Ten million dollars worth of Fresno city buses are out of service. And, it may take another 60 days before they return to the road. Trying to get ahead of state mandates for zero-emission vehicles, two fully electric buses went into service in 2021, and another seven in 2022. City...
Enough With the Excuses. Are You Part of the Problem With Fresno’s Public Education?
A quality public education shouldn’t be reserved for deadweight political talk — it's a civil rights matter that is everyone’s business. If you don't see that, you are part of the problem. Look at the statistics: our Black and Hispanic children in Fresno Unified are lagging far behind their peers....
New Battlegrounds Emerge in California’s Political Guerrilla War Over Housing
At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing. The Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have issued a steady stream of laws and regulations aimed at forcing the state’s nearly 500 cities to embrace housing development, particularly apartments...
Red Sox Notch Another Shutout in Fenway Win Over Giants
BOSTON — Rookie Wilyer Abreu had a single, double and his first career triple, Cooper Criswell pitched five scoreless innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Tuesday night for their major league-leading sixth shutout. Up Next Giants manager Bob Melvin had not named a...
Bee-Lieve: Walker’s Homer Lifts Diamondbacks Over Dodgers After Delay for Bee Swarm
PHOENIX — Christian Walker homered twice, including a two-run drive in the 10th inning that gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a bee-delayed 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night. A bee swarm atop the netting behind home plate caused a delay of nearly two hours as players and...
United Methodists Repeal Longstanding Ban on LGBTQ Clergy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference — the first such legislative gathering in five years. That...
US Job Openings Dip to Lowest Level in More Than 3 Years
WASHINGTON — U.S. jobs openings slid in March to the lowest level in more than three years, but stayed at historically high levels in a sign that the job market remains resilient in the face of higher interest rates. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that employers posted 8.5 million vacancies...
Do Calls for University Divestments Really Work?
Protesters nationwide are rallying around a common chant: "Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest." Their plea is for universities to divest from companies that have business ties or investments in Israel, in light of the country's invasion of Gaza. This call for divestment is not a...
Biden’s Historic Marijuana Shift Is His Latest Election Year Move for Young Voters
PHOENIX — President Joe Biden may eventually ban TikTok, but he's moving to give something back to the young people who dominate the popular social media app — a looser federal grip on marijuana. Facing softening support from a left-leaning voting group that will be crucial to his reelection hopes...
Protesters Urge Olympic Officials to Limit Israel’s Paris Games Role
PARIS — Several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered near the Paris Olympics organizers’ headquarters on Tuesday and called for limiting Israel’s participation at the Summer Games in the French capital. About 300 people attended the rally at the headquarters of the Paris Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the...