HOUSTON — Golden State's Jimmy Butler sustained a pelvis contusion after taking a hard fall on a foul by Amen Thompson late in the first quarter and missed the rest of the Warriors' 109-94 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. Coach Steve Kerr said he wasn't sure if...
Crow-Armstrong Goes Deep Again as Cubs Edge Dodgers
CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong homered and drove in four runs, and the Chicago Cubs topped the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 for another wild victory Wednesday night. Dansby Swanson had two hits and two RBIs as NL Central-leading Chicago improved to 4-1 on an eight-game homestand. The Cubs beat the Dodgers 11-10 on...
Jalen Green Makes Eight 3s to Help Rockets Even Series With Warriors
HOUSTON — In his playoff debut this weekend Jalen Green admitted that playoff jitters got the best of him. "The lights were bright, the crowd was here, the court looked huge," said Green, who starred at Fresno's San Joaquin Memorial High School. "So I couldn't really get a chance to...
Webb, Flores Come Up Big as Giants Clip Brewers
SAN FRANCISCO — Wilmer Flores hit a two-run single in the sixth inning to back another strong start by Giants ace Logan Webb, and San Francisco beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Wednesday night. Jung Hoo Lee added three hits to help the Giants improve to 14-2 against right-handed starters...
Israeli Fire Kills at Least 44 People in Gaza, Hits a Police Station
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, local health authorities said, and Israel's military said it had struck a command center of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad groups. Medics said two Israeli missiles...
18-Year-Old Dies After Shooting Outside Clovis Restaurant
Update on April 24, 2025 The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner's Office reported that Caleb Quick, 18, was the young man who died. Quick was a Clovis Online School student. Original Story An 18-year-old died in a shooting Wednesday night outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Clovis, prompting an ongoing investigation by police....
Trump Tells Putin to ‘STOP’ After Russian Attacks Kills 10 in Kyiv
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least 10 people in the biggest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year and drawing rare condemnation from Donald Trump who told Vladimir Putin: "Vladimir, STOP!" The attack, which the U.S. president said was "not necessary" and...
Given Its Failures, Can California Manage a Transition to a Carbon-Free Future?
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. It’s become painfully obvious in recent years that California officialdom lacks the ability to plan and deliver major projects. While examples abound, the state’s woebegone bullet train project, its tortuous efforts to implement information technology and the financial...
Fresno Trustees Choose District Insider Misty Her for New Superintendent
Fresno Unified trustees on Wednesday chose Misty Her to be the district's next superintendent. The school board selected the interim superintendent as the only finalist to take the top leadership role. In her first speech to the public as the all-but-official superintendent, Her said they've already begun to implement plans...
Fresno Students Celebrate Earth Day by Planting 5 Valley Oaks
Jack Roberts, a sophomore at University High School, spearheaded an Earth Day project to create a greener environment and call attention to Fresno’s “endemic ecology.” Roberts, alongside 30 student volunteers from Hoover High School’s Science Enrichment club, celebrated Earth Day by planting trees. The students worked together from 12:30p.m. to...