Authorities in Tulare County are seeking help locating relatives of a 79-year-old man who was found dead in his Visalia home last week. William Thomas Greenwell III was discovered deed in his residence on Saturday, according to the Tulare County Sheriff's Office. Investigators determined he died of natural causes. Detectives...
Meta’s Zuckerberg Denies at LA Trial That Instagram Targets Kids
LOS ANGELES, Feb 18 - Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday repeatedly said during a landmark trial over youth social media addiction that the Facebook and Instagram operator does not allow kids under 13 on its platforms, despite being confronted with evidence suggesting they were a key demographic. Mark...
What You Need to Know About Avalanche Safety in the Backcountry
The deep, powdery snow and rugged terrain of the backcountry attract skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers. But wild ranges and slopes also carry the risk of avalanches. This week, the perils of the winter befell a broad swath of the Sierra Nevada in California, as rapid snowfall teamed up with strong...
Fresno County Authorities Capture Career Criminal, Marking His 36th Arrest
A 46-year-old Fresno man with a long criminal history was arrested Tuesday after fleeing from deputies in a pursuit that ended without injuries or property damage, authorities said. Michael Delsid was taken into custody by detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office Adult Compliance Team on charges including evading police,...
Selma Unified School Worker Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material Charges
A substitute maintenance worker at Selma Unified School District has been arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material, authorities said. Troy DeCarlo, 24, of Fresno was booked into the Fresno County Jail following his arrest at the Selma Unified School District's Transportation Yard, according to the...
Cambodian National Dies in ICE Custody in Indiana
A detainee died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Indiana on Monday, with the cause of death under investigation, ICE said on Wednesday, marking at least the seventh death in 2026 in federal immigration custody. Lorth Sim, a 59-year-old Cambodian national, was being held at the...
Jo Ann Bass, Matriarch of Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami Beach, Dies at 94
Jo Ann Bass, the matriarch of Joe’s Stone Crab, a century-old family restaurant that leveraged the claws of a ubiquitous local crustacean in becoming a Miami Beach institution, not unlike the Fontainebleau hotel and the Art Deco jewels of Ocean Drive, died on Jan. 31 at her home in that...
Edison Will Reduce Executive Bonuses as a Result of the Eaton Fire
A half-dozen senior executives at Southern California Edison and its parent company will lose an estimated $2 million in bonuses as a result of the devastating Eaton fire near Los Angeles last year, the electric utility said Wednesday. California officials have not yet formally determined the cause of the fire,...
Iran Expected to Make Written Proposal for Resolving Standoff With US, Senior US Official Says
Iran is expected to submit a written proposal on how to resolve its standoff with the United States in the wake of U.S.-Iran talks in Geneva on Tuesday, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday. Top U.S. national security advisers met in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday...
US Senators in Ukraine Call for Pressure on Russia, Not Just Talks
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 - Democratic U.S. senators traveling in Ukraine and neighboring countries on Wednesday vowed to return to Washington and push for stiff new energy sanctions and other legislation to put pressure on Russia to end its aggression against Ukraine. "I would hope that we would see a stronger...