WASHINGTON — Senior military officials are weighing a possible deployment of a combat brigade from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and some elements of the division’s headquarters staff to support U.S. military operations in Iran, defense officials said. The officials described the military’s actions as prudent planning, noting that nothing...
Nevada Utility to Lake Tahoe: Find Electricity Elsewhere
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A utility serving 49,000 Lake Tahoe customers has a little over a year to find a new source for 75% of its power. Liberty Utilities, one of California’s three smaller investor-owned power companies, alerted regulators this month that...
Fresno Firefighters Rescue Two Clinging to Tree Branches in San Joaquin River
Fresno firefighters rescued two people from the San Joaquin River near Highway 41 Sunday evening after reports they were yelling for help, officials said. Crews arrived just before 8 p.m. and found the individuals clinging to tree branches in the river’s moving water, the Fresno Fire Department said in a...
US Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Detaining Thousands of Refugees
A federal judge on Monday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a new policy that would subject thousands of refugees to arrest and detention if after a year in the United States they had yet to obtain green cards. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston acted at...
Fresno County Trucking Operator Sentenced to 14 Months for PPP Loan Fraud
A Fresno man was sentenced Monday to 14 months in federal prison for defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gurjeet Bath, 37, was also ordered to pay a $100,000 criminal fine after pleading guilty to theft of government property, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. “During a time...
Bahrain Proposes UN Security Council Approve Use of Force to Protect Hormuz Shipping
Bahrain has put forward a draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would authorize countries to use "all necessary means" - diplomatic language for force - to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, according to a text seen by Reuters on Monday. Diplomats said the draft...
What Do Record Heat and Melting Snow Mean for California Reservoirs?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A record-breaking heat wave scalded California, with major consequences for the state’s most important reservoir: its snowpack. Providing about a third of the state’s water supply, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is a vital source of spring and summer...
Bill Cosby Ordered to Pay $19.25 Million in Civil Sexual Assault Case, NYT Reports
A California civil jury on Monday found Bill Cosby, 88, liable for drugging and sexually assaulting former waitress Donna Motsinger in 1972, awarding her $19.25 million in damages. The jury sided with Motsinger’s account that Cosby gave her wine and a pill that left her incapacitated before assaulting her. Cosby...
Why Tech Giants Are Ditching the Power Grid
In a few short years, the artificial intelligence industry has transformed places such as central Ohio, where farmland is giving way to data centers and computer chip factories. Companies are so desperate to secure power for these projects that some, like Meta, are looking beyond the electric grid. Developers are...
Iran Denies Talks With US After Trump Postpones Strikes on Power Grid
Iran denied on Monday that it had engaged in negotiations with the United States, after President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb Iran's power grid because of what he described as productive talks with unidentified Iranian officials. Trump wrote early in the U.S. morning on his Truth Social platform...