After 31 years of dedicated service, a long-serving pilot is retiring from the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and the department held a last flight ceremony to commemorate his service. Michael Sill has been a pivotal member of the department’s Air Support Unit since its formation in 1997, the Fresno County...
A Palestinian From the West Bank Is First Detainee Under 18 to Die in Israeli Prison, Officials Say
JERUSALEM — A teenager from the West Bank who was held in an Israeli prison for six months without being charged died after collapsing in unclear circumstances, becoming the first Palestinian under 18 to die in Israeli detention, officials said. Walid Ahmad, 17, was a healthy high schooler before his...
How Safe Is It to Walk to School? Fresno County Wants to Find Out
Fresno County is conducting walk audits to evaluate traffic safety and keep students safe going to and from schools. The Public Works and Planning department has commenced the “Safe Streets for Students” program, designed to assess traffic around Fresno County schools. The department is overseeing walk audits at 15 school...
Baseball Is Back! How to Listen to Your MLB Favorites and the Grizzlies
The Fresno Grizzlies starts the 2025 season Friday night at home versus Stockton. A new voice will call the games. Tim Slack, most recently at Fresno Pacific University, will crack the mic this season for the California League club. He will also be the team's media relations manager — a...
Trump Says He’s Settled on a Tariff Plan That Is Set to Take Effect Wednesday
President Donald Trump has settled on a final plan for sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs, which are expected to take effect Wednesday after he announces the details at an afternoon Rose Garden ceremony. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the timeline in a briefing with reporters Tuesday, adding that Trump had...
Auto Sales Surged in Anticipation of Trump’s Tariffs
The auto industry witnessed a different kind of March madness last month as buyers flocked to dealerships to lock in deals before President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs lift prices by thousands of dollars, several carmakers said. “This past weekend was by far the best weekend I’ve seen in a very...
Raid Or Rumor? Reports Of Immigrations Sweeps Are Warping Life In CA’s Central Valley
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Truth be told, there's a lot of white trucks in Modesto. White Dodge Rams, white GMC Sierras, white F150s, white Ford Transit vans, white Suburbans, white Silverados, white Chevy Colorados. So many white trucks, all of them American-made:...
House Speaker Johnson Fails to Squash a Proxy Voting Effort From New Moms in Congress
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson exercised his power of the gavel Tuesday in an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy, rather than in person, as they care for newborns. His plan failed, 206-222. In an unprecedented move,...
UN Agency Closes Its Remaining Gaza Bakeries as Food Supplies Dwindle Under Israeli Blockade
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The U.N. food agency is closing all of its bakeries in the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday, as supplies dwindle after Israel sealed off the territory from all imports nearly a month ago. Israel, which later resumed its offensive to pressure the Hamas militant group into accepting...
Hooters Goes Bust and Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Hooters is going bust. The U.S. restaurant chain, known for chicken wings and its skimpy “Hooters Girls” wait-staff outfits, has filed for bankruptcy protection. HOA Restaurant Group filed the motion for Chapter 11 protection Monday in the North Texas Bankruptcy Court in Dallas. Fresno's Hooters restaurant closed in 2019. It's...