A 30-year-old man was arrested Thursday night after an attempted carjacking in Madera, police said. According to the Madera Police Department, an officer was flagged down by the victim of an attempted carjacking that had just occurred near Yosemite Avenue and North B Street. Night shift officers responded as information...
Newly Signed Federal Transportation Bill Has Millions for Fresno, Visalia Projects
The passage of the massive Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill includes millions to support Fresno and Tulare county transportation and infrastructure projects. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed the $102.9 billion bill into law, revitalizing aging infrastructure, aviation safety, and increasing housing availability. For the Central Valley, Rep....
Moltbook Is the Most Interesting Place on the Internet Right Now
SAN FRANCISCO — Last week, Matt Schlicht, a technologist living in a small town just south of Los Angeles, launched a new social network called Moltbook. Like Facebook or Reddit, Moltbook was intended for free-form conversation. But his social network came with a twist: It was open only to a...
Marco Rubio Steps Down as Acting Head of the US National Archives
U.S. Secretary of State and national security adviser Marco Rubio is no longer the acting archivist of the United States, a spokesman of the National Archives and Records Administration said on Thursday. The national archivist is responsible for overseeing government records and heads the National Archives, an agency Trump used...
Lawsuit Alleges Abuse by Clovis Unified and Spectrum Center Clovis
A lawsuit filed against Clovis Unified School District and Spectrum Center Clovis alleges that staff subjected a special education student to “repeated, unnecessary, abusive, and unsafe physical interventions and isolations.” Clovis Unified contracted with SCC for special education services for students with significant disabilities whose needs are beyond what the...
The Louvre Thieves Dropped a Priceless Crown. Now It Looks Like a Mess.
PARIS — The crown of Empress Eugénie, whose husband Napoleon III ruled France in the 19th century, was one of nine invaluable royal ornaments snatched by burglars during their audacious heist of the Louvre last October. It was the only one they left behind. The thieves dropped the royal headdress,...
Kern County Authorities Arrest Three in Armed Robbery Investigation
Kern County sheriff’s deputies arrested three suspects in connection with an armed robbery at a business in Lamont, authorities said. Deputies assigned to the Lamont Substation responded about 1 a.m. Jan. 4, 2026, to reports of an armed robbery in the 8200 block of Kimber Avenue. Investigators said an unknown...
Trump Has No ‘Formal Plans’ to Deploy ICE at Polling Sites, White House Says
President Donald Trump has not discussed "formal plans" to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling sites at November's midterm elections, the White House said on Thursday, while declining to rule out their presence near voting locations. Trump said on Monday that Republicans should "nationalize" and "take over" voting...
Italy Toughens Protest Laws, Hours Before Planned Rallies at Winter Olympics
ROME — The Italian government Thursday issued a decree that tightened restrictions on protests, the day before crowds were expected to demonstrate outside the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics in northern Italy. The decree allows the police to detain people for up to 12 hours when there are reasonable...
US Steps up Aid to Cuba Even While Choking off Fuel Supply
The U.S. will provide an extra $6 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba, the top State Department aid official said on Thursday, even as Washington has stepped up efforts to block oil supplies to the Caribbean island nation, causing crippling shortages. Aid official Jeremy Lewin said at a news conference...