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 County Authorities Seek Relatives of Deceased Man
The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office is asking for help locating the relatives of Jose Luciano Cruz, 52. Cruz, described as 5-foot-9 and 170 pounds, was known to stay in Biola and Kerman. Coroner’s staff have been unable to find family members through personal records, a necessary step to release the...
Clovis Police Seek Public Help Identifying Sexual Battery Suspect
The Clovis Police Department is asking the public’s help identifying a suspect in a misdemeanor sexual battery case. Authorities say the suspect inappropriately touched a female juvenile inside a retail business near Shaw and Clovis avenues on Tuesday. Got a Tip? Anyone with information about the suspect’s identity can remain...
Check Out These Key Milestones in NASA’s Artemis Moon Program
NASA's Artemis program is the U.S. effort to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era and eventually establish a sustained human presence there, a goal Washington has framed as central to maintaining space leadership amid growing competition from China. Here are key milestones in...
California Governor Candidates Talk Water, Regulations at Fresno State Forum
Cutting regulations and increasing water supply were the consensus themes at a forum Wednesday in Fresno among six candidates for California governor. The gubernatorial hopefuls met on stage at the Resnick Student Union on the Fresno State campus to discuss affordability and agriculture. All presented messages that overregulation is hurting...
NASA Launches First Crewed Lunar Mission in Half a Century
Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high‑stakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States' boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface this decade before China's first crewed landing. NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, topped with...
Amazon in Talks to Buy $9 Billion Satellite Group Globalstar, FT Reports
Amazon is in talks to acquire satellite telecommunications group Globalstar, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Globalstar's shares rose 24% to $85 in extended trading. The company's market cap was $8.81 billion, as of last close. Both sides were still negotiating some of the complexities...
Highway 180 Reopening to Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon National Park Set for April 24
The California Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that Highway 180 will reopen access to the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park later this month. The reopening, set for 8 a.m. Friday, April 24, covers the section from the junction with Hume Lake Road down to Roads End in...
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,...