By asking this question some might think this is to be a bash piece against Fresno. In truth, it is quite the opposite. This is not a feel-good piece either. I ask the question because I truly [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Fresnans for a People’s Budget
Who gets to decide what safety looks like in the city of Fresno and how are taxpayer dollars used to build that? A new advocacy group, Fresnans for a People’s Budget (FPB), formed to bring awareness [...] Continue Reading
Embezzlement Allegations at the Fresno Arts Council
(Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Fresnoland, a nonprofit news organization.) During an urgently scheduled Feb. 6 noon meeting between the Fresno Arts Council and Fresno City [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Briefs
Moving Forward Together In recent months, thousands of Fresno County taxpayers shared what they want from a transportation plan: A historic transportation improvement plan has been shaped [...] Continue Reading
Moving Fast and Breaking Lots of Things
The journey that Sarah Wynn-Williams traces in Careless People began when she came down with a severe fever—Facebook fever. In 2006, she noticed that politicians were starting to use the [...] Continue Reading
County Supervisors Contradict Constituents on ICE
“We’re deeply concerned that Fresno County supervisors held a [Jan. 13] press conference to support ICE, while ignoring the real harm ICE raids are doing in tearing families apart across the Central [...] Continue Reading
“I’m Gonna Make Sure This Fails!”
On Dec. 9, the last Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting of 2025, staff presented an update on Measure C renewal negotiations, also covering what would be required to advance a potential [...] Continue Reading
History of the 99 Freeway
[Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Fresnoland, a nonprofit news organization.] A new report from the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies looks at the scale of destruction [...] Continue Reading
Tower District Crime Report
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
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