The stoplight in Kettleman City known to cause miles-long backups for people going to or from the coast will get a complete transformation over the next two years. In April 2026, Caltrans will begin the work of changing the stoplight at Highway 41 and Bernard Drive into a roundabout. The...
Tulare Shooting Injures One, Police Investigating
Police in Tulare are investigating a shooting that left one person injured Thursday night. Officers responded around 9:36 p.m. to several reports of shots fired near Walnut Avenue and Marion Street, Tulare police said. While checking the area, they were informed of a gunshot victim near Bardsley and Spruce streets....
Thousands Protest Netanyahu’s UN Speech in New York City
NEW YORK — As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Friday morning, protesters on the streets of New York City addressed Netanyahu and the world. The demonstrators began gathering in Times Square, across town from the United Nations building, early in the morning. A...
Trump Repeats Tylenol and Vaccine Claims, Defying Medical Community Outcry
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his call for pregnant women and young children to stop using popular pain medication Tylenol, defying widespread criticism from medical groups, and offered further healthcare advice not backed by science. In an extraordinary news conference at the White House on Monday, Trump...
Leonardo Dicaprio’s ‘One Battle After Another’ Movie Filmed Partly in Stockton Hits Theaters
LOS ANGELES − Amid themes of political struggle, oppression and resistance in Paul Thomas Anderson's big-budget satire "One Battle After Another," there's laugh-out-loud comedy − especially when Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro share the screen for the first time in the movie, filmed partly in Stockton in 2024. "Think about 'The Dude,' if he was...
Fresno State Is Running the Pistol Offense. Here’s How It Works
The Bulldogs are enjoying their bye week, with no head coach Matt Entz news conference and no open practices for the media. The team returns to the field Oct. 4 at home against Nevada — which is also on a bye this week. Fresno State primarily uses the shotgun formation...
In the Crosshairs of a New Kind of American Copycat Killer
Murder is mimetic. The Zodiac Killer — who murdered at least five people in Northern California in the 1960s and sent cryptic messages to the news media — inspired copycats and established a dark cultural archetype: the serial killer who leaves taunting clues for his pursuers to try to decipher....
Sinclair to End Boycott of Kimmel Show on Its ABC Stations Friday
Sinclair Broadcasting said on Friday it will end its preemption of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and the show will return in the evening on Sinclair’s nearly 40 ABC-affiliated stations. Sinclair is one of two major broadcast owners that had not agreed to resume airing the show this week after Disney lifted...
UN Says Fox News Host Apologized After Calling for World Body to Be Bombed
The United Nations was shocked, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Friday, when a Fox News host called for the world body to be bombed over U.S. President Donald Trump's difficulties with an escalator and a teleprompter. Jesse Watters had privately apologized to U.N. global communications chief Melissa Fleming after...
5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits off the Oregon Coast West of Bandon
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake was detected off the Oregon Coast Sept. 25. The earthquake occurred at 11:45 p.m. approximately 143 miles off the coast of Bandon, and at a depth of 6.2 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. This incident comes just over two weeks after a 5.8 earthquake struck...