California National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force seized over 8 million fentanyl pills and more than 4,000 pounds of fentanyl powder in the first six months of 2024, Gov. Newsom announced early Wednesday. In June alone, the task force recovered more than 1 million pills and 423 pounds of powder, with...
Netanyahu Defends War in Gaza and Denounces Protesters In Fiery Speech to Congress
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's war in Gaza and condemned American protesters in a scathing speech to Congress Wednesday that triggered boycotts by many top Democratic lawmakers and drew thousands to the Capitol to condemn the war and the humanitarian crisis it has created. Netanyahu Vows to...
Central Trustees’ Vote Puts $109 Million Bond Measure on Ballot
The Central Unified School Board voted 5-1 on Tuesday to put a $109 bond measure on the November ballot, marking the first time that all four school districts serving portions of the city of Fresno will have bond measure elections simultaneously. The bond measures proposed for Fresno, Clovis, Sanger, and...
Biden Will Make a Case for His Legacy – and for Harris to Continue It – in His Oval Office Address
WASHINGTON — Even though President Joe Biden won't be on the ballot i n November, voters still will be weighing his legacy. As Vice President Kamala Harris moves to take his place as the Democratic standard-bearer, Biden's accomplishments remain very much at risk should Republican Donald Trump prevail. How Biden's...
Meta Takes Down Thousands of Facebook, Instagram Accounts Running Sextortion Scams
Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers. Sextortion Cases on the Rise, Fueled by Yahoo Boys Sexual extortion, or sextortion,...
Fresno Political Community Mourns Death of Sean Burdine
A Fresno political activist known for speaking at public meetings has died. Sean Burdine was 34. Although the exact cause of death is unknown, his parents said he died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, July 20. Burdine, who was known for wearing vests and impeccably styling his hair, often...
Police Use Pepper Spray as Protesters March to U.S. Capitol Against Israel’s Gaza War
WASHINGTON — Police deployed pepper spray Wednesday as a large crowd protesting Israel’s war in Gaza marched toward the U.S. Capitol, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s was speaking to Congress. Thousands Protest in Washington Thousands of protesters descended on Washington, chanting “Free, Free Palestine” as some tried to block streets...
Tyler Fitzgerald Becomes 1st Giants Rookie to Homer in 5 Straight Games
LOS ANGELES — San Francisco infielder Tyler Fitzgerald became the first Giants rookie to homer in five consecutive games Tuesday night. Fitzgerald, though, did not want to celebrate, not with his team mired in a slump coming out of the All-Star break. "It's cool and all, but it would have...
Did the Harris Entrance Reset the Polling Against Trump?
The 2024 presidential campaign has seen a reset with more voters undecided now that Kamala Harris is potentially the Democratic nominee, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. Harris and former President Donald Trump are statistically tied, but 1 in 5 independents, including nearly 3 in 10 independent women, are...
NASA Telescope Spots a Super Jupiter That Takes More Than a Century to Go Around Its Star
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A super Jupiter has been spotted around a neighboring star by the Webb Space Telescope — and it has a super orbit. The planet is roughly the same diameter as Jupiter, but with six times the mass. Its atmosphere is also rich in hydrogen like Jupiter's....