MEXICO CITY — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising continuity. The 61-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist ran a disciplined campaign capitalizing on her predecessor’s popularity before emerging victorious in Sunday’s vote, according to...
YARTS Bus Lets Yosemite Travelers Skip Reservations
Passengers can now get on the bus to Yosemite from Fresno. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday, Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System announced the new service that runs now through Sept. 10. For a $40 round-trip ticket, and an early morning ride, Fresno travelers can bypass the park's reservation system,...
Newsom Unveils Plan That Would Hasten Insurance-Rate Reviews — and Increases
Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed legislation to speed up insurance premium rate reviews as he and the Insurance Department try to fix the state’s battered insurance market. Last fall, Newsom issued an executive order tasking Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara with fixing home and fire insurance availability and affordability as insurers...
Will EV Mandate Be a Roadblock to Safe Commutes for Central Valley Farmworkers?
The CalVans program in the Central Valley transports thousands of laborers to the fields. It is now trying to meet a mandate to electrify its fleet — a key test of how to make the state’s climate policies work in rural and disadvantaged areas. It took years for CalVans to...
Inflation Hits California Families Hardest. It’s Shaping Their Views on the Economy
On paper, the U.S. economy seems to be doing well with historically low unemployment. Yet most Americans have a sour view in recent polls, with stubborn inflation in living costs cited as the reason for that pessimism. “As the 2024 general election begins in earnest, voters’ assessment of the economy...
California Sides With Big Utilities, Trim Incentives for Community Solar Projects
California’s utilities regulator has adopted new rules for community solar projects, despite warnings from clean energy advocates that the move will undercut efforts to expand solar power options for low-income customers. The state’s biggest utility companies advocated for the new rules. Community solar projects are generally small-scale, local solar arrays...
Valley Temps Could Reach 110 Next Week, Weather Service Says
Today's Fresno warm-up to the mid-90s is just a taste of next week's heat, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford. NWS issued an Excessive Heat Watch on Friday for Wednesday, June 5, and Thursday, June 6. Temperatures are expected to soar to 105 degrees and could reach 110,...
FDA Warns Parents to Avoid Texas Company’s Contaminated Infant Formula
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials warned parents to avoid powdered infant formula sold by a Texas dairy producer, because a dangerous bacteria was found in one of the company's products. FDA Alert on Crecelc Infant Powder The Food and Drug Administration issued the alert Friday on Crecelac Infant Powdered Goat Milk Infant...
NCAA, States Agree to Allow Multiple-Transfer Athletes to Compete
CHARLESTON — The NCAA and a coalition of states suing the organization announced a proposed settlement of a lawsuit Thursday that would allow athletes to be immediately eligible to play no matter how many times they transfer and offer some who were sidelined an extra year of eligibility. Under the...
UVA to Pay $9M for Shooting That Killed 3 Football Players, Injured 2 Students
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer representing some of the victims and their families said Friday. Families Call for Independent Probe But some of the...