Leading California cannabis companies warned Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday that the state’s legal industry was on the verge of collapse and needed immediate tax cuts and a rapid expansion of retail outlets to steady the shaky marketplace. The letter signed by more than two dozen executives, industry officials and...
Fresno State Beats UTEP in New Mexico Bowl
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jordan Mims ran for 165 yards and two touchdown and caught five passes for 71 yards and another score to help Fresno State beat UTEP 31-24 on Saturday in the New Mexico Bowl. Fresno State (10-3) won the bowl game for the first time in three...
New Poll Shows Gen Z and Millennials Less Negative About the World Future
There are plenty of reasons for Sebastian Garcia to feel downbeat about the future. After his family immigrated from Mexico, he was raised on a farm in northwest Texas, where he says there aren’t many racial slurs he hasn’t heard. When the now-24-year-old graduated from college, he decided to become...
What You Need to Know About Fresno State-UTEP Bowl Game
New Mexico Bowl: UTEP (7-5) vs. Fresno State (9-3), Dec. 18, 11:15 a.m. PST, (ESPN). Local radio: 1430 AM Fox Sports Radio: Paul Loeffler, Pat Hill; sideline: Cam Worrell. Line: Fresno State by 11.5, according to FanDuel SportsBook. Series record: Fresno State leads 8-3-1 against its old Western Athletic Conference...
Manhunt Underway in Turlock Shooting of CHP Officer
TURLOCK — A California Highway Patrol investigator searching for a freeway shooting suspect was shot and wounded Thursday night in California's Central Valley and a sweeping search was underway for one of two attackers, authorities said. Ten city blocks in Turlock were cordoned off and officers from various law...
Power of One: Manchin Is Singularly Halting Biden’s Agenda
Sen. Joe Manchin settled in at President Joe Biden’s family home in Delaware on a Sunday morning in the fall as the Democrats worked furiously to gain his support on their far-reaching domestic package. The two-hour-long session was the kind of special treatment being showered on the West Virginia senator — the...
Newsom Highlights $1B Statewide Cleanup Plan
Gov. Gavin Newsom picked up litter and painted over graffiti in Los Angeles this week to highlight California’s $1.1 billion initiative to clean areas near highways, roads and other public spaces, an effort he promised to expand next year to address homeless encampments. Before collecting syringes and broken electronics along...
Sites Reservoir Project Gets Boost From California Regulators
Amid a severe drought, California regulators on Wednesday advanced what could be the state's first major new water storage project in years despite warnings it would hasten the extinction of an endangered salmon species while disrupting the cultural traditions of some native tribes. The plan is to build a...
New California COVID Rule Will Worsen Labor Shortage: Business Leaders
California workplace regulators are poised on Thursday to extend the state's coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with some revisions that business groups say could worsen the labor shortage. The main change to the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board's revised temporary rule would erase current distinctions between vaccinated...
US Imposes Sanctions Against China Over Abuse of Uyghurs
The Biden administration said Thursday it is imposing new sanctions on several Chinese biotech and surveillance companies and government entities for actions in Xinjiang province, the latest step against Beijing over human rights abuses of Uyghur Muslims in the country's western region. The Commerce Department is targeting China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences and its...