On the bitter night of December 17, Joseph Edwards put his life on the line to save the lives of four college students. The four had been driving along Bear Creek in Merced when they lost control of [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
“Got Them… Er, Him”
After several months of investigation, the FBI announced on March 10 that a shadowy group calling itself the American Nationalist Brotherhood was in reality a lone school bus driver from Madera [...] Continue Reading
Stonewall Launches “Move Forward Fresno”
The Fresno Stonewall Democratic Club is celebrating its 10th anniversary by launching a new initiative entitled “Move Forward Fresno: Tolerance through Equality.” The keynote speaker at the event to [...] Continue Reading
UN Expert Investigates the Valley’s Troubled Water
The UN Expert on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation came to the unincorporated Central Valley town of Seville on March 1 to investigate contaminated groundwater and broken delivery systems. It [...] Continue Reading
ACLU Campaigns for Justice Tour
So far, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has brought its Campaigns for Justice Tour to 10 cities in northern California including Merced on March 2 and Fresno on March 9. Visalia is a future [...] Continue Reading
“Queer Eye…”:
Don’t Privatize the Public Defender’s Office As the county budget continued to melt down and the Board of Supervisors voted to place a charter amendment on the June ballot to make privatizing Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Trunks to Tails By Leonard Adame We tend to think that the seasons will always follow one another like elephants linked trunks to tails, that clouds will always fill up our water bottles, that the [...] Continue Reading
Filmworks Enters Its 10th year with Award-Winning Films at Festival
A son wants to honor his mother’s dying wish by releasing her ashes into the seas off Italy. An illusionist, one of a dying breed of stage entertainers, meets an awestruck girl who believes his magic [...] Continue Reading
Tired of Dirty Air? Urban Sprawl?
And so many other bad government policies? It doesn’t have to be this way. A strong majority of residents in Fresno support a wide range of progressive issues. And a plurality of registered voters in [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Expect some changes in the Community Alliance newspaper over the next couple of months. There are several events that are pushing these changes, which we hope will improve the paper and get it into [...] Continue Reading
Progressive News Briefs
Mayor’s Privatization Scheme Defeated Fresno’s commercial solid waste workers won an important victory when City Council members voted 4-3 to stop a privatization effort led by Mayor Ashley [...] Continue Reading
Questions About the Fresno Police Reviewer
Fresno police reviewer Eddie Aubrey of the Office of Independent Review (OIR) issued his first report in October 2010, almost a year after being hired, and a year and a half after the position was [...] Continue Reading