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Treasury Watchdog Audits Musk DOGE Team’s Access to Payment System

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls f...

Treasury Watchdog Audits Musk DOGE Team’s Access to Payment System

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls f...

/ 3 months ago

Federal Workers Debate Legitimacy of Financial Incentives to Quit as Deadline Nears

WASHINGTON — Thousands of miles from Elon Musk’s office in the White House complex, a federal worker based in the Pacific Northwest is...

/ 3 months ago

What Is an Executive Order? A Look at Trump’s Tool for Quickly Reshaping Government

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the e...

/ 4 months ago

Vivek Ramaswamy, an Ohio Native, Is Interested in Filling Vance’s Old Senate Seat, AP Source Says

CINCINNATI — Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat that was vacated b...

/ 4 months ago

Reparations Proposals for Black Californians Advance to State Assembly

SACRAMENTO — The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations proposals Tuesday, including legislation that would create an age...

/ 12 months ago

California Passed a Law to Stop ‘Pay to Play’ in Local Politics. After Two Years, Legislators Want to Gut It

Described by its author as the “most significant political reform” in decades, a 2022 law designed to limit businesses’ and contractors’ att...

/ 1 year ago

Californians Will See Lower Electricity Rates and a New Fee That Won’t Vary with Power Use

State utility regulators decided Thursday to let California’s largest power providers stick their customers with a new monthly flat fee in e...

/ 1 year ago

California’s Budget Deficit is Likely Growing, Complicating Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Plans

SACRAMENTO – California Gov. Gavin Newsom will update his budget proposal on Friday, and the news likely won’t be good. Newsom, ...

/ 1 year ago

San Francisco Mayor Touts Possibilities After Voters Expand Police Powers, Gets Tough on Drug Users

■New measures will install cameras in high crime areas and deploy drones. ■Breed plans to bring 30,000 new residents and students downtown b...

/ 1 year ago

Charges Against Alleged White Supremacists Are Tossed by a California Judge for the Second Time

■Rise Above Movement members accused of conspiring to riot. ■Judge dismisses charges against Robert Rundo and Robert Boman. ■Prosecutors pla...

/ 1 year ago

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Fresno Man Facing Multiple Charges After Violent Freeway Pursuit and Shooting

A former Porterville librarian, Vikki Ann Cervantes, 50, faces felony charges for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from an elderly friend over the course of a year while managing her finances. (Shutterstock)
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Former Porterville Librarian Accused of Stealing Thousands From Elderly Friend

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As Fresno Files First Case, Maxwell Vows to Protect Wage Theft Unit

Fowler police and sheriff’s deputies arrested two residents Monday, May 12, 2025, after finding illegal firearms, drugs, and stolen property during a search of their home. (Fowler PD)
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Fowler Felon Jailed After Officers Find Assault Rifle, Drugs in Home Search

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Young People Drive Fresno to CA’s Top Job Growth: Wells Fargo Study

Sean 'Diddy' Combs, far left, looks on from the defense table with his attorneys, as a prospective juror, far right, answers questions posed by Judge Arun Subramanian, center, at Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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Judge Rejects Claim That Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Was Treated Differently Because of His Race

Singer Tory Lanez returns to the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center for his trial, Dec. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP File)
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Rapper Tory Lanez Attacked at a California Prison as He Serves Time for Megan Thee Stallion Shooting

A fire has shut down all southbound lanes of I-5 at Grapevine Road on Monday, May 12, 2025, prompting major traffic delays as crews work to extinguish the flames. (CHP)
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Grapevine Fire Forces Full Closure of Southbound I-5

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