WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's White House launched a COVID-19 website on Friday in which it blamed the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in China while criticizing Democratic former President Joe Biden, former top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization....
Fresno ‘Powers Up’ the Nation’s Largest Combined Solar and Battery Storage Project
The city of Fresno "flipped the switch" on the nation's largest combined solar and battery storage project at 2108 S. Cornelia Ave. Fresno partnered with Forefront Power, a private San Francisco-based company on the 34 megawatt project. The facility helps to control operational energy costs including the regional wastewater treatment...
Trump Admin Asserts COVID-19 Originated in Chinese Lab, Targets Fauci
The Trump administration launched a webpage Friday, which asserts that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory leak in China and accuses public health officials of deliberately suppressing this theory for political reasons. "Public health officials often mislead the American people through conflicting messaging, knee-jerk reactions, and a lack of transparency," the...
Vendors Back at Fresno’s Art Hop? Survey Wants to Know What You Think
The organization behind one of Downtown Fresno's most popular events wants to know whether to bring vendors back to Art Hop. And, even before the results of a survey have been compiled, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer is letting everyone know where he stands. “Our community and small businesses have been...
Russian Missile Attack Kills One, Wounds 112 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Officials Say
KHARKIV (Reuters) - A Russian missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv killed one man inside his home and wounded at least 112 others, including nine children, on Friday, officials said. "This is how Russia began this Good Friday – with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, Shaheds – maiming our...
Iran Says Nuclear Deal Is Possible if Washington Is Realistic
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran believes reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme with the United States is possible as long as Washington is realistic, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday on the eve of a second round of talks with the Trump administration. "If they demonstrate seriousness of intent...
49ers Look to Strengthen Depleted Defense in NFL Draft
SANTA CLARA — A recent run of weak draft hauls and an exodus of talent this offseason has left the San Francisco 49ers in a different spot heading into next Thursday's NFL draft. Instead of looking mostly for depth or filling a few small holes, the Niners might need to...
Habit Burger & Grill Quietly Drops Impossible Burger From Menu
Habit Burger & Grill has confirmed it has discontinued the Impossible Burger patty at its restaurants nationwide, a spokesperson told GV Wire. The fast-casual chain, which began in Santa Barbara in 1969, has since expanded across the United States, with locations in California, Utah, Florida, Arizona, Washington, and other states....
What Happens After a Homeless Person Is Arrested for Camping? Often, Not Much
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Wickey Two Hands sat at the defense table on a recent Thursday morning, holding in his lap the red baseball cap he’d doffed out of respect for the judge. The 77-year-old homeless man was supposed to be the...
Thousands of Pilgrims Trek Through New Mexico Desert to Historic Adobe Church for Good Friday
SANTA FE, N.M. — A unique Holy Week tradition is drawing thousands of Catholic pilgrims to a small adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico, in a journey on foot through desert badlands to reach a spiritual wellspring. For generations, people of the Upper Rio Grande Valley and...