Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive outside a hotel in Manhattan, is due in federal court on Friday as a judge considers whether key pieces of evidence should be included in the death penalty murder case. Mangione, 27, is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare...
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Stephen Deryle Cooper
January 23, 2026 Most Wanted Person of the Day Suspect Name: Stephen Deryle Cooper Suspects Date of Birth: February 7, 1972 Physical Description: White Male, 5’ 9, 175 lbs., Blond Hair, Blue Eyes. Charges: Possession of firearm by a felon Warrant Number: F24906158 Synopsis of the Case: Stephen Deryle Cooper...
At-Risk Missing Clovis Woman Located in Fresno, Police Seek Family Members
An at-risk missing woman reported missing late last year has been located, Clovis police said on Thursday. Kathleen Rodriguez was found in Fresno at a fast food restaurant and transported to a hospital with minor injuries, according to the Clovis Police Department. She remains hospitalized in stable condition. Rodriguez was...
Fresno Police Seek Public’s Help Locating Missing 16-Year-Old Girl
Fresno police are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing 16-year-old girl last seen leaving her home earlier this month. Sheyla Esquival-Bahena was last seen on the morning of Friday, Jan. 16, leaving her house in the area of West Cesar Chavez Boulevard and North Fruit Avenue, police...
Madera Police Arrest 14-Year-Old After Pursuit of Stolen Vehicle, Recover Loaded Gun
A 14-year-old boy was taken into custody early Friday after police located a stolen vehicle and recovered a loaded firearm following a pursuit in Madera, authorities said. An officer spotted the stolen vehicle in the city’s northeast limits, an area where multiple vehicles were reported stolen the night before, the...
The Human Cost of Letting Fresno County’s Measure C Expire
There are moments in public service when the infighting has to stop, the facts have to speak, and the work needs to take place. Measure C, our local road tax, is one of those moments. Measure C is not a new tax. It has been in place for decades and has helped build our region...
A Look Inside California Lawmakers’ High-End Bash With Lobbyists
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Assemblymember Tina McKinnor stood at the free tequila bar. The Inglewood Democrat had asked for three glasses of Patrón El Alto, “the pinnacle of luxury” priced at roughly $150 a bottle. She kept one glass, leaving the other...
Voters Are Split on Deportations but Disapprove of ICE, Poll Finds
Roughly half of voters support President Donald Trump’s deportations and his handling of the border with Mexico, but a sizable majority believes that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has gone too far, according to a poll from The New York Times and Siena University. Fifty percent of voters said that they...
US Threatens to Starve Iraq of Its Oil Dollars Over Iranian Influence, Sources Say
Washington has threatened senior Iraqi politicians with sanctions targeting the Iraqi state - including potentially its critical oil revenues - should armed groups backed by Iran be included in the next government, four sources told Reuters. The warning is the starkest example yet of U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to curb Iran-linked...
TikTok Reaches Deal for New US Joint Venture to Avoid American Ban
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 - TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, finalized a deal on Thursday to set up a majority American-owned joint venture company to avoid a U.S. ban on the popular social media app used by more than 200 million Americans. The deal is a milestone for the short video app...