Science sometimes advances not by design but by happenstance. Thirty years ago a graduate student in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was describing a bottleneck in his work over drinks at a bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A Harvard student heard and suggested a solution using microchip manufacturing...
Urban Fires Can Mean Long Trips for Helicopters to Get Water. One Firefighter Had a Better Idea
CABAZON, Calif. — Mark Whaling and a crew raced up and down a hill in a tanker truck as they battled a wildfire in Los Angeles County, scrambling to get water from a street hydrant in time to stay ahead of flames moving up a ridge. A helicopter flew in...
Clovis Memorial Run Brings the Community Together, Supports Senior Programs
The annual Clovis Memorial Run brought runners and walkers to the new Clovis Senior Activity Center on May 24, featuring multiple races that raised funds for senior programs. The event kicked off at 7:25 a.m. with the national anthem, followed by a kids' run, senior Walk and Roll, and the...
Attorney Error Lowers Fees in Fresno Measure P Case
Nearly seven years after Fresno voters decided on a parks tax, the city won a partial legal victory on attorneys’ fees. On Friday, a judge ruled that the city only owes parks tax advocate Fresno Building Healthy Communities $290,071 in attorneys’ fees. Fresno BHC had requested $600,000. The case went...
Trump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era
WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Donald Trump told cadets in a commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they were the first graduates to serve in a "golden age" of the nation that was a result of his efforts to rebuild the military and...
9 of a Doctor’s 10 Children Are Killed in Israel’s Latest Strikes in Gaza
CAIRO — The bodies of 79 people killed by Israeli strikes have been brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday — a toll that doesn't include hospitals in the battered north that it said are now inaccessible. The dead over the past day in...
Daisy Can’t See or Hear, but She Knows How to Love
Daisy may not be able to see or hear, but the sweet senior pup always finds her way to the people she loves. “When Daisy first came to us, she was scared. She didn’t want to eat,” her foster mom said. “Her whole world had changed.” With time, care, and...
How to Travel Without a Phone
In today's hyperconnected world, traveling without a phone seems impossible, or at the very least, pointless. But for those who've done it, the experience can be rewarding and rejuvenating. In January, Soraya Lemboumba, 40, a project manager in Switzerland, spent 10 days in Panama on a phone-free trip. "It was...
Chukchansi Casino Hosts Job Fair to Fill 80 Food and Beverage Positions
Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino invites job seekers with a passion for guest service to its food and beverage job fair on Thursday, May 29. The resort is looking to fill about 80 positions. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Butler Building, located at 711...
California’s High Living Costs and Rampant Poverty Sharpen Its Economic Divide
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Forty years ago, I wrote a series of 14 articles for the Sacramento Bee describing major economic, social, cultural and political trends coursing through California as the 20th century was drawing to a close. One theme of the...