Pacific Gas & Electric customers are already paying some of the nation's highest rates for electricity, and their bills could be getting a little bigger. PG&E is notifying customers that they'll have to pay transaction fees starting May 19 if they use a bank account, credit card, or debit card...
Fresno County Ending ‘Squaw Valley’ Fight After Latest Court Ruling
A state appeal court ruled that Fresno County does not have standing when challenging a lawsuit over a state law banning derogatory place names. And one county supervisor says the fight is over. A 3-0 ruling from the Fifth Appellate District found in favor of the state and ordered the...
Exclusive: Tesla to Delay US Launch of Affordable EV, a Lower-Cost Model Y, Sources Say
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW DELHI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Tesla's much-awaited plans for an affordable car include a stripped-down version of its best-selling electric SUV, the Model Y, that will be made in the United States, but the production launch has been delayed, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Tesla has...
Clovis Reconsiders Recycling Vote. Will a Campaign Contribution Matter?
A 10-year recycling contract is once again under consideration in Clovis. The city council on Monday will consider awarding the $5.5 million contract to Mid Valley Disposal, after months of back and forth over the nature of services. In February, the city council delayed any vote, to consider additional proposals...
Gov. Newsom Offers $50K Reward in 2022 Kings County Homicide
Gov. Gavin Newsom is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the 2022 killing of a man on tribal land in Kings County, his office announced Friday. On March 25, 2022, deputies with the Kings County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched near Saltgrass and Yokut...
Trump’s White House Launches COVID Website That Criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden
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...