With two proposals to fund road repair in Fresno County cleared to begin collecting signatures, voters will soon see petitions to put the competing half-cent sales tax measures on the November ballot. In a presentation before the Fresno County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, former Fresno County Transportation Authority executive...
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...
Fresno Democratic Party Declines to Pick Between Arambula and Thomas
The Fresno County Democratic Party announced its endorsements for local races, but its decision not to endorse in some contests left one candidate with a lot to talk about. For Fresno City Council, the Democrats made picks in three of the four races: Rob Fuentes (District 1), Danielle Parra (District...
Is China Ready to Ship Air Defense Systems to Iran?
U.S. intelligence indicates China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, CNN reported late on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. The network said there are indications that Beijing is working to route the shipments through third countries to mask their...
Potential Democratic 2028 Candidates Condemn Trump’s ‘War of Choice’ in Iran
Prominent Democrats weighing presidential runs forcefully condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war in Iran as they gathered this week at a convention in New York, arguing that he had failed to get the buy-in of the American public for a military campaign that has driven up costs....
Harris Says She Is ‘Thinking About’ Running for President Again in 2028
NEW YORK — Former Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee for president, on Friday offered some of her most detailed remarks to date about her future political ambitions, acknowledging that she was “thinking about” seeking the presidency in 2028. “I might,” she told the Rev. Al Sharpton at...
US and Iran Hold Historic High-Level Peace Talks
A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance met with senior Iranian negotiators Saturday afternoon in Pakistan, officials from Iran and the White House said. It was a historic encounter between decades-old adversaries as they sought to broker peace after more than a month of war. The negotiating session,...
Growing List of Orban Loyalists Defecting Before Critical Election
BUDAPEST, Hungary — When Vice President JD Vance visited Hungary this past week, he spoke at and praised Mathias Corvinus Collegium, an educational institution set up to create a new conservative elite in step with the Russia-friendly and MAGA-aligned views of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Vance’s laudatory remarks on Wednesday...
Trump Says US Forces Are ‘Clearing’ Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday posted on social media that the U.S. military has started to clear the Strait of Hormuz and that all of Iran's mine-laying ships have been sunk. "We're now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz," Trump wrote in a Truth...
Fresno Judge Gives Lemoore Man a Life Sentence for Fatal DUI Crash
Fresno County Superior Court Judge Brian Alvarez sentenced a 60-year-old Lemoore man with five previous DUIs to life in prison on Thursday after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder. The sentence followed a trial in December at which the jury deliberated less than 30 minutes before finding Marvin Vance...
Fresno City Council District 7 Candidates Forum Set for April 20
GV Wire, in partnership with the Community Media Access Collaborative, will host a candidate forum for the open Fresno City Council District 3 seat. The forum is set for Monday, April 20, at 6 p.m. Candidates confirmed to attend include Fresno businessman AJ Rassamni, attorney Nav Gurm, and community activist...
How Israel Persuaded Trump to Take the US to War With Iran
The black SUV carrying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House just before 11 a.m. on Feb. 11. The Israeli leader, who had been pressing for months for the United States to agree to a major assault on Iran, was whisked inside with little ceremony, out of view...