A Walk Through Fresno's Downtown Homeless Encampments By: Mike Rhodes I took a journalist from the Bay Area on a walking tour of the homeless encampments. I have to admit that it has been a couple of [...] Continue Reading
Science & Health
Queer Eye
The Coming Out of Senator Ashburn By: Dan Waterhouse Bakersfield state senator Roy Ashburn, who has a deplorable voting record on queer issues, thought he could keep his public life public and his [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
New Nukes in Fresno Would Endanger Public Health Joseph Mangano The recent agreement between the Fresno Nuclear Energy Group and the French company Areva SA is a step towards building new nuclear [...] Continue Reading
State and Federal Government Finally Investigate Kettleman City Birth Defects
By: Vic Bedoian Kettleman City has come into the focus of national attention in recent weeks. Over a 15-month period ending in 2008, six babies here were born with birth defects. Five died. It was an [...] Continue Reading
Can We End Homelessness in Fresno?
By: Mike Rhodes The City of Fresno has been hammering away at the homeless, but not making much progress in the effort to end homelessness. On January 28, about 100 homeless people were evicted from [...] Continue Reading
Progressive News Briefs
By: Mike Rhodes The Separation of Church and State The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) has warned Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin that sectarian prayers used to open Fresno City Council [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Water Forum
By: Jean Hays Do you give a dam (or a levee) about the fact that you, as a taxpayer, might be paying for more than $11 billion worth of water-related expenses that may or may not be needed in [...] Continue Reading
Waiting for Steinbock
By: Dennis Caeton Fresh from the pews of St. Paul Newman Center (a Catholic parish) in Fresno, a few weeks before my birthday, I felt compelled to enter the rare air of the Diocese, the [...] Continue Reading
A Nuke in Fresno’s Stocking?
By: David Weisman He wasn’t wearing a red suit or sporting a full white beard, but Santa Claus did drop into Fresno last December. Adopting the more recognizable form of John Hutson, he stepped from [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
By: Mike Rhodes Like most Community Alliance readers, I want to believe that our lives in Fresno are improving as we work through the many serious problems that confront us. In the past year, the [...] Continue Reading
One City Distraction After Another
By: Bill Simon The local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) continues working on our request to the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) for a Pattern and Practice Investigation of [...] Continue Reading
Not Even a Manger for Fresno’s Homeless
By: Nigel Medhurst There is much talk of helping the less fortunate during the holiday season, but that didn’t stop the City of Fresno from issuing an eviction order for a homeless encampment on [...] Continue Reading