[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta More public schools across the Valley have begun reopening almost a year after the pandemic shut them down. In-person learning became a rare commodity due to most of the region's lasting presence in the state’s most restrictive COVID tiers. But private schools were among the first...
Trump Starting To Fade From View
[aggregation-styles] Axios For the first time in years, Donald Trump is starting to fade into the background, according to SocialFlow data tracking the number of clicks to news articles. The big picture: During the first month of his post-presidency, Trump remained as discussed as he was when he was in...
Convicted Bakersfield Killer, Now Accused of Cellmate’s Murder, Awaits Hospital Transfer
[aggregation-styles] KGET News Convicted murderer Jamie Osuna, who a judge found incompetent last month to stand trial in the death of his cellmate, was still awaiting transfer to a state hospital for treatment as of Thursday. Osuna was serving a sentence of life without parole for the torture and killing...
First U.S. 3D-Printed Housing Community Planned For Rancho Mirage
[aggregation-styles] My News LA Rancho Mirage will be the location of the country’s first 3D-printed housing community, which is set to be ready for move-in by early next year, according to the builders. Beverly Hills-based development group Palari is teaming with Mighty Buildings, a construction technology company based in Oakland,...
School District’s Decision to Cancel Football, Water Polo Prompts Visalia Protest
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta About 70 students and parents protested Visalia Unified School District's decision to cancel high school football and water polo at the district's office this week. VUSD canceled the two sports' seasons for the 2020-21 school year, saying it was prioritizing spring athletics since those sports were...
The Middle East’s Next Conflicts Won’t Be Between Arab States and Iran
[aggregation-styles] Foreign Policy For more than two decades, the United States has seen the politics of the Middle East as a tug of war between moderation and radicalism—Arabs against Iran. But for the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, it was blind to different, more profound fissures growing among the...
Visalia District Says Middle and High Schoolers Could Return to Campus Within 2 Weeks
[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta The Visalia Unified School District Board of Trustees has unanimously approved reopening secondary schools for in-person learning after Tulare County reaches the red tier of the state's COVID-19 monitoring system. VUSD Superintendent Tamara Ravalín said students should expect to be back in school a week and...
Target Will Offer COVID Vaccinations in Stores Through CVS Partnership
[aggregation-styles] USA Today The COVID vaccine is now available in more than 600 CVS in-store pharmacies at Target stores across 17 states, including in California. Target announced the vaccine expansion Wednesday, saying it would also make its fitting rooms at select stores available to CVS for appointments, which are booked...
Remembering Allan McDonald: He Refused To Approve Challenger Launch, Exposed Cover-Up
[aggregation-styles] National Public Radio On Jan. 27, 1986, Allan McDonald stood on the cusp of history. McDonald directed the booster rocket project at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol. He was responsible for the two massive rockets, filled with explosive fuel, that lifted space shuttles skyward. He was at the Kennedy Space...
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott Marries Seattle Science Teacher
[aggregation-styles] Bloomberg MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos and one of the world’s richest women, has married a Seattle science teacher, who promptly declared he plans to help give away most of their wealth to charity. Dan Jewett, a teacher at the private Lakeside School, signaled the marriage on...