Whether it be housing or commercial real estate, economic slowdowns stifled growth in Fresno County in 2024. But after years of declines, experts expect a turnaround soon. The Fresno County Economic Development Corporation brought out a panel of experts to discuss housing construction and sales, major commercial real estate purchases,...
First California EV Mandates Hit Automakers This Year. Most Are Not Even Close
California's effort to have no new gas-powered vehicles sold in the state by 2035 is beginning, and it requires 35% of all 2026 models sold this year to be zero-emission. Dealers say they aren't close to fulfilling the mandate for zero-emission vehicles and are nervously wondering what the future holds...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Mark Steven Owen
November 10, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Mark Steven Owen Suspects Date of Birth: May 27, 1986 Physical Description: White Male, 6’ 1, 260 lbs., Black Hair, Brown Eyes. Charges: Assault with a deadly weapon Warrant Number: F24907535 Synopsis of the Case: Mark Steven Owen is...
Fresno Police Make 19 DUI Arrests During Weekend Operation
Nineteen drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence during a Fresno Police Department enforcement operation on Saturday, authorities said. Police said those charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, along with a suspended driver’s license. The department plans to conduct...
Fresno County Authorities Find Missing 77-Year-Old Auberry Man
A 77-year-old Auberry man with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing was found safe Saturday, authorities said. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said its Search and Rescue team located Bobby Wilcox about a quarter mile from his home in an area overgrown with trees and bushes. He was in good health...
US Flight Delays, Cancellations Accelerate as Air Traffic Controller Shortages Surge
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of travelers had their flights delayed or canceled on Sunday in the worst day for disruptions since the start of a U.S. government shutdown, as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned of worse to come in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday. Airlines canceled more than...
Kenya Says Vice President Vance Has Cancelled Planned Visit
Vice President JD Vance has called off a visit to Kenya planned for later this month after his expected trip to the G20 summit in South Africa was cancelled by President Donald Trump, the East African nation's government said on Monday. Vance had planned to visit Kenya, one of Washington's...
Kushner in Israel as Trapped Hamas Fighters Issue Bedevils Gaza Truce Progress
JERUSALEM/CAIRO — U.S. mediators met Israel's prime minister on Monday with attention turning to the second, far more complex, phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal and the immediate problem of a standoff over a group of Hamas fighters still holed up in tunnels. The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump's...
Trump Maintains Request for Supreme Court to Halt Judge’s Food Aid Funding Order
President Donald Trump's administration on Monday told the U.S. Supreme Court that it continues to seek a halt of a judge's order requiring it to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month even as lawmakers take steps toward ending the federal government shutdown. Lawyers for the...
8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance GOP Plan to End Shutdown
Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the government shutdown. The compromise measure that passed by a 60-40 vote came with a pledge from Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the majority leader, to allow a vote in...
Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Halt Full Food Stamp Funding
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court late Sunday denied another attempt by the Trump administration to withhold full federal funding for food stamps, the latest twist in the saga over the fate of the nation’s largest anti-hunger program. The decision came as Congress inched closer to reopening the government, offering...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
President Donald Trump has granted pardons to his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and a wide array of other people accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to the Justice Department’s pardon attorney. The pardon attorney, Ed Martin, a lawyer who has long supported the...