A federal judge ordered the California Department of Education and Attorney General Rob Bonta this week to appear in court and show cause why they should not face sanctions for allegedly misleading the court regarding gender secrecy policies in schools. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez issued an order this week in the...
White House Says Some Economic Data Impaired by Government Shutdown
The White House said on Wednesday that October jobs and inflation data reports might never be released as a consequence of the government shutdown. Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters at a briefing the shutdown impaired federal statistics collection, leaving Federal Reserve policymakers flying blind during a critical economic period. —...
White House Says Trump Hopes to Sign Bill Wednesday Night to End Shutdown
President Donald Trump hopes to sign the bill Wednesday night to end the government shutdown, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told a press conference. "The clean CR (continuing resolution) to be voted on today in the House of Representatives that will lead to the reopening of the federal government...
Fresno Police Will Hold DUI Checkpoint Saturday Night
The Fresno Police Department will conduct a driving under the influence checkpoint Saturday from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. at an undisclosed location. Police said the checkpoint location was selected using data on past impaired driving crashes. The department said the primary goal is to promote public safety by removing...
At COP30, California Gov. Newsom Blasts Trump for ‘Dumb’ Climate Policy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom assured an audience at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil that his state would continue to prioritize green technology, while blasting President Donald Trump's "dumb" decision to reverse the federal government's course on climate action. Newsom, widely considered a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination...
Google Services Down for Thousands, Downdetector Reports
Google services, including Google Drive, Sheets, Docs and Slides, experienced a possible outage Wednesday, according to Downdetector.com. As of 10:28 a.m. PT, more than 10,000 users reported issues with Google Drive, while Google Sheets logged over 2,000 reports and the search engine saw more than 1,000, according to Downdetector, which...
Fewer Trips, Tighter Wallets: Holiday Travel Cools, Report Shows
The holiday rush may lose some of its momentum this year — even among high-income travelers — as a report from Deloitte on Wednesday shows Americans are planning to take fewer trips and spend less on them amid growing financial concerns. The average number of planned holiday trips has dropped...
CHP K-9 Makes $272,000 Drug Bust on First Day in Merced County
A California Highway Patrol K-9 made a major drug bust on his first day on the job, authorities said. On Tuesday, a Central Division K-9 officer and his canine partner, Jag, conducted a traffic stop on I5 in Merced County that led to the discovery of about 20 pounds of...
Can Soccer Stadiums Revitalize American Cities Like Fresno?
(Editor's Note: There have been several proposals to build a soccer stadium in downtown Fresno, including one in 2021 that would have built a $40 million facility in the Fresno Convention Center parking lot. In making these proposals, stadium proponents tout the benefits to downtown revitalization. However, a review of...
Wall Street Mixed as Investors Offload Tech Stocks. Federal Reopening Anticipated
Wall Street's main indexes were mixed on Wednesday, with the Dow at a record high and the Nasdaq lagging peers, as investors rotated out of technology stocks while monitoring progress on a likely end to the historic U.S. government shutdown. Most big tech stocks fell with Alphabet, Tesla and Meta...