For years, California businesses have tried to repeal a unique state labor law that allows workers to sue their bosses over alleged workplace violations and generates hundreds of millions of dollars in employer penalties for the state. In a deal announced Tuesday to amend the law, some of those employers...
How the Teamsters and a Homegrown Union Plan to Take On Amazon
After years of organizing Amazon workers and pressuring the company to bargain over wages and working conditions, two prominent unions are teaming up to challenge the online retailer. Partnership Between ALU and Teamsters The partnership was made final after members of the Amazon Labor Union, the only union formally representing...
Colorado LGBTQ+ Club Shooter Pleads Guilty to 50 Federal Hate Crimes
DENVER — The shooter who killed five people and injured 19 others at an LGBTQ+ club that was a refuge in the conservative city of Colorado Springs pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to 55 life terms in prison on Tuesday, but once again declined to apologize...
Boeing CEO Apologizes to 737 Max Crash Victims’ Families in Senate Hearing
U.S. lawmakers pressed Boeing's chief executive Tuesday about the company's plans to fix its manufacturing problems and its willingness to heed whistleblowers' warnings, while relatives of people who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners were in the room to remind him of what was at stake. Boeing CEO Appears...
Madera Hospital Re-Opening Gets Closer With Arrival of State Loan Funds
The first portion of an essential $57 million loan arrived Monday at Madera Community Hospital. The California State Treasurer's Office confirmed receipt of the $15 million that the hospital's operators can use to get the shuttered hospital up and running, according to a news release. The rest of the money...
Brace Yourselves. Triple-Digit Heat Is Heading Back Here.
If you feel like you've got a case of weather whiplash, you're not alone. In less than a week, high temperatures in the Fresno area will take a 20-degree jump upward into triple-digit territory. From Monday's high of 85, temperatures will gradually climb this week until Friday, when the edge...
What to Stream This Week: ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Chops, PBS Hits the Disco and Kevin Hart Chats
The debut of “Echoes,” a sequel series to “Orphan Black," and the documentary “Bread & Roses” looking at how Afghan women’s lives were impacted after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021 are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among...
GOP Candidate Michael Maher Issues Debate Challenge to Rep. Jim Costa
Navy veteran and GOP congressional candidate Michael Maher said Monday that Rep. Jim Costa is denying voters a chance to compare the two men on the November ballot in California's 21st District. Maher, who spoke at a news conference outside Costa's district office in downtown Fresno, said that he and...
American Leaders Should Stop Debasing Themselves on Israel
Opinion by Thomas L. Friedman on June 18, 2024. On Nov. 4, 2022, just after the current far-right Israeli government coalition won election, I wrote a column with this headline: “The Israel We Knew Is Gone.” It was meant to be a warning flare about just how radical this coalition...
DeChambeau Exits the Spotlight Back to LIV. When Will Golf End Its Big Divide?
PINEHURST — Bryson DeChambeau acted as though he didn't want this U.S. Open to end. The Clovis East High School alum watched his name being engraved on the silver trophy for the second time. He filled it with grains of sand from the bunker where he produced the most memorable...