Update, 3:13 p.m., Friday, May 17: Beautify Fresno tells GV Wire that all 80 volunteer spots for the "Pick Up With Pups" event Saturday at Roeding Park have been filled. Original Story Saturday will arrive with your chance to spend the morning surrounded by pups while helping the community. Beautify Fresno...
Bulldogs’ Gilmore Named MW Softball Pitcher of the Year
Even though the season ended early for the Fresno State softball team with a heart-breaking extra-innings loss in the Mountain West tournament, senior Taylor Gilmore was named the 2024 Mountain West Pitcher of the Year and earned All-MW first-team honors. Gilmore logged a 9-2 record and a save, with a...
The Latest | Dozens of Israeli Protesters Attack a Truck in an Apparent Effort to Block Gaza Aid
Dozens of Israeli protesters attacked a truck in the occupied West Bank, beating its driver and setting it on fire in an apparent attempt to prevent aid from reaching Gaza. Israeli Military Intervention The Israeli military says soldiers arrived at the scene late Thursday and tried to separate the attackers...
Computer Science, History Students Selected for Fresno State’s Highest Academic Honors
Fresno State students Nathan Theng and Angel Rojas have been awarded the university's top academic honors for the class of 2024. Chosen from a group of nine Undergraduate Deans’ Medalists and nine Graduate Deans’ Medalists, they were surprised with the honor during the President’s Recognition Reception on Thursday, May 16....
$20 Billion: The Delta Tunnel’s New Price Tag
California’s contentious and long-debated plan to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and pump more water south finally has a price tag: about $20 billion. The Rising Cost of the Delta Tunnel Project The new estimate for the Delta tunnel project — which would transform the massive water system that sends...
NFL Distances from Chiefs Kicker Butker’s Commencement Remarks
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is distancing itself from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, saying “his views are not those of the NFL as an organization.” Butker appeared as the commencement speaker last week at Benedictine College, a private Catholic liberal arts school in Kansas, and said most of...
Some UC Regents Sit Down with Pro-Palestinian Protesters at UC Merced
The third and final day of the University of California Board of Regents meeting Thursday at UC Merced was highlighted by a sit-down between several trustees and pro-Palestinian protesters. The members of the board – Greg Sarris, Joel Raznick, Jose Hernandez, Keith Ellis, Student Regent Designate Josiah Beharry and Student...
The Unofficial Spokesman for the American Muscle Car, Tim Kuniskis, Is Retiring
DETROIT — Tim Kuniskis, CEO of the Ram and Dodge brands and the unofficial voice of American muscle cars, is retiring after nearly 32 years with Stellantis. The announcement Friday comes as Stellantis struggles with U.S. sales as it begins the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles. Through April,...
Billionaires Urged NYC Mayor to Use Police on Columbia Protesters, Chats Reveal
In an investigative report, the Washington Post found that last month a group of billionaires and business leaders secretly urged New York City’s mayor to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. The Washington Post obtained communications showing that on April 26, business figures such as Daniel Lubetzky,...
Psychedelic Therapy and Workers’ Rights Bills Fail to Advance in California’s Tough Budget Year
SACRAMENTO — As California faces a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, lawmakers must make tough decisions about which of the more than 1,000 measures still alive in the Legislature this year will not make the cut. On Thursday, they stopped hundreds of bills from advancing to the Senate and Assembly floors via...