For Saturday's No Kings protests, an estimated five million people marched in over 2,000 cities and towns. The marches were a striking display of nonviolent dissent amid an increasingly volatile political environment. Together with the military deployment in Los Angeles and the military parade that President Trump presided over in...
Kaweah Health CEO Says He’s Ready to Retire After 34 Years at Hospital
After 34 years with the hospital, Kaweah Health CEO Gary Herbst says he will retire in June 2026. Retirement for the 66-year-old comes after the hospital's board of directors unanimously extended his tenure one more year from his original June 2025 retirement date, according to a news release. The hospital...
Obama Steps Back Into Public Eye at a Stormy Political Moment
Former President Barack Obama will gingerly step into the public fray Tuesday night, after weeks of quiet grumbling from some demoralized Democrats for what they say is his silence in the face of a frontal assault on liberal America by the Trump administration. Obama will participate in a discussion in...
Remains of 796 Babies Feared Buried at Former Irish Catholic Home
Excavation has begun at the site of a former Catholic-run home for unwed mothers in Tuam, where authorities believe the remains of 796 babies and children lie in a disused septic tank, the New York Post reported. The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home operated from 1925 to 1961, separating...
Newsom Gave Political Rival a $380K Job. See the Special Interests Who Paid for It
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. At the request of Gov. Gavin Newsom, a nonprofit paid former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa more than $380,000 to advise the governor for about 10 months on how to overhaul California’s approach to major infrastructure projects. Touting his new infrastructure...
Brad Lander Is Arrested by ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse
NEW YORK — Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was arrested Tuesday by federal agents at an immigration courthouse in lower Manhattan as he tried to escort a migrant out of the building to prevent his arrest. Lander, a Democrat, was observing proceedings at...
Trump Says US Won’t Kill Iranian Leader ‘for Now’ as Israel-Iran Air War Rages On
DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that U.S. patience was wearing thin but it had no immediate intention to "take out" Iran's leader, while indicating he could dispatch diplomatic envoys as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a fifth day. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said meanwhile that...
Liquor Licenses Abound in the Valley. How Many Is Too Many?
In some neighborhoods in the San Joaquin Valley, it's challenging to go more than a block or two without finding someplace to buy alcohol. Between liquor stores, convenience stores, neighborhood markets and large grocers – and from the smallest rural outposts to the region's largest cities across eight counties –...
Gavin Newsom Finally Admits He’s Contemplating a Run for President
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. After 6 1/2 years of denying any interest in running for president, Gavin Newsom has finally fessed up. In a flurry of media interviews keyed to anti-Donald Trump demonstrations in Los Angeles and elsewhere, Newsom has acknowledged what...
US Moving Fighter Jets to Middle East as Israel-Iran War Rages
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is deploying more fighter aircraft to the Middle East and extending the deployment of other warplanes, bolstering U.S. military forces in the region as the war between Israel and Iran rages, three U.S. officials said. One of the officials said the deployments include F-16, F-22...