Summer officially wound down for students returning to Fresno and Clovis Unified classrooms on Monday. Meanwhile, teachers, construction crews, and school administration have been hard at work prepping for their arrival. Fresno Unified School District spent the summer renovating school sites — replacing outdated systems, modernizing buildings, repairing parking lots,...
Kern County Authorities Uncover Illegal Casino in Bakersfield, Seize Cash and Machine CPUs
Kern County sheriff’s deputies discovered an illegal gambling casino operating in Bakersfield on Sunday, authorities said. Deputies from the Metropolitan Patrol Division located the operation around 8 a.m. in the 900 block of North Chester Avenue, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office said. A search warrant was executed, and investigators seized...
US Air Force Chief to Retire Around November 1
The United States' Air Force chief announced on Monday that he planned to retire in the coming months, but did not provide a reason. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve as the 23rd Air Force Chief of Staff and I’m thankful for Secretary Meink, Secretary Hegseth and President Trump’s...
Potential Conflict of Interest Concerns Arise on Fresno Unified School Board
The Fresno Unified Board of Trustees appointed an additional member to the Fresno City Council School Liaison Subcommittee last week, causing two board members to raise concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest. The city is reviving the rarely convened subcommittee, intending to meet more frequently. Fresno Unified, the largest local...
Know a Victim of Real Estate Fraud? Fresno County DA Has Investigation Team
Fresno County residents may not know it, but there's an investigative team dedicated to prosecuting real estate fraud, and on Tuesday, the district attorney's office will present what they've done this past year. From July 1, 2024 to June 30, community members, business owners, and agencies sent the district attorney's...
Trump’s Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous. For the Military
One of my life’s greatest regrets is that I didn’t join the Army sooner. I was commissioned at age 37, late for the military, and I didn’t exactly impress my officer basic course instructors with my physical prowess. But I made it through, and I spent eight years in the...
‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry’s Drug Dealer to Plead Guilty in Overdose Death
A California woman known as the "ketamine queen" has agreed to plead guilty to charges that she supplied the dose of the prescription anesthetic that killed "Friends" star Matthew Perry, prosecutors said on Monday. Jasveen Sangha, who had been scheduled to go on trial in September, will plead guilty to...
MSNBC Will Become MS NOW, Lose Peacock Logo Before Comcast Spinoff
Cable news channel MSNBC will rebrand as My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW, according to internal memos seen by Reuters on Monday, as parent Comcast presses ahead with the planned separation of many NBCUniversal cable networks later this year. Comcast plans to spin off its cable channels, such...
Trump Says He Expects Putin to Release Ukrainian Prisoners
President Donald Trump on Monday said he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin to release over 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners soon after a trilateral meeting was set up with Ukrainian leader Voldymyr Zelenskiy. "I think you'll see that President Putin really would like to do something also," Trump said at the start...
Trump Administration Revoked More Than 6,000 Student Visas, State Dept Says
The administration of President Donald Trump has revoked more than 6,000 student visas for overstays and breaking the law, including a small minority for "support for terrorism," a State Department official said on Monday. The move, first reported by Fox Digital, comes as the Trump administration has adopted a particularly...