Even as work on the first phase of fixing the sinking Friant-Kern Canal is nearly done, officials are worried they won't be able to pay the bill and have come up with a plan that puts pressure on four agricultural water districts to pony up. The Friant Water Authority owes...
UCLA Can’t Let Protesters Block Jewish Students From Campus, Judge Says
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred the University of California, Los Angeles, from allowing protesters to set up encampments that blocked Jewish students from having access to central parts of the campus. Issuing a preliminary injunction in favor of three Jewish students who had sued UCLA, Judge Mark C....
Ukraine’s Surprise Attack Has Forced Russia to Change Plans
KYIV, Ukraine — Since its surprise incursion into Russia more than a week ago, Ukraine has steadily gained ground, saying it advanced even deeper into Russian territory Wednesday. It says it has captured hundreds of soldiers, as Russia has evacuated more than 130,000 people from nearby communities and declared a...
Californians Will Vote on $18 Minimum Wage. Workers Want $25 and More.
California touted a victory for working people in 2016 when it enacted a sweeping series of minimum hikes, making sure the lowest-wage workers would earn at least $15 an hour by 2022. Then-Gov. Jerry Brown, while signing the law, spoke of "giving people their due;" then-Senate leader Kevin de León...
Ricardo Lara Deserves Credit for Trying to Solve California’s Home Insurance Crisis
"Father Knows Best" was a popular radio show in the post-World War era that morphed into an even more popular television series starring actor Robert Young. Young's character, Jim Anderson, was an insurance company executive — probably the only time American mass media have positively portrayed such a figure. Young...
Mark Gardner on Giants’ 2014 World Series Title, Why Fresno Turns Out Great Players
You might find Mark Gardner these days at Copper River Golf Club. The former MLB pitcher and coach still calls Fresno home. "I'm retired, so it's just play golf every once in a while, relax, and enjoy. And, I keep up with the Giants. It's always nice to be able...
Presented With Rise in Border Crossings, Kamala Harris Chose a Long-Term Approach to the Problem
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, watching tens of thousands of migrants from Central America reach the U.S.-Mexico border just a few months into his administration, tapped his second-in-command to help address the influx — a decision that has exposed Vice President Kamala Harris to one of her biggest political liabilities....
WHO Declares Mpox Outbreaks in Africa a Global Health Emergency as a New Form of the Virus Spreads
LONDON — The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent. Earlier...
What the Republican Party Might Look Like if Trump Loses
Opinion by Jamelle Bouie on August 13, 2024. Donald Trump is behind. He trails in the pivotal postindustrial swing states and is treading water in the Southern and Sun Belt states — Arizona, Georgia and Nevada — that could help him find an alternative path to 270 electoral votes. In...
Vikings QB McCarthy Needs Surgery on Meniscus Tear in Right Knee
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy has a torn meniscus in his right knee that will require surgery, derailing the rookie's preseason progress and putting his status for the regular season in question. Injury Discovered After Preseason Debut Coach Kevin O'Connell announced the diagnosis Tuesday. McCarthy was hurt at...