The Trump administration sued the Minnesota Education Department and the state group in charge of interscholastic athletics Monday, accusing both of violating civil rights protections for girls by allowing transgender students to participate on girls’ sports teams. The Justice Department is asking the U.S. District Court in Minnesota to prevent...
Who Are the New Judges in Madera, Kings, and Kern Counties?
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced three judicial appointments in the San Joaquin Valley last week. Daniel Walters, a senior prosecutor in the Fresno County District Attorney's Office since 2012, was appointed to the Madera County Superior Court bench. He replaces the retired Brian Austin. Walters, a Republican, received his Juris Doctor...
Fresno County Authorities Seek Family of Man Who Died at Hospital
The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office is asking for help locating relatives of 58-year-old Robert Gene Walker, who recently died in a hospital from natural causes. Staff members have been unable to find immediate family members through personal records, a necessary step to release the body for burial. Got a Tip?...
Hegseth Says Coming Days Will Be Decisive for Iran, Tehran Threatens US Businesses in Region
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday the next few days in the war against Iran would be decisive and warned Tehran that the conflict would intensify if it did not make a deal. Iran's Revolutionary Guards hit back with a new threat, saying that they will target U.S....
Tiger Woods Told Police He Was Looking at Phone Before Rollover Crash
Tiger Woods told authorities he was looking down at his phone and did not realize the truck in front of him had slowed down before his rollover crash in Florida last week, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained on Tuesday. According to the report, Woods had two hydrocodone pills...
Claude Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Shows
Claude AI experienced a possible outage Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com. More than 2,400 users had reported problems with the platform as of 8:30 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users who reported an issue to Downdetector said that they had...
Fresno CHP Arrests Four in Stolen BMW with Stolen Credit Cards
A stolen BMW X4 used as a getaway car was quickly recovered by California Highway Patrol officers in Fresno, leading to the arrest of four people, authorities said on Monday. Fresno-area CHP officers found the vehicle occupied by three men and one woman, all carrying stolen credit cards, officials said....
Countries Need to Step up on Strait of Hormuz, Says Hegseth
The United States has done the lion's share of the work in making Iran less of a threat and other countries now need to step up to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz waterway, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday. Hegseth cited President Donald Trump's early morning exhortation to other...
Big Change for California Small Businesses: No SBA Loans for Green-Card Holders
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy. The SBA limited access to its loans...
King Charles to Pay State Visit to US as UK Seeks to Mollify Trump
King Charles will make a state visit to the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, a high-profile trip that the British government hopes will help to repair relations with Donald Trump, damaged by the Iran war. Charles and his wife Queen Camilla will visit the U.S....