[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday approved the construction of 800 new housing units in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, launching a potentially provocative expansion in the Israeli-occupied territory just days before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Critics immediately accused the prime...
2 Capitol Police Officers Suspended and at Least 10 More Under Investigation for Alleged Roles in Riot
[aggregation-styles] CNN Two US Capitol Police officers were suspended and at least 10 more are under investigation for their behavior during last week's assault on the Capitol, and federal agents will look at whether current and former law enforcement officers played a role in the riot. One of the Capitol...
Patriots Coach Belichick Refuses Presidential Medal After Violence At Capitol
[aggregation-styles] NPR New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick, who had been expected to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this week, has instead declined the honor, citing last week's violence at the Capitol. "Recently I was offered the opportunity to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which I...
‘You Definitely Didn’t Feel Comfortable’ Former Turlock Mayor Details Experience Traveling With Capitol Rioters
[aggregation-styles] ABC10 Sacramento TURLOCK, Calif. — Former Turlock Mayor Gary Soiseth was recently in Washington D.C. on business. In his post-political life, he's does consultation work for irrigation districts and water. His most recent business trip, during the first week of January, however, coincided with an insurrection on the national's...
Former Assembly Candidate Julie Solis Arrested After Entering, Refusing To Leave Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s Office
[aggregation-styles] KGET-Television BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Julie Solis, who recently ran for the 34th Assembly District seat, was arrested this morning after protesting against Congressman Kevin McCarthy at his Bakersfield office. The Bakersfield Police Department said McCarthy’s office had been closed when Solis arrived and that a delivery man had...
Questions Raised on Use of Fresno Air Guard Surveillance Plane Over Wealthy Suburb
[aggregation-styles] NBC News A recent report by the U.S. Air Force has raised questions about the use of a specialized surveillance plane from Fresno's Air National Guard base in response to false allegations of looting and rioting in an affluent California suburb last summer. On June 1, in the El...
KMJ Radio Owner Orders All On-Air Hosts to Stop Suggesting Election was Stolen from Trump
[aggregation-styles] The Hill The parent company of Fresno radio station KMJ has issued a memo barring talent at any of its stations from spreading conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. “We need to help induce national calm NOW,” wrote an executive with Cumulus Media in a Wednesday directive, the...
2021: Is This the Year That Wild Delta Smelt Become Extinct?
[aggregation-styles] California Water Blog 2020 was a bad year for delta smelt. No smelt were found in the standard fish sampling programs (fall midwater trawl, summer townet survey). Surveys designed specifically to catch smelt (Spring Kodiak Trawl, Enhanced Delta Smelt Monitoring Program) caught just two of them despite many long...
Newsom Scrambles to Save California — and His Career — as Pandemic Rages
[aggregation-styles] Politico Californians are frustrated, tired and sick. And in the midst of the unfolding catastrophe, Gov. Gavin Newsom — confronting a burgeoning recall effort, on top of a year of wildfires and civil unrest — is under siege. Halfway through his first term, the Democratic governor is scrambling to...
‘Tear Gas Everywhere’: Central Valley Proud Boy’s Video of US Capitol Riot Could Be Used as Evidence Against Group
[aggregation-styles] KGO-Television WASHINTON D.C. (KGO) -- The FBI has been making arrests and trying to identify others who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. New evidence is surfacing Friday, from a firsthand account from a California member of the Proud Boys who was there. This member of the Central...