Our poopy wastewater is confirming what many of us in the Valley had already suspected: COVID-19 is on the upswing here this summer. The canary in the COVID coal mine is the region's wastewater systems that are monitored for COVID virus levels by the California Surveillance of Wastewater Systems Network...
Tesla’s Profit Fell 45% in Second Quarter on Weak EV Sales
Tesla on Tuesday reported a significant drop in profit in the three-month period between April and June, a result of the electric car company’s sluggish sales. Profit Begins to Fall The automaker said it earned $1.5 billion in the second quarter of the year on revenue of $25.5 billion. In...
Israeli Authorities Announce Largest Land Seizure in 30 Years
On July 2, Israeli authorities announced its largest land seizure in more than three decades: nearly 5 square miles in the Jordan Valley, reported by Al Jazeera. This move is part of a series of land grabs led by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who oversees settlement planning. Since 1998,...
Trump Announces He Will Meet with Netanyahu on Friday at Mar-a-Lago
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump, who often calls himself the staunchest ally of Israel to ever sit in the Oval Office, will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Friday in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said Tuesday. “Looking forward to welcoming Bibi Netanyahu at...
Fresno Wants to Expand Radio Park. Will It Force a Convenience Store to Sell?
Fresno leaders want to expand Radio Park in the central part of the city and might force the sale of an adjacent business to do so. On the map, Radio Park looks like a perfect rectangle along Clinton and Yale avenues, between Orchard and First streets — except for the...
Clip Resurfaces of Vance Criticizing Harris for Being ‘Childless,’ Testing Trump’s New Running Mate
Comments Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance made in 2021 questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ leadership because she did not have biological children have resurfaced, testing the young conservative senator in his early days campaigning as part of the Republicans' presidential ticket. Vance: 'Bunch of Childless Cat Ladies' During Vance's bid for the Senate...
Is California Ready for Its Close-Up? Trump Will Demonize the State and Harris
"Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." Fading movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) utters those words in the final scene of "Sunset Boulevard," Billy Wilder's 1950 film noir that exposes the dark reality that lies behind Hollywood's glamorous image. Desmond mistakes the newsreel cameras that will record her...
Demonstrators Stage Mass Protest Against Netanyahu Visit and US Military Aid to Israel
WASHINGTON — Protesters against the Gaza war staged a sit-in at a congressional office building Tuesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu' s address to Congress, and Capitol Police made multiple arrests. Netanyahu arrived in Washington Monday for a several-day visit that includes meetings with President Joe Biden and a...
New Solar Farm in Western Fresno County Will Power 80,000 Homes
The role of Fresno County's westside in solar energy production continues to expand with the addition of Luna Valley Solar, a 200-megawatt project expected to produce enough electricity to power more than 80,000 homes yearly. The project's developer, Clearway Energy Group, announced this week that it had closed $700 million...
What Kamala Harris’s Path to the White House Looks Like
Vice President Harris has begun a new concerted effort to reintroduce herself to the American electorate after President Biden endorsed her to lead the Democratic ticket. Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what this new path will look like. - By The New York...