The Fresno County Public Library is a special place with 34 branches throughout Fresno County. The library’s motto? “A place to grow.” The library is a place for anyone with something for everyone [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
Chinatown Needs a Meaningful Vision and Dynamic Leadership
Fresno’s Chinatown is unique among similar historical sites in the state. In the 20th century, it developed as a center of community life, integration and economic development for the state’s central [...] Continue Reading
La Fiesta de la Guelaguetza en Madera
El pasado domingo 8 de octubre tuvo lugar por primera vez en Madera la celebración de La Guelaguetza, la tradicional fiesta de Oaxaca con profundas raíces indígenas. Decenas de familias asistieron [...] Continue Reading
Lost Hills: Cuando el Fuego se Acerca Pero un Líder no se Rinde
En los últimos años, California ha sufrido devastadores incendios forestales que han consumido miles de hectáreas y que han llenado nuestros cielos de humo. Solo en septiembre el Distrito del Aire del [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Fuego, Una Derrota y Una Victoria
El pasado 5 de mayo, Central Valley Fuego enfrentó a North Carolina FC, perdiendo 0-2. Pero el equipo se recuró el 20 de mayo, venciendo a South Georgia Tormenta FC por 3-2. Para más información [...] Continue Reading
“Animals,” Gladiators and California Prisons
(Author’s note: Talk to any incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person and they will tell you that prisoners in California jails and prisons are treated like animals. I can personally attest to this [...] Continue Reading
State-Sponsored Carnage in California Prisons
“The integrated yard policy (IYP) is per force a staged fight because integrating rival factions will always lead to violence…In my experience, the IYP was always a device used to break the leadership [...] Continue Reading
Fresno: A Tale of Two Cities
Fresno is two cities, like most American cities. It’s a city of haves and have nots. It’s near the bottom of the list in America for income equality. Some of the haves are employers who fail to pay [...] Continue Reading
Across the Tracks
Photo Essay by David Bacon (Editor’s note: Photojournalist David Bacon visited Fresno in November 2022. He walked around downtown Fresno and captured some special moments he now shares with us. His [...] Continue Reading
Progressive, Local/Independent News
The April 2023 Issue of the Community Alliance is now online. You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the April 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are [...] Continue Reading
Beyond Racism and Resignations
Recent disclosures that Los Angeles City Council members and a union official racially denounced others compels us to deal with racism, colorism and anti-Blackness interwoven with classism for it [...] Continue Reading
The Ineffective Leadership of Fresno
Thanks for the great, informative June issue! On the front page, an excellent explanation of Measure C helped many of us realize what a mess all of this is and how totally ineffective the “leadership” [...] Continue Reading