WASHINGTON — Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina. There's an 85% chance that the Atlantic hurricane season that starts in June will be above average in...
Justice Dept. Sues Ticketmaster, Live Nation for Illegal Monopoly Driving Up Fan Prices
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America — squelching competition and driving up prices for fans. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, was being...
People Are Like Magnets for This Kitty Named Goose
This handsome, debonair fellow is wonderful Goose, a bouncy 1-year-old boy who can’t resist cuddles, petting, and just being near people! He seems to think watching over you is his important mission in life! His great friendliness has extended to other cats of different ages in his foster home who...
Concerts, Tribute Bands & Sporting Events: Make Your Pick This Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day weekend is going to be packed with exciting events. For example, Latin music icon Gloria Trevi brings her "Mi Soundtrack" U.S. tour to the Save Mart Center on Friday. 93.7 Kiss Country is bringing back its Summer Concert Series at Woodward Park. And there'll be a roster of...
Wired Wednesday: Downtown Fresno Revitalization and Affordable Housing
GV Wire senior reporter David Taub shares with KMPH Fox 26 “Great Day” anchor Jim De La Vega how revitalizing downtown Fresno involves an affordable housing proposal across the street from Chukchansi Park.
Six-Time DUI Offender Faces Murder Charges for Fatal Fresno Crash
The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has charged David Alvarado, 54, of Madera, with multiple counts, including murder, following a fatal crash on Saturday, May 18. Alvarado, driving a Ford F250 pickup truck north on Highway 41 at Manning Avenue, collided with vehicles stopped at a red light. The high-speed...
CHP Seizes $400K of Cocaine in Fresno County I-5 Traffic Stop
A traffic stop by a California Highway Patrol K-9 sergeant on Interstate 5 in Fresno County led to the seizure of approximately 11 pounds of cocaine valued at nearly $400,000. The incident resulted in the arrest of 38-year-old Juan Manuel Castillo Barajas of Ceres, the CHP reported on its Instagram...
Mendota Gets a New Big-Name Resident to Call Prison Home
Crypto billionaire-turned-felon Sam Bankman-Fried will leave the Big Apple for the Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota. According to the New York Post, the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX found out about the transfer to the prison a few days ago. The transfer process from the Brooklyn Federal Metropolitan Detention Center...
Fresno State Faculty: Stop Diverting Money from Academics to Athletics
The Fresno State Academic Senate says the university and CSU system need to reverse the trend of putting more general fund and student tuition money into athletics at the expense of academics. The Senate voted unanimously last month for a resolution that says spending on Athletics from the state general...
Fresno Needs More Grocery Stores. Would Change to Local Liquor Law Help It Happen?
The Fresno City Council will discuss Thursday reversing the part of a local law that requires grocery stores wanting to sell alcohol to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy multiple liquor licenses and retire all but one of them. If approved, the amendment to the 2020 Responsible Neighborhood...