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...
3 More Offensive Starters Down in Kyle Shanahan’s Latest 49ers Injury Update
The San Francisco 49ers may have to make do without three more offensive starters in Week 3. Head coach Kyle Shanahan on Monday spoke with reporters on a conference call and started with updates on players injured in Sunday's win over the New Orleans Saints. "Injuries from the game. (FB...
What Channel Is the Second Monday Night Football Game On? Chargers at Raiders How to Watch
The Week 2 Monday Night Football doubleheader wraps up with an AFC West showdown when the Los Angeles Chargers take on the Las Vegas Raiders in Las Vegas. Both teams are coming off wins, and the Chargers made an early claim as an elite team when it knocked off Kansas...
Friant Contractors Ask US Supreme Court to Review Water Rights Case
The long, circuitous path of a lawsuit against the federal government for cutting off water during the crushing 2014 drought to farms and cities that rely on supplies from the Friant-Kern and Madera canals could lead all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. At least, that’s the goal of...
Fresno Firefighters Respond to Vehicle Fire on Highway 41 Near Shaw
Firefighters responded Monday afternoon to a reported vehicle fire on northbound Highway 41 at Shaw Avenue. Initial reports indicated a person might have been trapped inside the vehicle, but Fresno Fire Department officials said no one was found inside when Engine 11 arrived on scene. An engine remained at the...
Madera County Authorities Seek Wanted Parolee, Warn Public Not to Approach
The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating Alvaro Nicholas Gonsalez, 31, a parolee at large wanted on multiple felony charges and a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation warrant. Authorities are urging anyone with information about Gonsalez’s whereabouts to contact the MCSO Dispatch at...
Trump Says He Was Not Informed by Netanyahu Before Israel’s Strike in Qatar
President Donald Trump said on Monday he was not informed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in advance about Israel's attack in Qatar last week. Trump's comments came after an Axios report said that Netanyahu informed the U.S. president of the strike shortly ahead of time. The Trump administration has...
Football Is Coming to Saudi Arabia, Where Soccer Is King
The NFL is looking for new markets; Saudi Arabia is looking for new sports. So next year, some of the NFL’s biggest stars will play in Saudi Arabia, a country where football means soccer. On March 21, Fanatics, which runs the league’s online merchandise shop, will produce a flag football...
Stephen Miller Is Building a ‘Republic of Fear’ for Donald Trump
"Everything you loathe or love about Donald Trump’s America, you hate or cherish about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear," Rolling Stone declares in its Sept. 14 issue. The magazine's inside look at America's most powerful unelected bureaucrat reveals the overwhelming influence the far-right Miller has on Trump, the president's second-term...
K-9 Sniffs out 1,000 Pounds of Cocaine Inside Big Rig on 15 Freeway in Barstow
A police K-9 helped lead officers to roughly 1,000 pounds of cocaine concealed inside a big rig following a traffic stop on the 15 Freeway in Barstow over the weekend, authorities said. The driver, an Arizona man, was arrested during the bust, which took place about 12:15 a.m. Saturday along...
Trump Says US Struck Another Alleged Venezuelan Drug Vessel, Killing Three
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military carried out a strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel heading to the United States, the second such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in recent weeks. He said three men were killed in the strike, adding...