Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly expansive plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out. Claudia Zúniga, 35, married in 2017, or 10 years after her husband came to the United States....
Know a Woman Who Uplifts Fresno? Nominate Her for a Marjaree Mason Award
The nomination deadline is approaching for the Marjaree Mason Center's 41st Annual Top Ten Professional Women and Leading Business Awards. MMC is a local nonprofit focused on assisting adults and children impacted by domestic violence and encouraging healthy relationships. The awards highlight the possibly unknown achievements and dedication of those...
U.S. Debt on Pace to Top $56 Trillion Over Next 10 Years
WASHINGTON — The United States is on pace to add trillions of dollars to its national debt over the next decade, borrowing money more quickly than previously expected, at a time when big legislative fights loom over taxes and spending. U.S. National Debt Poised to Rise The Congressional Budget Office...
On Juneteenth, Freedom Came With Strings Attached
Opinion by Charles M. Blow on June 18, 2024. Last week at a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris said that on June 19, 1865, after Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, “The enslaved people of Texas learned they were free.” On...
California Should Fight the Ticketmaster Monopoly, Not Embolden It
As elected officials representing many of the same diverse and hardworking communities of the Central Valley, we share state Sen. Anna Caballero’s commitment to serving our constituents. However, we urge her to pull Senate Bill 785, which will grow the Ticketmaster monopoly and make it even less affordable for our...
Willie Mays, Giants’ Legendary ‘Say Hey Kid,’ Dies at 93
Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays' Family Speaks About Passing Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had died earlier...
Balderrama Applies for Texas Police Chief Job
Embattled Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama applied for the head position of the Austin, Texas police department, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Balderrama, Fresno chief since Jan. 2021, is on paid administrative leave as the city investigates allegations he had an inappropriate relationship with a non-city employee. Media reports said Balderrama...
California Fines Amazon Nearly $6M, Alleging Illegal Work Quotas at 2 Warehouses
LOS ANGELES — California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk, officials said Tuesday. The two citations issued in May by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office said Amazon.com Services LLC ran afoul of...
Nvidia’s Stock Market Value Topped $3.3 Trillion. How It Became No. 1 in the S&P 500, by the Numbers
Nvidia’s startling ascent in the stock market reached another milestone Tuesday as the chipmaker rose to become the most valuable company in the S&P 500. Investors now say the company is worth over $3.3 trillion. Nvidia has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence...
Two Fresnans Defrauded a Mentally Ill Man out of Millions. First Sentencing Comes Down.
A federal judge sentenced a Fresno man to 15 years in prison for defrauding a "vulnerable physician" out of more than $2.7 million before the man died. Anthony David Flores, 47, will now serve 188 months in prison after he and his former girlfriend Anna Rene Moore were arrested for...