WASHINGTON - Americans are divided over President Donald Trump's decision to activate the military to respond to protests against his crackdown on migrants, with about half supportive of the move, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday. Some 48% of respondents in the two-day poll agreed with a...
Clovis Police Still Searching for Missing At-Risk Man
Authorities are still searching for a 50-year-old man last seen walking in the Harlan Ranch neighborhood of Clovis on June 6. Mark Kismet was last spotted around 1:30 p.m. near Locan and Shepherd avenues. He was wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. Kismet is described as a white male,...
Fresno Unified Spends Thousands to Reprint Diplomas With Misty Her’s New Title
Fresno Unified School District is spending about $8,000 to reprint diplomas, removing “interim” from Superintendent Misty Her’s title, for graduations this week. “To ensure that diplomas accurately reflect her new title, we initiated a reprint following the board’s final decision,” said district spokesperson Diana Diaz. But the change doesn’t come...
Another Dozen Migrants Are Transferred to Guantánamo
The Homeland Security Department on Thursday was holding 43 immigration detainees at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, which has become a way station for foreign citizens designated for deportation. Facilities for migrants at the base currently can hold fewer than 200 detainees, and there are no immediate plans...
Former California Corrections Sergeant Indicted on Child Porn Charges
A former corrections sergeant with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been indicted on federal charges of receiving and distributing child pornography, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Ralph Contreras Jr., 39, of Chowchilla, was charged by a federal grand jury after investigators found that he received and distributed at...
Israel Could Strike Iran as Soon as Sunday, WSJ Reports
WASHINGTON - Israel is prepared to attack Iran in the coming days if Tehran rejects a U.S. proposal to limit its nuclear program, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing U.S. and Israeli officials. The newspaper cited a senior Israeli official as saying a strike could come as soon...
Trump Promises Immigration Order Soon on Farm and Leisure Workers
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he would issue an immigration order "soon," following a social media post earlier on Thursday in which he cited labor issues in the farm and hotel industries stemming from his immigration crackdown. "Our farmers are being hurt badly ... And we're going to have...
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Many Fresno Unified Schools Will Get Makeovers This Summer
Workers are moving onto Fresno Unified campuses to complete renovations as students leave for summer vacation. The School Board approved multiple contracts for summer construction projects during recent meetings. The sitework includes building renovations, ventilation replacement, parking lot improvements, and meeting Americans with Disabilities Act standards. The district is spending...
Google Cloud Outage Hits Platforms Including Spotify, Discord
(Reuters) - Multiple platforms including music streaming service Spotify and instant messaging platform Discord were down for tens of thousands of users on Thursday after an outage at Alphabet's Google Cloud <GOOGL.O>. Google Cloud said on its status page that multiple products were experiencing varying levels of service impact. "Our...