This summer, like most summers in the San Joaquin Valley, is poised to drop a hot hammer on the region, bringing dozens of days in which high daytime temperatures will top 100 degrees. And The Old Farmers Almanac predicts that the summer of 2026 “will be hotter and drier than...
Woman Arrested on DUI, Child Endangerment Charges at Fresno Drive-Thru
A 32-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and child endangerment after a drive-thru report at a Fresno restaurant, police said. At approximately 10:16 a.m. Sunday, the Fresno Police Department received a call from a manager at a Panda Express at Clovis and Balch avenues reporting...
US Closes Probe Into 2024 Delta Air Lines Meltdown Sparked by CrowdStrike Outage
The Trump administration said on Monday it had closed an investigation, without seeking any penalties, into a July 2024 meltdown at Delta Air Lines sparked by a global outage that disrupted the travel plans of 1.3 million customers and cost the carrier $500 million. The Biden administration opened a probe...
US Gasoline Slips Below $4 a Gallon for First Time Since April
U.S. average retail gasoline prices dipped below $4 a gallon for the first time since mid-April, as optimism grew that a preliminary deal between the U.S. and Iran would lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical passageway for global oil supplies. Prices for crude oil fell...
Trump Ordered ‘American Flag Blue’ for the Reflecting Pool. It’s Green Again.
President Donald Trump wanted the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial to look pristine. Photosynthesis had other plans. Days after the Trump administration completed a $14.2 million project to coat the reflecting pool’s concrete floor with dark blue waterproofing material, clumps of algae dotted the surface Sunday and Monday, giving...
One City Might Have Just Cracked the Housing Crisis
Imagine that 10 acres of land in the middle of your city was unbound from the laws that limit housing construction. No zoning. No neighborly lawsuits. No reviews by the Department of You Can’t Build That or its sister agency, the Department of Slow Down. It sounds like a wand-waving,...
Fresno Police Seek Help Locating 22-Year-Old Man Last Seen Downtown
Fresno police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 22-year-old man who was last seen Friday morning in central Fresno. Ashton Sklar Ortiz was last seen at about 8 a.m. in the area of Santa Clara and F streets, according to the Fresno Police Department. He is described...
US Air Force B-52 Bomber Crashes on Takeoff in California, Air Force Says
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber, designed to carry nuclear and conventional weapons, crashed on Monday shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California's Mojave Desert, the base said. Aerial video footage of the crash scene, about 100 miles (161 km) north of Los Angeles, showed...
Fresno Man Killed in Highway 99 Offramp Semi-Truck Crash Identified
A pedestrian was killed Wednesday afternoon in a collision involving a semi-truck on a Highway 99 offramp in Fresno, officials said. The incident occurred at 2:27 p.m. when officers were called to the northbound Highway 99 Fresno Street offramp, according to Fresno police. Authorities said the collision involved a semi-truck...
Clovis Hit-and-Run Victim Dies After DUI Collision
The victim of a DUI-related hit-and-run collision that occurred Thursday has died at a hospital, authorities said. The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Johnny Raygoza, 41, of Fresno. Officials said there are no further updates in the case as the Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate the...