Bank of New York Mellon and the brokerage Robinhood will work with the federal government to handle the so-called Trump accounts, a tax-sheltered savings system for children, the Treasury Department said Monday. The new accounts were created last year as part of President Donald Trump’s signature domestic spending bill and...
Iran War Enhances America’s Dominance in World Pistachio Market
The war in Iran is pushing pistachio prices upward, and that could benefit Central Valley farmers. Iran once was the dominant global supplier of pistachios, but California growers of the nut ascended following the Iranian Revolution of 1979, as sanctions blocked the country from many of its biggest markets. The...
22-Year-Old Turns Himself In After Crash Kills Mother and Son in Fresno
A 22-year-old man turned himself in Monday night in connection with a morning collision that killed a mother and her son at McKinley Avenue and Freeway 41, Fresno police said. Timothy Seth Chavez surrendered to a deputy at the Fresno County Jail around 9 p.m. after the crash, which occurred...
Kanye West Refused Entry to UK, Wireless Festival Cancelled
Britain has blocked U.S. rapper Kanye West from traveling to the country to headline London's Wireless Festival in July over his past antisemitic comments and celebration of Nazism. Organizer Festival Republic said his permission to enter and perform in Britain had been withdrawn on Tuesday and the three-day event had...
Kerman Police to Crack Down on Distracted Driving
The Kerman Police Department will conduct a distracted driving enforcement operation on Tuesday, targeting drivers suspected of violating California’s hands-free cell phone law. Under state law, drivers are prohibited from holding a phone or other electronic communications device while operating a vehicle, including talking, texting, or using apps. Drivers who...
Southwest Airlines to Limit Passengers to One Portable Charger on Flights
Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday it will limit passengers to one lithium portable charger on flights and ban them from being stowed in overhead bins to reduce risks of inflight battery fires. The new policy on power banks is effective April 20 and Southwest also said portable chargers are no...
CBS to Sell Late-Night Hours to Byron Allen as Colbert Show Ends
CBS said on Monday it was turning its 11:35 p.m. ET post-local-news timeslot into a time buy, selling it to Byron Allen, after the end of Stephen Colbert's late-night program in May. Paramount Skydance-owned CBS will move Allen's comedy talk show, "Comics Unleashed," to the slot under a time buy...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Neil Don Dancer
April 7, 2026 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Neil Don Dancer Suspects Date of Birth: August 9, 1982 Physical Description: White Male, 6’ 0, 230 lbs., Brown Hair, Green Eyes. Charges: Grand theft Warrant Number: F23908868 Synopsis of the Case: Neil Don Dancer is wanted on a...
First Photos From NASA Moon Flyby Show Setting Earth and Eclipse
Minutes before the astronauts of the NASA Artemis II mission headed into a radio blackout, cut off from contact with Earth for 40 minutes while swooping around the moon’s far side, all they could do was watch. There it was: The swirly blue crescent of our planet, with all of...
Your Guide to Bay Area FIFA World Cup Fan Zones
The Bay Area Host Committee announced Tuesday that more than 30 free fan zones and watch party locations will open across the region for the FIFA World Cup 2026, giving residents from San Francisco to Santa Cruz a chance to watch matches in their own communities. The committee said the...