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...
Trump Says Microsoft Should Fire Its Global Affairs President Lisa Monaco
President Donald Trump said on Friday that Microsoft Corp should fire the firm's Global Affairs President Lisa Monaco, who was the deputy attorney general in former President Joe Biden's administration. "She is a menace to U.S. National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States...
Fresno Sues Ford Over Blaze That Destroyed Fire Department Truck
As a Fresno Fire Department captain drove a city-owned 2021 Ford F-250 to an emergency situation in May 2024, he become the one in need of help. The truck suddenly lost power. And the captain noticed smoke coming from the engine, which was on fire, said a City Hall source...
How Is Caltrans Making Your Drive to the Central Coast Easier?
The stoplight in Kettleman City known to cause miles-long backups for people going to or from the coast will get a complete transformation over the next two years. In April 2026, Caltrans will begin the work of changing the stoplight at Highway 41 and Bernard Drive into a roundabout. The...
Tulare Shooting Injures One, Police Investigating
Police in Tulare are investigating a shooting that left one person injured Thursday night. Officers responded around 9:36 p.m. to several reports of shots fired near Walnut Avenue and Marion Street, Tulare police said. While checking the area, they were informed of a gunshot victim near Bardsley and Spruce streets....
Thousands Protest Netanyahu’s UN Speech in New York City
NEW YORK — As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Friday morning, protesters on the streets of New York City addressed Netanyahu and the world. The demonstrators began gathering in Times Square, across town from the United Nations building, early in the morning. A...
Trump Repeats Tylenol and Vaccine Claims, Defying Medical Community Outcry
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his call for pregnant women and young children to stop using popular pain medication Tylenol, defying widespread criticism from medical groups, and offered further healthcare advice not backed by science. In an extraordinary news conference at the White House on Monday, Trump...
Leonardo Dicaprio’s ‘One Battle After Another’ Movie Filmed Partly in Stockton Hits Theaters
LOS ANGELES − Amid themes of political struggle, oppression and resistance in Paul Thomas Anderson's big-budget satire "One Battle After Another," there's laugh-out-loud comedy − especially when Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro share the screen for the first time in the movie, filmed partly in Stockton in 2024. "Think about 'The Dude,' if he was...
Fresno State Is Running the Pistol Offense. Here’s How It Works
The Bulldogs are enjoying their bye week, with no head coach Matt Entz news conference and no open practices for the media. The team returns to the field Oct. 4 at home against Nevada — which is also on a bye this week. Fresno State primarily uses the shotgun formation...
In the Crosshairs of a New Kind of American Copycat Killer
Murder is mimetic. The Zodiac Killer — who murdered at least five people in Northern California in the 1960s and sent cryptic messages to the news media — inspired copycats and established a dark cultural archetype: the serial killer who leaves taunting clues for his pursuers to try to decipher....
Sinclair to End Boycott of Kimmel Show on Its ABC Stations Friday
Sinclair Broadcasting said on Friday it will end its preemption of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and the show will return in the evening on Sinclair’s nearly 40 ABC-affiliated stations. Sinclair is one of two major broadcast owners that had not agreed to resume airing the show this week after Disney lifted...