A possible DUI crash involving three vehicles blocked lanes at the intersection of Herndon and Clovis avenues Monday afternoon, authorities said. Clovis police responded at about 1:04 p.m. to reports of a three-vehicle collision. Investigators said an adult female driver, suspected of driving under the influence, was stopped at a...
Fresno Police Investigate Downtown Homicide at Sun Stereo Warehouse
Fresno police are investigating a fatal shooting at the Sun Stereo Warehouse on Friday night that left a 38-year-old man dead. Officers from the Southwest Policing District responded around 11:16 p.m. to the area of Fulton and Inyo streets, where they found Meharie Kidane suffering from gunshot wounds. He was...
Fresno County Supes Threaten to Sue Recorder Dictos Over Real Estate Fees
An internal fight over real estate fees has turned into a looming legal battle pitting elected Fresno County officials against each other. Fresno County supervisors are preparing to sue Fresno County Assessor/Recorder Paul Dictos over his unique read on a state law. At last week's board meeting, County Counsel Doug...
X Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports
X, formerly Twitter, experienced an outage Monday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 2,700 users had reported problems with the platform as of 1:52 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reported an issue with...
Madera County Man Arrested After Thousands of Child Abuse Files Found, Sheriff Says
More than 4,000 digital files containing child sexual abuse material were discovered during a search warrant served Thursday at an Oakhurst residence, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives, working with the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, executed the warrant at a home on Granite Butte...
MLB Will Unveil the Robot Umpire in Giants-Yankees Opener
The foundations of baseball have largely remained the same since Babe Ruth swung a bat. Nine innings make a game. Three strikes and you’re out. And the ultimate authority on all pitches is the home plate umpire. We won’t be able to say that last one in a few days....
Trump Approved Iran Operation After Netanyahu Argued for Joint Killing of Khamenei, Sources Say
Less than 48 hours before the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American leader once had campaigned against. Both Trump and Netanyahu knew from intelligence briefings earlier in...
Pentagon Officials Weigh Deployment of Airborne Troops for Iran War
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...