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...
FBI Team Arrives in Cuba to Investigate Deadly Speedboat Shootout
A technical team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrived in Cuba this week to launch an "independent investigation," the U.S. Embassy in Havana said on Wednesday, following an incursion by 10 Cuban exiles accused of provoking a deadly shootout at sea with the island's border patrol. On Feb. 25,...
Trump to Tell Wary Public That Iran War Goals Have Been Accomplished in Prime-Time Address
President Donald Trump will address the nation in a televised speech at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday as his administration signals it is moving toward a possible exit from the month-long war with Iran. Trump, facing a war-wary American public and sliding approval ratings, is expected to say the U.S....
Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Want Quick End to Iran War Even if Goals Unachieved
Two-thirds of Americans believe that the U.S. should work to end its involvement in the Iran war quickly, even if that means not achieving the goals set out by the Trump administration, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Some 66% of respondents to the poll, conducted Friday through Sunday, voiced that view,...
Visalia Police Arrest School District Employee in Camera Theft
A Visalia Unified School District employee was arrested Tuesday in connection with the theft of a $5,600 camera, authorities said. Visalia police identified Damien Rutledge, 29, as the suspect after the district reported the missing equipment on December 8, 2025. The camera had been sold and shipped out of state...
Artemis Astronauts Await Liftoff of NASA Moon Mission
For the first time since 1972, NASA is sending astronauts to the moon. (But not to land there.) The mission, Artemis II, was scheduled to launch Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. Eastern time. A giant rocket will lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the crew of four astronauts...
CMAC Youth Voices Seeks Applicants for Documentary Filmmaking Program. No Prior Experience Required
Community Media Access Collaborative is now accepting applications for the annual Youth Voices program, a hands-on documentary filmmaking program. The 10-week program is open to junior high and high school students in the Central Valley and requires no prior experience. CMAC will provide training throughout every step of the filmmaking...
Merced County Authorities Arrest Man for Winton Middle School Vandalism
Deputies arrested a 26-year-old man after responding to a report of vandalism at Winton Middle School on March 14, the Merced County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. Deputies were called to the school around 9 p.m. after receiving a report that someone was taking apart an air conditioning unit. During the...
Sam Altman’s Sister Amends Lawsuit Accusing OpenAI CEO of Sexual Abuse
Sam Altman's sister amended her civil lawsuit accusing the OpenAI chief executive of sexually abusing her more than two decades ago, after the judge said she could try pursuing her case under Missouri's child sexual abuse statute. Annie Altman filed her amended complaint on Wednesday in St. Louis federal court....
DNA Links Ted Bundy to Murder of 17-Year-Old Utah Girl, Sheriff Says
Utah officials announced on Wednesday that they were closing a five-decade-old case after finding "definitive proof" that American serial killer Ted Bundy killed a 17-year-old Utah girl. The girl, Laura Ann Aime, went missing on the night of October 31, 1974, after leaving a party alone to make a purchase...
Sword-Wielding Massachusetts Man Arrested Over Threats to Trump, FBI Says
A Massachusetts man accused of making threats on Facebook to kill U.S. President Donald Trump was arrested on Wednesday after a stand-off with law enforcement in which the man began brandishing a sword. Andrew Emerald, 45, was charged in an eight-count indictment filed in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts over...