Nearly three decades ago, federal scientists discovered the cause of a massive die-off of fish and birds at the Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge in Merced County, 10 miles north of Los Banos. [...] Continue Reading
Politics
From the Editor
The Community Alliance newspaper has been at the forefront of defending homeless people's rights and exposing the City of Fresno's harsh and callous policies regarding the homeless. Our documentation [...] Continue Reading
The CCAM Report: Citizens for Civility and Accountability in Media versus KMJ
Citizens for Civility and Accountability in Media (CCAM) is continuing our David-and-Goliath encounter with radio station KMJ. Following the initiation of our ongoing petition drive, the seven [...] Continue Reading
Whose Water? Our Water!
Water Management--or Mismanagement--in Canada and California They say water is the new oil-the likely cause of future wars, and some current wars as well. Everywhere in the world water is an issue one [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Labor’s Civil War in California
Photo above is of the book cover from http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php/CalWinslow Labor's Civil War in California: The NUHW Healthcare Workers Rebellion does a phenomenal job of bringing [...] Continue Reading
Homeless Queer Kids-They Are Here
They don't all leave Fresno for San Francisco or Los Angeles. Among the "unaccompanied youth" and older teens wandering Fresno's streets with nowhere to call home is an undetermined number of gay, [...] Continue Reading
The American Civil Liberties Union – at Your Service
It was just three years ago, in July 2007, that the new Greater Fresno Area Chapter of the ACLU-NC (Northern California) got sufficiently organized to hold its first full agenda Board meeting. Because [...] Continue Reading
Primary Election Review
(Editor's note: The data reflected in this article was current as of June 16. The Registrar of Voters had not certified the election at that time, and votes were still being counted. The outcome of at [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
Beyond Mortgaging the Future: Bankruptcy By Ruth Gadebusch "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you may die" appears to be the prevailing attitude. Except, there isn't much merriment for ordinary [...] Continue Reading
My Political Education in the United Kingdom
Editor's note: Gerry Bill spent two weeks in the United Kingdom just before the May 6 election campaigning on behalf of some Labour candidates. These are his observations on some of the differences [...] Continue Reading
"The Gathering" Statewide Homeless Memorial Event
Welcome to the first ever Statewide Homeless Memorial Event, which will take place here in Fresno at Roeding Park (Eucalyptus Grove) on Saturday, June 5. Opening ceremonies begin at noon with Native [...] Continue Reading
Grassroots Profile
Dan Waterhouse is one of Fresno's premier investigative reporters, author of "Queer Eye" in the Community Alliance and "The Waterhouse Report" in the Community Link, the Valley's monthly for the LGBT [...] Continue Reading