Two adults were killed early Monday in a two-vehicle crash involving an unlicensed juvenile driver at Avenue 16 and Road 23, according to the Madera Police Department. Officers responded just before 6 a.m. and found a male juvenile standing outside one vehicle while two adults were trapped inside the other....
Judge Shuts Down California Tribes’ Latest Bid to Crush Local Cardrooms
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Over the years, casino-owning tribes have spent millions in court, in the Legislature and at the ballot box trying unsuccessfully to force their only competitors out of California’s casino business. A judge on Friday, Oct. 10, blocked their...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Unit to Lay off About 550 Workers
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown. The layoffs will affect employees across JPL's technical, business and support areas as part of a reorganization that began in July , it said...
Venezuela Announces Closure of Embassies in Norway, Australia
CARACAS/OSLO — Venezuela's government said on Monday it will close its embassies in Norway and Australia and open new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe as part of a restructuring of its foreign service, after weeks of growing tensions with the U.S. The closures are part of the "strategic re-assignation...
Climate Tipping Points Are Being Crossed, Scientists Warn Ahead of COP30
COPENHAGEN — Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse. The warning in the Global Tipping Points report by 160 researchers worldwide, which...
Federal Prosecutor Off Case After Accused of Flirting With Defendant at Fresno Bar
A federal prosecutor who could become a magistrate judge is off a case after accusations he hit on the defendant during a chance meeting in a Fresno bar. However, a federal judge ruled that the actions of Michael Tierney did not amount to a violation of rights, and denied dismissing...
California’s Long-Running Saga Over Local Tax Measures Might Return to the Ballot
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Last week, a state appellate court declared that a 2020 ballot measure to increase hotel taxes in San Diego is valid even though it did not receive the two-thirds approval that voters had been told it would require....
Oil Rises as US, China Try to De-Escalate Trade Tensions
Oil prices rose on Monday after assurances that U.S. President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping later in October, easing a flare-up in trade tensions between the world's top two economies that had pushed crude benchmarks to five-month lows on Friday. Brent crude futures rose 69 cents,...
Fed’s Paulson Sees More Rate Cuts Ahead to Bolster Job Market
In her first speech as head of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, Anna Paulson said on Monday that rising risks to the job market argue for more interest rate cuts by the U.S. central bank, as trade tariffs are unlikely to push up inflation as much as expected. "Given my views...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Kirk Andrew Quintero
October 13, 2025 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Kirk Andrew Quintero Suspects Date of Birth: January 25, 1989 Physical Description: White Male, 5’ 7, 150 lbs., Black Hair, Brown Eyes. Charges: Probation violation Warrant Number: F24906710 Synopsis of the Case: Kirk Andrew Quintero is wanted on a...