Fresno Unified School Board members are scheduled Wednesday to vote on awarding bids to build a new auxiliary gymnasium at Fresno High School and the long-awaited fence at Bullard High School. The proposed 15,000-foot auxiliary gym and site improvements at Fresno High are part of the district's ongoing efforts to...
Will CA Lawmakers Crack Down on Spending by Utility Companies?
SACRAMENTO— A crackdown on how some of the nation's largest utilities spend customers' money faces a do-or-die vote Monday in the California Legislature. Californians already pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country, in part because of the expensive work required to maintain and upgrade electrical equipment to...
Supreme Court Will Take Up the Legal Fight Over Ghost Guns, Firearms Without Serial Numbers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight. Ghost...
Express Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection, Announces Store Closures
NEW YORK — Express Inc — once a trendsetter of casual office attire that has struggled to compete with the likes of Zara and H&M — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The retailer based in Columbus, Ohio, and founded in 1980 also said Monday it is seeking to...
Will There Be a Third Measure E? What Richard Spencer Says.
A local ballot measure that would increase Fresno County sales tax to benefit Fresno State could return for a third time. Richard F. Spencer, the construction magnate who was Measure E's chief financial supporter the first two times, said it could return in November 2024 or sometime in 2026. "(I'm)...
Melvin and Matzah: Giants Manager Recalls Childhood Passover
Monday night, Jews around the world will celebrate Passover, the holiday commemorating the exodus from Egyptian slavery. While families gather at the Seder table, baseball players may find it hard to take time out to drink the four cups of wine and ask the four questions. Nearly every game, except...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Safe After Suspect Breaks Into Official Residence, Police Say
LOS ANGELES — Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at the home of Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday morning, officials said. Bass and her family were not harmed when a suspect gained access to Getty House, the LA mayor's official residence on Irving Boulevard. Details of...
Newsom Wants to Make It Easier for Arizona Women to Get a California Abortion
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest moves to defend abortion rights are aimed at a neighbor, plus a Deep South state. Targeting Arizona, he is pushing legislation to make it easier for that state’s residents to obtain abortion services in California, following the Arizona high court’s ruling upholding an 1864 abortion ban,...
By Remembering the Genocide, We Can Help Rebuild Armenia
Imagine a 3,500-year-old civilization. Some accounts suggest even longer, that they'd been in that area since the 7th Century B.C. Imagine that same civilization being on the Silk Road between Asia and Europe; their kingdoms stopping grounds for traders, explorers, and others. Now imagine this is the same civilization that...
Suspect in Killing of Idaho Sheriff’s Deputy Fatally Shot by Police, Authorities Say
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho sheriff's deputy died after being shot by a driver during a traffic stop, and a man believed to be the shooting suspect was later fatally shot by police, authorities said Sunday. Deputy Tobin Bolter, 27, was shot as he approached the driver's window at about...