Updating a story from earlier today, officials reinstated Brooke Ashjian to a Measure C advisory committee, less than a week after his removal for "derogatory" comments about the process to renew the Fresno County transportation sales tax. The comments broke decorum guidelines, Fresno Council of Governments Executive Director Robert Phipps...
Fresno Shooting Leaves One Dead, Authorities Looking for Witnesses
Fresno police are investigating a homicide after a man was fatally shot Monday evening in northwest Fresno. Officers responded at 6:52 p.m. near State and Acacia avenues and found Kuvar Kumar, 33, unresponsive. Despite life-saving efforts, Kumar died at the scene. Homicide detectives believe Kumar was arriving home when he...
Epstein Files Fight Leads US House Republicans to Start Summer Break a Day Early
WASHINGTON - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday he would send lawmakers home a day early for a five-week summer recess to avoid a political fight over files on disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The move averts a push by Democrats and...
Obama Reiterates Conclusion of Attempted Russian Interference in 2016 Election
WASHINGTON - The office of U.S. Democratic former President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that a document issued last week by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence does not undercut the conclusion that Russia tried to influence the 2016 U.S. election but that it did not manipulate any...
What Do Fresno Families Pay in Taxes? Study Says 11th Lowest Rate in Nation
You would not be wrong to assume what Californians pay in taxes far exceed the national average, but considering Fresno's lower cost of living, its tax burden is among the lowest. A new study from travel website Upgraded Points calculates minimum income for a family of four to live comfortably...
Trump Says Received $16 Million Payment After Paramount Lawsuit Settlement
President Donald Trump said CBS parent company Paramount paid $16 million on Tuesday as part of a lawsuit settlement and that he expects to receive $20 million more. Paramount earlier this month agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Trump over an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris that...
Farming Giant Boswell Silent as It Plans to Sink Tulare Lake Bed Another 10 feet
While some groundwater managers in the beleaguered Tulare Lake subbasin look for ways to come together on pumping limits in order to comply with state mandates, the giant J.G. Boswell Farming Company has remained silent and intractable. The company, which controls the El Rico Groundwater Sustainability Agency, still plans to...
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath’s Bat-Biting Frontman, Dies at 76, BBC Reports
Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fueled lifestyle before reinventing himself as a loveable if often foul-mouthed reality TV star. Known to fans as "The Prince of Darkness" and the "Godfather of...
NPR’s Top Editor Edith Chapin to Step Down
National Public Radio's (NPR) Edith Chapin will step down from her role as editor in chief and acting chief content officer later this year, the news outlet said on Tuesday, at a time when the broadcaster faces funding pressure after the Trump administration slashed public media subsidies. The news comes...
Trump Says US, Philippines ‘Very Close’ to Finalizing Trade Deal
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the White House, saying the two countries were close to finalizing a trade agreement. "We're going to talk about trade today and we are very close to finishing a trade deal, a big trade deal actually,"...