The Measure C Citizen Oversight Committee may not include citizens if the proposed tax renewal follows one suggestion. At a meeting on Oct. 16, advisory committee member Veronica Garibay asked why it's a requirement to be a U.S. citizen to sit on the oversight committee. "I recommend removing that given...
Madera Sheriff Opens Up About ex-Deputy Who Killed Himself With Officer’s Gun
On Wednesday, Fresno police revealed that the man who shot himself at Community Regional Medical Center with an officer's gun was a former Madera County Sheriff's deputy. Police arrested 32-year-old Isaac Hare on Monday on suspicion of retail theft and impersonating an officer. After resisting arrest and being tased four...
Shutdown Brings Illegal BASE Jumpers, Drones, and Chaos to Yosemite
From his perch on the 3,000-foot wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Charles Winstead heard the unexpected whoosh of a BASE jumper’s parachute and looked up. “I turned on my camera, and, sure enough, there was a couple more, and then a couple more and a couple more,”...
Louvre Chief Blames CCTV Gaps for $102 Million Jewellery Heist
The Louvre's cameras failed to detect burglars in time to prevent their audacious daylight heist of some of France's crown jewels, the museum's director said on Wednesday, amid growing anger directed at officials over major security lapses. The thieves broke into the world-famous Paris museum on Sunday using a crane...
Israel’s Parliament Gives Initial Nod to Occupied West Bank Annexation
JERUSALEM — A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land which Palestinians want for a state, won preliminary approval from Israel's parliament on Wednesday. The vote was the first of four needed to pass the law and it coincided with the...
Fresno County Authorities Identify Driver in 189-Mile, 3-County Pursuit as Woman
Update on Oct. 27, 2025 at 3:36 p.m. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office identified the driver as Rebekah Madison, 36. She was booked into jail on a felony charge of evading police with a bail set at $5,000. Authorities said the pursuit lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes, covering nearly...
A Scholarship for Black California Students Has to Accept White Applicants. Here’s Why
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego is now available to anyone, regardless of race, after students and a right-leaning nonprofit organization sued the university for discrimination this July. The plaintiffs argued that the scholarship fund...
What Is Sanger Unified’s Secret Sauce? Engaging Instruction, Focus on Student Growth
At Washington Academic Middle School in the Sanger Unified School District, students in Samantha Nixon’s eighth grade math class recently tackled how to organize and tabulate a large fast-food order. “Start chatting in your groups. How many hamburgers did he order altogether?” Nixon asked the students. The students noisily debated the...
Overturned Truck Closes Northbound Highway 99 Offramp at Ashlan Avenue in Fresno
The northbound Highway 99 offramp and outermost lane at Ashlan Avenue closed Wednesday after a garbage truck overturned, according to Caltrans. Traffic was reported backed up to Shields Avenue. Officials said there is no estimated time for reopening. — Connect with Anthony W. Haddad on social media. Got a tip? Send an email.
Gallup Poll: Congress Approval Falls to 15%, Trump Holds Steady
Americans’ approval of Congress has plunged to just 15%, while approval of former President Donald Trump remains steady at 41%, according to a new Gallup poll released Tuesday. The drop for Congress represents an 11-point fall from a month earlier, with disapproval now at 79%. Much of the decline stems...