Community Media Access Collaborative’s The Big Tell film contest, back for its ninth year, will award $5,000 grants to 10 local filmmakers for the production of short documentaries that feature stories from California’s great Central Valley. The Big Tell is coordinated by CMAC, a nonprofit committed to empowering community voices...
Fresno Unified Faces New Legal Claim Alleging Top Official Trapped Employee in Car
Fresno Unified trustees on Wednesday will hear a claim for damages from a campus safety officer who alleges her supervisor, a top district official and wife of another district official, trapped her in her car for 40 minutes and verbally abused her. After the confrontation with Amy Idsvoog, executive officer...
Clovis Police Arrest Two in Connection to Caleb Quick’s Murder
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Clovis Police Give More Information About the Suspects Clovis police announced Friday they have arrested two people in connection with the fatal shooting of Caleb Quick outside a McDonald’s restaurant last month. Quick was shot in the head on April 23 as he was leaving the restaurant...
Elizabeth Smart Shares Harrowing Kidnap, Assault Experience with Fresno
Elizabeth Smart was headline news more than two decades ago after she was abducted from her Utah home and held captive for nine months. On Friday, Smart visited Fresno to share her story of abuse and perseverance, her mission to bring awareness to victims of sexual violence, and fight to...
US Military Ordered to Pull Books on Diversity, Gender Issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon ordered military educational institutions to pull and review any books that promote what it called "divisive concepts and gender ideology" on Friday, in the latest move from President Donald Trump's administration against diversity, equity and inclusion. Since taking office in January, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete...
Fresno County Authorities Seek Public’s Help in Huron Homicide
Fresno County homicide detectives are asking for the public’s help in solving the 2017 murder of a 22-year-old Huron man after receiving new information that has shifted the focus of their investigation. Jesus Adrian Amador Jr. was shot multiple times on March 27, 2017, near 10th Street, east of Lassen...
UN Agencies Warn That Israel’s Plans for Aid Distribution Will Endanger Lives in Gaza
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — International aid agencies warned Friday that Israeli plans to control aid distribution in Gaza, including a U.S.-backed proposal, will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory, calling on Israel to lift its blockade on food and other supplies, now in its third...
Fresno Police Officer Arrested on Sexual Battery Charges
A Fresno police officer has been arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor sexual battery following an investigation into an off-duty incident earlier this year, the Fresno Police Department said in a statement. Officer Obioma Agbowo, a seven-year veteran of the department, was arrested Wednesday on two counts of misdemeanor sexual battery,...
Mayor Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, Arrested at ICE Detention Center He Has Been Protesting
NEWARK, N.J. — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at an federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said. Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings...
FDA Will Allow Three New Color Additives Made From Minerals, Algae and Flower Petals
U.S. regulators said Friday that they would allow three new color additives made from natural sources to be used in the nation's food supply. It comes after health officials pledged a sweeping phase-out of petroleum-based dyes widely used in foods from cereals to sports drinks to boost health — though...