A former police officer fired in part for being a member of the Proud Boys and the city of Fresno are headed for a wrongful termination and violation of civil rights trial after a judge dismissed several city officials from the lawsuit. The city fired Rick Fitzgerald, a 20-year police...
Measure C Renewal Passes Key Checkpoint. Will Competing Versions Emerge?
A panel of mayors approved how to implement Measure C, setting the next stage in getting the Fresno County transportation sales tax renewal on the ballot. The Fresno Council of Governments Policy Board voted 10-4 on Thursday to approve most of what an advisory panel recommended. The policy board includes...
Editorial: CA Governor’s Race Lacks Clear Leader as Becerra Emerges Amid Criticism
An Orange County Register editorial describes California’s governor’s race as unusually unsettled, with no clear Democratic frontrunner after past cycles dominated by established figures. Efforts to unify behind Rep. Eric Swalwell collapsed following allegations of sexual misconduct, shifting attention to businessman Tom Steyer and former Rep. Katie Porter, both of...
Taylor Swift Files to Trademark Her Voice, Likeness to Ward off AI Deepfakes
Pop superstar Taylor Swift filed trademark applications for two audio clips and one image of herself in what a trademark attorney said is an attempt to protect her voice and likeness from deepfake videos and audio created by artificial intelligence. The applications were filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
Central Unified Is Latest District to Potentially Oppose SEDA
Central Unified trustees will vote on a resolution opposing the city of Fresno’s decades-old but newly hyper-controversial Southeast Development Area plan. The resolution, recommended for approval by administration, will allow the district to take a formal stance against the development plan. Trustees will vote on the item tonight, Tuesday April...
US Senate Blocks Bid to Prevent Trump From Military Action Against Cuba
The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked a Democratic-led resolution that would have barred President Donald Trump from military action against Cuba without congressional approval. The Senate voted 51 to 47, almost entirely along party lines, on a procedural measure that blocked a war powers resolution, as members of Trump's...
Elon Musk Says OpenAI Was His Idea, Before Executives Looted It
Elon Musk took the stand on Tuesday at a high-stakes trial over the future of OpenAI, casting his lawsuit against the ChatGPT maker as a defense of charitable giving. The world's richest person is suing OpenAI, its co-founder and Chief Executive Sam Altman and its President Greg Brockman, saying they...
Treasury Department Issues More Sanctions on Iranian Oil Exports
The Trump administration Tuesday ratcheted up economic pressure on Iran, warning financial institutions not to allow independent Chinese refineries to buy Iranian oil and cracking down on Iran’s “shadow” banking sector. The measures were the latest actions taken as part of the Treasury Department’s “Operation Economic Fury,” which aims to...
US To Produce Passports Bearing Trump’s Image
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it would produce a limited number of commemorative passports bearing a portrait of Donald Trump, the latest example of the administration attaching the president's likeness or name to official property. The passports will be released as part of celebrations for the 250th anniversary...
Hegseth and Kid Rock Ride Army Helicopters in Wake of Contentious Flyby
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and pro-Trump musician Kid Rock flew in military helicopters together Monday, weeks after the Army came under scrutiny for a flyby at the singer’s home. “Joined my friend @KidRock and some of our great @USArmy Apache pilots for a ride this morning,” Hegseth said in a...
Exclusive-US Spy Agencies Examine How Iran Would React to Trump Declaring Victory
U.S. intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that has killed thousands and become a political liability for the White House, two U.S. officials and a person familiar with the matter said. The intelligence community...
Clovis Police, ABC Agents Arrest 27 at Rodeo for Alcohol Violations
Clovis police and state agents arrested 27 people during the five-day Clovis Rodeo for alcohol-related violations, authorities said. Officers with the Clovis Police Department and agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control conducted enforcement operations throughout the event, including a “Trap Door” program aimed at detecting minors using...