The U.S. Justice Department released hundreds of thousands of pages of documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday that made scant reference to President Donald Trump but extensively featured Democratic former President Bill Clinton. The release was intended to comply with a law...
Measure C Renewal Passes Key Checkpoint. Will Competing Versions Emerge?
A panel of mayors approved how to implement Measure C, setting the next stage in getting the Fresno County transportation sales tax renewal on the ballot. The Fresno Council of Governments Policy Board voted 10-4 on Thursday to approve most of what an advisory panel recommended. The policy board includes...
CA’s Very Odd Election Year Starts With Republicans Possibly Leading Governor’s Race
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The 2026 campaigns for governor, a raft of other statewide offices, 52 congressional seats and 100 slots in the state Legislature officially begin today with the onset of candidate filing. It could be one of the oddest election...
Opponents Pronounce SEDA Dead as Residents Pack City Council Meeting
A roomful of community groups, property owners, labor organizers, and educators showed up to protest what many thought would be the approval of Fresno's plan to expand the southeast part of the city. The Fresno City Council at Thursday's meeting even ordered chairs be brought to the lobby to seat...
US Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria
WASHINGTON — The United States began major airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria on Friday, fulfilling President Donald Trump’s vow to avenge the deaths of two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed in a terrorist attack in the central part of the country last Saturday....
Israeli Attack on School Shelter in Gaza City Kills 5 Palestinians, Hospital Chief Says
Five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, the head of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Mohamed Abu Selmia, told Reuters on Friday. The Palestinian civil emergency service said in a statement most of the...
Bowing to Congress, Justice Department Releases More Epstein Records
The U.S. Justice Department released a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, bowing to pressure from lawmakers who forced their disclosure with a new law. The release follows months of political wrangling and rebellion by some of...
Meathead Movers Settles Federal Sex And Age Discrimination Case For $2 Million
Moving company Meathead Movers settled a sex and age discrimination case with the federal government for $2 million. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the San Luis Obispo-based company, which has a strong Fresno presence, of not hiring potential employees because of their age or sex. As part of...
Trump, Nine Pharmaceutical Companies Strike Deal to Cut Prices
President Donald Trump and nine major pharmaceutical companies on Friday announced deals that will slash the prices of their medicines for the government's Medicaid program and for cash payers, in his latest bid to align U.S. costs with those in other wealthy nations. Bristol Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, and Merck...
Oil Prices Climb as US Blocks Venezuelan Tankers, Eyes on Russia-Ukraine Talks
Oil prices edged up on possible disruptions from a U.S. blockade of Venezuelan tankers as the market waits for news about a possible Russia-Ukraine peace deal and interest rate decisions from central banks around the world. Brent futures rose 71 cents, or 1.2%, to $60.53 per barrel at 1:38 p.m....