In the heart of Clovis during the Old Town Motorama, people were stopping for a cup of coffee and leaving with more than a drink. Pastor Andy White of The Legacy Christian Church is leading a unique project called the “The Giving Truck,” a mobile generosity campaign centered around a...
Should Fresno Make It Easier to Convert Office Buildings Into Housing?
After a two-hour evening hearing, the Fresno City Council took no action on a controversial proposal Thursday that would make it easier to convert office buildings into housing. Following the advice of City Attorney Andrew Janz, Thursday's discussion was for introduction. A vote would come at the June 12 meeting....
Oracle to Buy $40 Billion of Nvidia Chips for OpenAI’s US Data Center, FT Reports
(Reuters) - Oracle will spend around $40 billion on Nvidia's higher-performance chips to power OpenAI's new U.S. data center, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The data center, situated in Abilene, Texas, is part of the U.S. Stargate Project, led by top AI firms in the country, to boost America's...
Low-Income Compton Students Get $225M State-of-the-Art High School Campus
Students from some of California's poorest families are receiving one of the state's most advanced high schools as the rebuilt $225-million Compton High prepares to open this fall. The 31-acre campus features innovative design elements including an all digital library with no physical books, classrooms with glass walls and sliding...
Vance Says Use of Military Force Under Trump Will Be Careful, Decisive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that the United States under President Donald Trump will choose carefully when to use military force and will avoid involvement in open-ended conflicts in what he called a break from recent U.S. policies. Vance, delivering the commencement address at the...
Memorial Day Weekend Packed With Fresno Area Events. Which Will You Attend?
Memorial Day is a holiday on which Americans honor our military dead. Observed originally by the Confederates following the Civil War, the idea of an annual tribute was soon embraced by the entire country in 1868. The holiday now also marks the unofficial start of summer and offers a multitude...
Trump to Sign Orders to Boost Nuclear Power as Soon as Friday, Sources Say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will sign executive orders as soon as Friday that aim to jumpstart the nuclear energy industry by easing the regulatory process on approvals for new reactors and strengthening fuel supply chains, four sources familiar said. Facing the first rise in power demand in...
Everyone Now Has an Opinion on Jake Tapper
It's not easy getting Megyn Kelly, Jon Stewart and Hunter Biden all rowing in the same direction. Jake Tapper, and his new book, have managed to do just that. Tapper, the longtime CNN anchor, has become one of the most talked-about figures in the media and political worlds in recent...
Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar International Students at Harvard
Harvard University sued the Trump administration Friday, less than 24 hours after the Department of Homeland Security said it would block international students from attending the nation's oldest university and one of its most prestigious. Later Friday morning, at the university's request, a federal judge in Boston moved swiftly to...
DOGE Targets Census Bureau, Worrying Data Users About Health of US Data Infrastructure
The group launched by Elon Musk to cut federal spending in the second Trump administration is targeting some U.S. Census Bureau surveys it claims are "wasteful," worrying users of federal data who are already concerned about the health of the nation's statistical infrastructure. The Department of Government Efficiency said on...