Fresno Unified's classified workers, alongside union leaders and educators, unloaded at the School Board meeting Wednesday night, opposing possible layoffs, hiring freezes, and denied raises. “Any decision that reduces or destabilizes operations at schools will inevitably impact (student) learning conditions,” grounds worker Albert Rojas said. “It is disappointing to see...
Is ChatGPT Down Again? Here Is What We Know
OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced a possible outage Thursday, according to Downdetector.com. More than 2,000 users have reported an issue at 1:28 PT. OpenAI’s status page has not indicated an issue at this time. ChatGPT had an issue on Tuesday where the platform had “GPT 5.2 Elevated Error Rates," according to OpenAI's...
Chloe Kim, Once a Teenage Phenom, Loses to a New One
The Olympics, more than any other sporting event, has a way of anointing young stars quickly. Nobody knows that more than Chloe Kim, the American who trounced the snowboarding halfpipe field at age 17 in 2018 and repeated in 2022 to become a global star. But on Thursday, Kim, now...
US Congress Names Press Gallery for Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday named its press gallery after Frederick Douglass, 150 years after the famed 19th-century orator and abolitionist became the first Black member of the congressional press corps. Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a new sign reading "Frederick Douglass Press...
CIA Makes New Push to Recruit Chinese Military Officers as Informants
Just weeks after a dramatic purge of China's top general, the CIA is moving to capitalize on any resulting discord with a new public video targeting potential informants in the Chinese military. The U.S. spy agency on Thursday rolled out the video depicting a disillusioned mid-level Chinese military officer, in...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal government’s legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heating the planet. Undoing a Pillar of Climate Policy The action is a key...
Trump Says Netanyahu Should Be Pardoned for Corruption
President Donald Trump said on Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should receive a pardon for corruption charges, saying Israeli President Isaac Herzog should be "ashamed of himself" for not granting one. Here are the details: Trump said Netanyahu has been a great wartime prime minister and that the Israeli...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Hegseth from Punishing Kelly for Video
WASHINGTON — A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., for participating in a video that warned active-duty service members not to follow illegal orders. Judge Richard J. Leon of the District Court for the District of Columbia wrote in a 29-page...
Fresno County Doesn’t Have a Hotel Tax. That Could Change
To make up revenue gaps, Fresno County Supervisors on Tuesday directed staff to create an ordinance and tourist tax to go before voters in November. Called a transient occupancy tax, the fee applies to all hotels, campgrounds, RV sites, and short-term rentals in the unincorporated parts of the county. Fresno...
Homeland Security Shutdown Draws Nearer as Democrats Block Funding
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats blocked a spending bill Thursday that would have funded the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday night shutdown deadline without adding any new restrictions on immigration enforcement, an expected outcome after bipartisan talks on limiting President Donald Trump’s crackdown deadlocked. With the funding deadline less...