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Letters to the Editor – March 2014

Letter Read at Rhodes Farewell Dinner I am sorry that I could not be at this event (see above) to honor Mike Rhodes, but I did want to send a few words about him and what he has meant for journalism. [...] Continue Reading

Letters to the Editor – Feb. 2014

Community Alliance Newspaper Has Legs I am in an Arcata motel in Humboldt County tonight. I’m with my daughter touring northern California looking at colleges. I came upon a free newspaper called the [...] Continue Reading

The Much Maligned Public Defender

By Michael Weinberg (Editor’s note: A different version of this article was published previously in the Fresno Bee.) Everywhere public defenders go, they are called names. Their clients feel they [...] Continue Reading

New Feature Starting in February

Starting with the February edition, the Community Alliance newspaper will have a new monthly series called “Five Heads Are Better Than One” edited by Richard Stone. A topic will have been proposed in [...] Continue Reading

Another Case of Police Misconduct

By Kevin G. Little On Nov. 27, 2013, after two hours of deliberation, a nine-person federal jury awarded Isaac Miller of Lemoore $500,000 against Hanford police officer Steven Schmitz, finding that [...] Continue Reading