The Week 2 Monday Night Football doubleheader wraps up with an AFC West showdown when the Los Angeles Chargers take on the Las Vegas Raiders in Las Vegas. Both teams are coming off wins, and the Chargers made an early claim as an elite team when it knocked off Kansas...
Friant Contractors Ask US Supreme Court to Review Water Rights Case
The long, circuitous path of a lawsuit against the federal government for cutting off water during the crushing 2014 drought to farms and cities that rely on supplies from the Friant-Kern and Madera canals could lead all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. At least, that’s the goal of...
Fresno Firefighters Respond to Vehicle Fire on Highway 41 Near Shaw
Firefighters responded Monday afternoon to a reported vehicle fire on northbound Highway 41 at Shaw Avenue. Initial reports indicated a person might have been trapped inside the vehicle, but Fresno Fire Department officials said no one was found inside when Engine 11 arrived on scene. An engine remained at the...
Madera County Authorities Seek Wanted Parolee, Warn Public Not to Approach
The Madera County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating Alvaro Nicholas Gonsalez, 31, a parolee at large wanted on multiple felony charges and a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation warrant. Authorities are urging anyone with information about Gonsalez’s whereabouts to contact the MCSO Dispatch at...
Trump Says He Was Not Informed by Netanyahu Before Israel’s Strike in Qatar
President Donald Trump said on Monday he was not informed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in advance about Israel's attack in Qatar last week. Trump's comments came after an Axios report said that Netanyahu informed the U.S. president of the strike shortly ahead of time. The Trump administration has...
Football Is Coming to Saudi Arabia, Where Soccer Is King
The NFL is looking for new markets; Saudi Arabia is looking for new sports. So next year, some of the NFL’s biggest stars will play in Saudi Arabia, a country where football means soccer. On March 21, Fanatics, which runs the league’s online merchandise shop, will produce a flag football...
Stephen Miller Is Building a ‘Republic of Fear’ for Donald Trump
"Everything you loathe or love about Donald Trump’s America, you hate or cherish about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear," Rolling Stone declares in its Sept. 14 issue. The magazine's inside look at America's most powerful unelected bureaucrat reveals the overwhelming influence the far-right Miller has on Trump, the president's second-term...
K-9 Sniffs out 1,000 Pounds of Cocaine Inside Big Rig on 15 Freeway in Barstow
A police K-9 helped lead officers to roughly 1,000 pounds of cocaine concealed inside a big rig following a traffic stop on the 15 Freeway in Barstow over the weekend, authorities said. The driver, an Arizona man, was arrested during the bust, which took place about 12:15 a.m. Saturday along...
Trump Says US Struck Another Alleged Venezuelan Drug Vessel, Killing Three
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military carried out a strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel heading to the United States, the second such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in recent weeks. He said three men were killed in the strike, adding...
Chargers Place Denzel Perryman on Injured Reserve, Make Additional Roster Moves
The Chargers made a few roster moves ahead of their Week 2 matchup with the Raiders on Monday night. Los Angeles placed linebacker Denzel Perryman on injured reserve. Perryman is currently dealing with an ankle injury he sustained in the regular-season opener against the Chiefs. In correspondence, L.A. signed to...