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...
49ers Deal With Another QB Injury After Edging Cardinals
Brock Purdy's toe injury isn't the only QB injury obstacle facing the San Francisco 49ers after their 16-15 victory over the visiting Arizona Cardinals on Eddy Pinero's 35-yard field goal Sunday. According to NFL Media's Ian Rapoport, quarterback Mac Jones after Sunday's game said he aggravated the PCL strain he...
Huge Overflow Crowd Packs Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Service in Arizona
GLENDALE, Arizona — Up to 200,000 mourners dressed in red, white, and blue turned out to honor Charlie Kirk on Sunday at a memorial service in Arizona, where his fellow conservatives praised him as an inspirational Christian leader and vowed to carry on with the political movement he started. President...
Stafford Shares Optimistic Message After Rams’ Brutal Loss to Eagles
As painful as it was, Matthew Stafford isn’t worried about where the Los Angeles Rams turn after Sunday’s 33-26 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. The Rams had every chance to beat the reigning Super Bowl champions in Philadelphia, but they blew a 19-point lead and allowed 26 unanswered points in...
Roth Classic Winner David Gravel Tells Tulare Crowd to ‘Suck It’
David Gravel won a drag race to the checkered flag, edging Spencer Bayston by .021 seconds in a photo finish for an $83,000 payday in the Dennis Roth Classic at Tulare Thunderbowl on Saturday night. Gravel, of Watertown, Connecticut, drew boos from a majority of the fans at the packed...
Defense Carries the Night for Fresno State in Win at Hawai’i
One of the biggest tests for a football team is overcoming self-inflicted mistakes. Fresno State passed that test Saturday night at Hawai'i and prevailed, 23-21, for its first victory in the islands since 2019. Sophomore linebacker K'vion Thunderbird soared for the Bulldogs as they opened their Mountain West schedule with...
Israel Presses on With Gaza City Assault, 34 Palestinians Killed
Israel's military kept up its assault on Gaza City and the wider Gaza Strip on Saturday, dismantling underground shafts and booby-trapped structures in attacks that left 34 Palestinians dead, according to Gazan health authorities. The assault came as 10 countries including Australia, Belgium, Britain and Canada are scheduled to formally...
Visalia Police Arrest Suspect, Find Guns, Drugs and Illegal Lab in Goshen
Visalia police arrested a man wanted in connection with an assault and uncovered guns, drugs and an illegal lab during a search of a Goshen home, authorities said. Officers with the department’s HOPE Team located and arrested Anthony LaBeef, 30, on Friday after a morning assault involving a deadly weapon,...
US Warns Sanctuary States to Aid Deportation of Criminal Immigrants
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Saturday warned California, New York and Illinois, so-called sanctuary states, to cooperate with the government in deporting undocumented immigrants released from prison after serving time for crimes. In a statement, Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the department last week...
Luigi Mangione’s Lawyers Urge Judge to Block Death Penalty Over Insurance CEO’s Murder
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione's lawyers urged a federal judge in New York on Saturday to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty for their client, who is charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. In a court filing, Mangione's lawyers argued that U.S. Justice Department officials should be precluded...
How Israel Is Losing America
On Sept. 14, after showing Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, the massive, 2,000-year-old blocks of the Western Wall at Jerusalem’s holiest site, Binyamin Netanyahu declared the alliance between their countries to be “as strong and as durable as the stones…we just touched.” Unfortunately, he is wrong. As Israel becomes...