The Clovis City Council approved the next step for student housing at California Health Sciences University. With a 3-1 vote Monday, the city council approved land use changes to allow CHSU to build 70 acres of campus housing along Temperance Avenue, north of Highway 168. The zoning change affects 63...
Judge Allows Transgender New Hampshire Girl to Play Soccer as Lawsuit Challenges New Law
CONCORD — A federal judge temporarily cleared the way Monday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while she and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban. The families of Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris Turmelle, 14, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to overturn the...
RFK Jr. Has Plan to End Chances of a Harris/Walz Presidency
In an interview on Impact Theory, Nicole Shanahan, running mate for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., outlined two potential paths for their campaign. Since clips are going viral of @RobertKennedyJr 's VP @NicoleShanahan announcing on my show that they're considering dropping out and endorsing @realDonaldTrump, here's a longer...
Feds Arrest Three in Fentanyl Exposure Death of Atwater Prison Officer
Federal agents arrested three suspects Tuesday in the Aug. 9 death of a correctional officer due to fentanyl exposure at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater. The arrests were announced in a news release by U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert. The suspects are Jamar Jones, 35, an inmate at USP Atwater;...
Fresno’s ‘Mike’ Shahin Nury Dies at 100: Army Veteran Made His Mark in Business & Food Science
Massud "Mike" Shahin Nury, a pioneering food scientist and entrepreneur known for his contributions to the wine and fruit juice industries, died peacefully at his home on Aug. 4, 2024. He was 100. Born in 1924 in Tehran, Iran, Mr. Nury immigrated to the United States in 1945 to pursue...
Effort to Fully Unionize Clovis Unified Picks up More Backers
The Association of Clovis Educators announced Tuesday that Clovis Unified's American Sign Language Interpreters have signed up to join the union. The interpreters sent their union petition to the district and the Public Employment Relations Board on Monday to be recognized as part of ACE, the union said in a...
Dems Try to Answer Crime Concerns, but Poll Shows Voters Want Prop. 47 Repeal
There was a time, four-plus decades ago, when crime was California's most powerful political issue. The state was experiencing a serious spike in crime but the Legislature, controlled by Democrats, ignored pleas to do something about it. Republicans sensed an opportunity and for more than a decade, while accusing Democrats...
Gavin Stone Strikes out 10 as the Dodgers Beat the Mariners in Justin Turner’s Return to LA
LOS ANGELES — Gavin Stone struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings, Gavin Lux and Max Muncy homered in the seventh, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Seattle Mariners 3-0 on Monday night. The Dodgers have won seven in a row overall and eight straight at home against...
California Needs Autonomous Trucks. Tell the Legislature Not to Ban Them.
California’s Central Valley fuels the engine that is America’s agricultural sector. Without our farmers’ output, the industry would be driving ahead on half a tank in the U.S. Why? Because our region grows more than 250 different crops, and more importantly, we produce 25% of the nation’s food supply. To...
Clinton Rallies Democrats Behind Harris: ‘This Is When We Break Through’
CHICAGO — The last time Hillary Clinton appeared in person before a Democratic National Convention, the year was 2016, the city was Philadelphia and Clinton was accepting her party’s nomination to run for president in what her audience thought would be a shoo-in of a race against Donald Trump. “Standing...