[aggregation-styles] The Sun After two years on the job, Visalia Unified School District Superintendent Tamara Ravalin announced Friday that she is retiring, citing health reasons. “I am grateful and honored to have served the students, families, and staff of Visalia Unified School District during this extraordinary time in our lives....

[aggregation-styles] Washington Post It has been the same way for decades. Every time violence between the Israelis and Palestinians erupts, governments around the world urge de-escalation, a cease-fire agreement is reached, and experts warn that the situation cannot continue like this. But it has, and it will. Ultimately, this is...

[aggregation-styles] SFGATE Emily Wilder, a journalist and 2020 graduate of Stanford University, started a new job as an Associated Press news associate based in Maricopa County, Arizona, on May 3. Two weeks later, she was unceremoniously fired by the news outlet after conservatives resurfaced old social media posts that drew...

[aggregation-styles] Your Central Valley A cyclist in Clovis had a close encounter with a hawk near Temperance Avenue and Highway 180. Kevin Mahan was dive-bombed while riding in the area and was able to capture the hawk on his helmet camera as it buzzed his head. He says the hawk...

[aggregation-styles] The Wall Street Journal The Biden Administration hopes a new global minimum corporate tax will dampen the blow of its tax increases on the U.S. economy. But other governments are making it clearer by the day that they won’t play along. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has thrown herself enthusiastically...

[aggregation-styles] Jewish Currents On May 10th, after days of mass demonstrations by Palestinians in East Jerusalem, Israel began an aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from Hamas. In what has become the most significant Israeli military operation since 2014, the bombing has killed more than...

[aggregation-styles] Haaretz Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce a resolution of disapproval on Thursday regarding the pending $735 million arms sale to Israel. The sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions kits that transform bombs into precision-guided missiles and Guided Bomb Unit-39s, a weapon developed for penetrating fortified facilities located deep underground,...

[aggregation-styles] Fox 26 News President Biden stirred social media Tuesday afternoon after making a joke about running a reporter over with a pickup truck. During a visit to the Ford electric vehicle plant in Dearborn, Mich., President Biden had the opportunity to test-drive the company's new F-150 Lightning pickup truck....

[aggregation-styles] Washington Post The Republican Party’s decision (in effect) to excommunicate Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) is a watershed event. It marks the final transformation of the party from an ideologically driven enterprise to one that is tribal, marked less by ideas and more by group loyalty. Let’s compare the voting...

[aggregation-styles] MSN First, it was a feared exodus from Bay Area cities fueling bidding wars in wine country and along the coast. Then it was a home-buying boom in Oakland and surrounding suburbs. In recent months, home prices have soared again in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.Put all of that...