A Visalia Unified School District employee was arrested Tuesday in connection with the theft of a $5,600 camera, authorities said. Visalia police identified Damien Rutledge, 29, as the suspect after the district reported the missing equipment on December 8, 2025. The camera had been sold and shipped out of state...
Artemis Astronauts Await Liftoff of NASA Moon Mission
For the first time since 1972, NASA is sending astronauts to the moon. (But not to land there.) The mission, Artemis II, was scheduled to launch Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. Eastern time. A giant rocket will lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the crew of four astronauts...
CMAC Youth Voices Seeks Applicants for Documentary Filmmaking Program. No Prior Experience Required
Community Media Access Collaborative is now accepting applications for the annual Youth Voices program, a hands-on documentary filmmaking program. The 10-week program is open to junior high and high school students in the Central Valley and requires no prior experience. CMAC will provide training throughout every step of the filmmaking...
Merced County Authorities Arrest Man for Winton Middle School Vandalism
Deputies arrested a 26-year-old man after responding to a report of vandalism at Winton Middle School on March 14, the Merced County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. Deputies were called to the school around 9 p.m. after receiving a report that someone was taking apart an air conditioning unit. During the...
Sam Altman’s Sister Amends Lawsuit Accusing OpenAI CEO of Sexual Abuse
Sam Altman's sister amended her civil lawsuit accusing the OpenAI chief executive of sexually abusing her more than two decades ago, after the judge said she could try pursuing her case under Missouri's child sexual abuse statute. Annie Altman filed her amended complaint on Wednesday in St. Louis federal court....
DNA Links Ted Bundy to Murder of 17-Year-Old Utah Girl, Sheriff Says
Utah officials announced on Wednesday that they were closing a five-decade-old case after finding "definitive proof" that American serial killer Ted Bundy killed a 17-year-old Utah girl. The girl, Laura Ann Aime, went missing on the night of October 31, 1974, after leaving a party alone to make a purchase...
Sword-Wielding Massachusetts Man Arrested Over Threats to Trump, FBI Says
A Massachusetts man accused of making threats on Facebook to kill U.S. President Donald Trump was arrested on Wednesday after a stand-off with law enforcement in which the man began brandishing a sword. Andrew Emerald, 45, was charged in an eight-count indictment filed in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts over...
Will $4 Gas Hurt Trump’s Approval Ratings? Here’s What History Shows.
When gas prices spike, the approval rating for the president typically falls. Now that the war in Iran has pushed the national average price of gas above $4 a gallon, Republicans are watching closely to see if President Donald Trump’s approval ratings take a hit — which could dim the...
Fresno Police Arrest Man for Restraining Order Violation, Assaulting Officer
Fresno police arrested a 26-year-old man Tuesday after he allegedly violated a restraining order, threatened his significant other, and struck an officer, authorities said. Officers responded to a confidential location where the victim reported receiving threatening texts and saw the suspect damage property at the residence. Police told GV Wire...
X Down for Thousands of Users Wednesday, Downdetector Reports
X, formerly Twitter, experienced a possible outage Wednesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 3,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 1:31 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting problems to...