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...
Fresno to Close Shaw-Brawley Intersection for Overnight Paving Sunday
As part of the Pave More Now initiative, the city of Fresno will close the intersection of Shaw and Brawley avenues for repaving starting Sunday night. Work will begin at 8 p.m. and continue overnight to minimize disruption to daytime traffic. The closure is part of broader paving along Shaw...
ABC’s Bob Woodruff to Share Lessons of Survival and Service in Fresno Talk
No one knows the danger of war reporting better than Bob Woodruff. Only a month after being named anchor of ABC World News Tonight in December 2005 — succeeding the late Peter Jennings — Woodruff suffered a traumatic brain injury from a roadside bomb while reporting in Iraq. Woodruff recovered...
Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come
I hope that if the first stage of this Gaza Strip ceasefire, hostage release and prisoner exchange comes off as planned in the next few days that President Donald Trump is showered with praise — for three reasons that could impact the future of both the Middle East and America....
Clovis High Marching Band Selected for 2027 Rose Parade
Clovis High School had quite a Friday night. First, it was announced at halftime of the Cougars' football that the marching band and color guard will take part in the 2027 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. And then the football team polished off a 45-7 victory over Clovis North...
Trump Says His Administration ‘Identified Funds’ to Pay Troops During Shutdown
President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration has found a way to pay troops during the federal government shutdown and that he has ordered Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to do so. "I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to...
Reggie Bush the Rescue Dog Is Ready for His Forever Team
A little dog named Reggie Bush has scored big after spending at least a month living in a real bush. The 2- or 3-year-old poodle–terrier mix was rescued by Mell’s Mutts after quietly fending for himself outdoors. Weighing just 12 pounds and “quiet as a mouse,” rescuers say Reggie is...
No Survivors Found After Tennessee Munitions Plant Blast, Authorities Say
Authorities have found no survivors after an explosion at a munitions factory in rural Tennessee on Friday, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis told a press conference on Saturday. The announcement comes after 18 people were missing and feared dead following the blast at Accurate Energetic Systems about 60 miles (100 km)...
Activist Laura Loomer Blasts Pentagon Over Planned Qatar Military Facility in Idaho
WASHINGTON — Far-right activist Laura Loomer slammed President Donald Trump's administration on Friday over its deepening defense ties with Qatar and made false accusations that spread on social media that the Pentagon was giving it a military base on U.S. soil. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Qatar's Deputy...
Trump, 79, Has “Cardiac Age” of 65-Year-Old, Doctor Says
Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age." Trump, 79, was the oldest person to assume the U.S. presidency...
White House Lays off Thousands of US Government Workers, Blaming Shutdown
President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Democrats for his decision to lay off thousands of workers across the U.S. government as he followed through on his threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. Job cuts were under way at the Treasury Department, the U.S. health agency, the...