Medical Billing Technologies, a leader in education reimbursement, and SIRAS Systems, the state’s second-largest provider of web-based special education software, have been helping school districts obtain funding, file tedious paperwork, and remain in compliance for years. Now, MBT has acquired SIRAS, offering the first commercially available, all-in-one system that combines...
Flotilla for Gaza Reports Second Drone Attack on Boat at Tunisian Port
SIDI BOU SAID, Tunisia — The Global Sumud Flotilla, an international aid initiative to deliver vital supplies to Gaza, said on Wednesday that one of its boats was attacked by a drone at a Tunisian port, the second such strike in two days. The GSF, which is seeking to break...
Fresno County Authorities Seek Public’s Help to Find Family of 67-Year-Old Woman
The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding relatives of a woman who died last month. Officials said Yvonne Rodriguez, 67, passed away at a Fresno hospital on Aug. 17. Despite searching numerous personal records, the Coroner’s Office has not been able to locate her...
Project 2025 Think Tank Takes On the Constitution in New Book
WASHINGTON — With a preface by Justice Samuel Alito and contributions from more than 30 conservative judges, the Heritage Foundation, the influential think tank that has helped shape the Trump administration’s second-term agenda, will soon publish an 800-page, clause-by-clause analysis of the Constitution. “The Heritage Guide to the Constitution” is...
Missing Limbs and Loved Ones, Gazan Children Begin Treatment Journey Abroad
BEIRUT — Six-year-old Omar Abu Kuwaik still believes that by his next birthday, his missing hand will have grown back. He is one of thousands of Palestinian children who have lost limbs and loved ones in Israel's bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip. "It'll be big again when I turn...
Just 1 in 4 Americans Believe Trump Administration Vaccine Shifts Are Based on Science, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds
WASHINGTON — Only one in four Americans believe that recent recommendations for fewer vaccines from President Donald Trump's administration were based on scientific evidence and facts, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The administration, while still in the process of setting new vaccination policies, has signaled that young and healthy...
Kamala Harris Calls Biden 2024 Candidacy Reckless, New Book Says
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris believes it was reckless to allow former President Joe Biden to decide to seek re-election in 2024, but she felt she was the last person who could advise her 81-year-old boss not to run, according to excerpts from her new book released on Wednesday. Biden, a...
Israel Strikes Yemen’s Sanaa, Houthi-Run Al Masirah TV Says
Israel struck the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Wednesday, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said, in an attack that witnesses said targeted the Houthi defense ministry. Israeli media said Israel was carrying out strikes on Yemen but there was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Sanaa residents told Reuters the attack...
Tulare County DA Charges 2 in Visalia Sebby’s Shooting That Left 1 Dead
The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office announced charges Tuesday in a shooting at Sebby’s in Visalia that left one adult dead and another injured. Raymond Vasquez, 20, was charged with murder with the special allegation of intentional use of a firearm causing great bodily injury. Eduardo Moreno Torres, 20, faces...
Dyer Threatens to Block Constituent’s Emails. Experts Say It May Be Legal
The First Amendment guarantees the right "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." However, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer says he will block a constituent's emails, and the city attorney is backing him. First Amendment experts say Dyer may have that right. AJ Rassamni, president of the Blackstone Merchants...