Two weeks before Fresno State opens its football season at defending national champion Michigan, the defense appears to be well ahead of the offense during their scrimmage at Valley Children's Stadium on Saturday night. About 1,000 Red Wavers got a taste of what's to come this season under the lights...
Feds Charge ex-LA County Deputies in Sham Raid, $37M Extortion
LOS ANGELES — Two former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and two former foreign military officials have been charged with threatening a Chinese national and his family with violence and deportation during a sham raid at his Orange County home five years ago, federal prosecutors said Monday. The four men...
Wildfire Along California-Nevada Line Near Reno Destroys 1 Home, Threatens Hundreds More
RENO, Nev. — About 200 firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday along the California-Nevada line Monday that destroyed one home, temporarily closed Interstate 80 and continued to threaten hundreds of homes just west of Reno. No serious injuries have been reported in the blaze, which has burned about 500 acres...
Top Ukrainian Commander Says His Forces Now Control Almost 390 Square Miles of Russia’s Kursk Region
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russia's neighboring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi made the...
Kevin Assemi Relaunches Legal Attack Against His Father, Other Relatives
Kevin Assemi has launched yet another lawsuit against other family members, this time seeking to block the possible sale of ag properties in the Assemi's $2 billion farming operation. He withdrew a previous lawsuit in April. That lawsuit, filed in December, alleged 31 civil claims against his family. Kevin is...
Clovis Doubles Water Fees for New Homes, and Builders Are Fuming
The city of Clovis doubled the amount developers will pay for water fees — with the hikes likely passed on to new homebuyers. The city council held a long, and somewhat complicated debate on Aug. 5, at which the homebuilding industry asked the city to continue a pause on implementing...
Earthquake With Magnitude of 4.4 Strikes Los Angeles Area, USGS Says
LOS ANGELES — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 was strongly felt Monday afternoon from the Los Angeles area all the way to San Diego on the U.S.-Mexico border, swaying buildings, rattling dishes and setting off car alarms but no major damage or injuries were immediately reported. Monday's quake...
Iranian Brothers Charged in Alleged Smuggling Operation That Led to Deaths of 2 Navy SEALs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Two men linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard are now facing terrorism charges in the U.S. in connection with the interception of a vessel in the Arabian Sea that resulted in the deaths of two Navy SEALs earlier this year. The new indictment announced Thursday by federal prosecutors...
Trump Once Cheered Hacked Materials. His Tune Changes After Being Hacked.
Donald Trump was once a cheerleader of publicizing hacked materials. “Russia, if you're listening,” Trump said during a press conference in his 2016 presidential run, when Hillary Clinton's deleted personal emails were a hot topic, “I hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.” “I think you...
CA’s Perpetual Tax Reform Debate Resumes. Will Anything Change?
For the last two decades, California's governors and legislators — and lobbyists for countless groups with stakes in the state budget — have engaged in a running debate over ever-increasing volatility in tax revenues. As the revenue stream grew, personal income taxes became the dominant source. The state's highest-income taxpayers...