A Delano man wanted in connection with a string of robberies across Tulare County is behind bars after deputies arrested him Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Tulare County Sheriff’s Office deputies served a warrant around 4:30 p.m. on the 400 block of Jefferson Street in Delano as part of an ongoing...
FBI Cuts Ties With Anti-Defamation League, FBI Director Says
The FBI said on Wednesday it had cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish group that tracks antisemitism, after Republicans criticized the group for including slain activist Charlie Kirk's organization in a glossary on extremism. In a social media post, FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau "won't...
Search Continues for Missing Climber Near Temple Crag, Kern County Authorities Say
A more than two-week search in the eastern Sierra Nevada has yet to find a missing climber, the Kern County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. Volunteers with the China Lake Mountain Rescue Group joined a multi-agency search on Wednesday, Sept. 17, for the missing climber. The search teams, which also included...
Musk Becomes First Person to Hit Net Worth of $500 Billion
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday became the first person in history to achieve a net worth of nearly $500 billion, according to Forbes' billionaires index. Musk's net worth stood at $499.5 billion as of 3:43 p.m. E.T. — (Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)
Small District to Pay $7.5 Million as the Latest to Settle Lawsuits Over Sexual Abuse Decades Ago
On the eve of what was expected to be a long and gut-wrenching trial, a small school district in Santa Barbara County has settled a sexual abuse lawsuit for $7.5 million with two brothers, now 65 and 68 years old, who claimed a long-dead principal molested them in the 1970s. The brothers had...
Shutdown Hits California as 150K Federal Workers Face Furloughs, No Pay
A federal government shutdown began on Oct. 1 after weeks of it looming, leaving scores of federal workers, including in California, at risk of going for days — potentially weeks — without pay. While it’s unclear how long this government shutdown will last, the longest government shutdown was 35 days...
Gaza Aid Flotilla Says It Has Been Intercepted by Military
Military personnel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver medicine and food to Gaza and boarded its boats as it approached the war-ravaged enclave, the mission's organizers said. Some 20 unidentified vessels were seen approaching the flotilla earlier on Wednesday night, multiple people on board said, as passengers put on...
Senators Again Vote Down Plans to Fund Government
As services that many Americans rely on were upended Wednesday by a government shutdown, dueling proposals to end it failed in the Senate for the third time in two weeks, as neither Republicans nor Democrats could muster sufficient bipartisan support. While critical services continue to operate — including Social Security...
Kern County Supervisor Predicts ‘Death of SGMA’ After Groundwater Bill Is Tabled
A pair of bills that arose out of the ongoing fight over groundwater in eastern Kern County’s desert have come to very different conclusions – one awaiting the governor’s signature and the other tabled indefinitely. Both bills address a process known as groundwater adjudication, in which a judge decides how much...
Tulare County Deputies Arrest Minor in Attempted Armed Gas Station Robbery
A 15-year-old boy was arrested after an attempted armed robbery at a Terra Bella gas station Tuesday night, authorities said. Deputies with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office were called just before 10:15 p.m. to the Family Foods and Gas Station in the 9500 block of Road 236, the agency said...