Jack McAuliffe, who in 1976 drew on his experience as a Navy engineer and an avid home brewer to start the New Albion Brewing Co., the first new brewery in America since Prohibition and the inspiration for thousands of craft brewers who followed in his footsteps, died on July 15...
Fresno Crash Leaves One Dead After Car Submerges in Canal
36-year-old man died Friday night after his car veered off a rural road and into a canal south of Fresno, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash happened around 9:20 p.m. on Chestnut Avenue, just north of North Avenue. According to authorities, the man was driving a Mercury Milan southbound...
Lemoore Farmers Fed Up With Lack of Representation on Groundwater Agency
Growers in northwestern Kings County are fed up with a lack of representation on their groundwater agency and what they say has been an excessively slow process to get their voices heard. The board of the South Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) currently has five seats. It has been...
‘Jenny from the Block’ Rescued After Camping Out by Calwa ATM
Meet Jenny, a shepherd-husky mix who took “waiting for a sign” to a whole new level — by hanging out for days in front of a Bank of America ATM in Calwa. Mell Garcia, founder of Mell’s Mutts, first spotted Jenny Friday night and quickly realized this wasn’t your average...
Tulare Officer Injured in Crash While Trying to Save Unresponsive Infant. Child Dies at Hospital
A Tulare police officer was injured in a traffic collision Friday while responding to a medical emergency involving an unresponsive infant, authorities said. Around 12:42 p.m., officers were dispatched to a confidential location in Tulare following reports of a baby who was not breathing, the Tulare Police Department said in...
PBS Has a Future by Leaving the Past Behind: Opinion
Over the years, I have often been critical of the Public Broadcasting Service. That in spite of the fact that for 28 years, I have produced and hosted a program, “White House Chronicle,” which is carried by many PBS stations. It is an independent program for which I find all...
Fresno Council Candidate Rassamni Says City Is Investigating Him Amid Allegations by Arias
Business advocate and Fresno City Council candidate AJ Rassamni says the city is investigating him, and it could be related to allegations made a by sitting Fresno city councilmember. This week, Rassamni — president of the Blackstone Merchants Association and District 7 City Council candidate for 2026 — emailed the...
Fresno First Responders Talk Person Down off Parking Garage Ledge
A person sitting on the edge of a multi-story parking garage in downtown Fresno was safely brought down after a tense two-hour response by first responders Friday morning. Just before 8:45 a.m., Fresno Fire, Fresno Police, and American Ambulance crews responded to reports of an individual perched with one leg...
Oregon Schools Face Federal Probe Over Transgender Athletes
A complaint by a conservative think tank has triggered a U.S. government investigation into Oregon schools for allowing transgender girls to compete in female-only sporting events, the U.S. Department of Education said on Friday. The America First Policy Institute, whose former chair is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, alleged Oregon's...
US Judge Reaffirms Nationwide Injunction Blocking Trump Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on Friday that a nationwide injunction he issued in February that blocked President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship should remain in place. In a written ruling, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin said his earlier nationwide injunction was the only way...