By Benny My grandmother grew up in the age in Mexico following the Mexican revolution. Her mother, my great grandmother, grew up in the days when families in the pueblos would dig holes in the [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Cannabis Town Hall
By Cesar Casamayor and Gidai Maaza The People’s Dispensary Fresno is hosting a cannabis town hall on May 6 at the First Congregational Church (aka Big Red Church, 2131 N. Van Ness Blvd. As the city [...] Continue Reading
Cannabis Town Hall
By Cesar Casamayor and Gidai Maaza The People’s Dispensary Fresno is hosting a cannabis town hall on May 6 at the First Congregational Church (aka Big Red Church, 2131 N. Van Ness Blvd. As the city [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day
Peter Maiden More than a thousand attended over the course of Earth Day in Fresno’s Radio Park on April 20. There were booths of organizations, exhibits and food. This year there was no March for [...] Continue Reading
Earth Day
Peter Maiden More than a thousand attended over the course of Earth Day in Fresno’s Radio Park on April 20. There were booths of organizations, exhibits and food. This year there was no March for [...] Continue Reading
Undocumented and Uninsured in Fresno
By Gerardo Sauceda Espinoza “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty,” noted author James Baldwin in 1960, “knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” That succinct sentiment could have [...] Continue Reading
Undocumented and Uninsured in Fresno
By Gerardo Sauceda Espinoza “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty,” noted author James Baldwin in 1960, “knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” That succinct sentiment could have [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Recycling Crisis
By Mike Rhodes A couple of years ago recycling was pretty simple. Just about everyone knew to put their recyclables in the blue bin, put it on the curb every week and that was the end of it. What [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Recycling Crisis
By Mike Rhodes A couple of years ago recycling was pretty simple. Just about everyone knew to put their recyclables in the blue bin, put it on the curb every week and that was the end of it. What [...] Continue Reading
Keep Free Speech Alive
By Mike Rhodes Thanks to the generous support we have received from our wonderful readers, we have been able to print the May 2019 issue of the Community Alliance newspaper. If you appreciate this [...] Continue Reading
Keep Free Speech Alive
By Mike Rhodes Thanks to the generous support we have received from our wonderful readers, we have been able to print the May 2019 issue of the Community Alliance newspaper. If you appreciate this [...] Continue Reading
Is This the End of Recycling in Fresno?
By Mike Rhodes You sort your glass, paper, plastic and aluminum, drop it in the blue recycling container and push it to your curb for pickup. We all assume everything gets sorted and made into new [...] Continue Reading