lack of ongoing state and federal funding, which had previously supported [...] Continue Reading
FPD Patronizing Store That Violates Firearms Laws?
At a Sept. 20 symposium hosted by Enough Gun Violence/Brady Greater Fresno (EGV/BGF), experts and advocates raised alarm over law enforcement firearm procurement practices and their potential link to [...] Continue Reading
Medios Públicos del Valle Central Gravemente Afectados
Le pregunté a Joe Moore, presidente y gerente general de Valley Public Radio, cuándo el personal de la estación se dio cuenta de que las amenazas del presidente Trump contra los medios públicos se [...] Continue Reading
Valley Solidarity Assemblies
In this moment of rising fascism, where we stand defines our integrity. In our daily lives, we see those willing to step forward, to courageously voice dissent and to enter into solidarity [...] Continue Reading
A Rocky Road to Equity
Community advocates scored a major victory in June in their fight for fairness and inclusion when the Transportation for All coalition gained 12 seats on the Measure C transportation sales tax renewal [...] Continue Reading
New West Fresno Park Named for Dolores Huerta
On June 30, the City of Fresno broke ground for a new park in West Fresno, named for the iconic farm labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who traveled up from Bakersfield with her daughter [...] Continue Reading
New West Fresno Park Named for Dolores Huerta
On June 30, the City of Fresno broke ground for a new park in West Fresno, named for the iconic farm labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who traveled up from Bakersfield with her daughter [...] Continue Reading
Bredefeld Uses BOS as a Soapbox
Pride Month Sparks Outburst from Bredefeld June is Pride Month in the United States, officially recognized since President Bill Clinton’s Proclamation 7203 in 1999. Yet at the June 10 meeting of [...] Continue Reading