Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Raisin City School District employee on Thursday in connection with alleged crimes involving a child, authorities said. Carlos Rivas, 49, of Kerman, was booked into jail on two felony charges: annoying a child and lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. His...
Meta Ordered to Pay $375 Million Over Child Safety Violations
Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms and enabled the sexual exploitation of young users, a New Mexico jury found Tuesday, one of the first major child safety trial losses for the social media giant. The state’s attorney general, Raúl Torrez, sued Meta in 2023, accusing it of...
International Convoy Delivers Tons of Aid to Cuba Amid Crisis
Cuba on Tuesday received a shipment of humanitarian aid from the Nuestra America Convoy, an international effort organized by global activists seeking to circumvent U.S. sanctions that severely restrict shipments of fuel and other goods to the island. The aid arrived in a small ship that departed last week from...
Medi-Cal Faces Funding Emergency Because of State Miscalculations, Federal Cuts
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gavin Newsom loves to brag about his accomplishments as governor — a syndrome that sometimes backfires when reality raises its ugly head. So it was in January 2022 when he proposed extending health care coverage to everyone in...
Florida Middle School Student Is Arrested After Stabbing Attack
A seventh grade student at a Florida middle school stabbed two other students and a teacher early Tuesday, seriously injuring at least two of the victims, authorities said. The attack took place at the Walton Middle School in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, around 7:17 a.m., during early morning drop off before...
Fresno Hospital Hit With Lawsuit Over OT, Labor Violations. Will It Expand?
A Fresno hospital system faces a potential class-action lawsuit for not paying workers overtime and committing other labor violations. Rachel Lerma filed the suit against Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno County Superior Court on March 11. She accuses the hospital of failing to pay overtime, provide meal and rest...
Traffic Stop in Merced County Leads to $3.5 Million Narcotics Seizure, Arrest
A traffic stop in Merced County on Monday led to the seizure of more than $3.5 million worth of suspected narcotics and the arrest of a driver, according to the California Highway Patrol. A Central Division K-9 officer conducted the stop and observed indicators of criminal activity during the contact....
Merced County Man Arrested After Alleged Hate Crime, Firearm Assault
A 45-year-old man was arrested after deputies say he threatened a 68-year-old man with a handgun and used racial slurs during a property dispute in South Dos Palos. Deputies with the Merced County Sheriff’s Office responded Friday morning to the intersection of Cypress Road and Reynolds Avenue regarding a dispute...
Republicans Offer to Fund Homeland Security Without ICE Enforcement
WASHINGTON — Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump threw cold water on their efforts to cut a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, Senate Republicans intensified their bid Tuesday to find an off-ramp to the impasse amid staggeringly long lines at airports across the country. Under...
Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Children in Country Illegally
HOUSTON — Stephen Miller raised the idea of ending public education funding for children lacking legal status in a closed-door meeting with Texas lawmakers in Washington last week, a move that would challenge a decades-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent, according to two people who were in the meeting. Miller, President...