As Fresno City Council will consider an ordinance Thursday potentially closing down about 70 smoke shops, a coalition of business owners has retained an attorney who says the city's proposed action verges on eminent domain. The ordinance from councilmembers Miguel Arias, Annalisa Perea, and Nelson Esparza would force future and...
Ukraine and US Have Agreed on Framework Economic Deal, Ukrainian Officials Say
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals, three senior Ukrainian officials said Tuesday. The officials, who were familiar with the matter, spoke on condition of anonymity because they were...
Trump’s Deportation Rates Lower Than Biden’s, but Expected to Rise
President Trump's administration is deporting fewer people than Biden's did in its final year, according to newly released Department of Homeland Security data. As reported by Reuters, in Trump's first month, 37,660 people were deported, significantly lower than the monthly average of 57,000 during Biden's last full year in office....
Apple Shareholders Reject Proposal to Scrap Company’s Diversity Programs
Apple shareholders rebuffed an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into joining President Donald Trump's push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce. The proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research — a self-described conservative think tank — urged Apple to follow a litany of...
District 5 Forum: Candidates Discuss How They Would Handle the $20 Million Budget Deficit
Fresno City Council District 5 candidates shared their plans to tackle the city’s projected $20 million budget deficit at GV Wire’s forum Thursday. The forum included Jose Leon Barraza, a Fresno Parks Commission member; Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas, a Fresno Unified School Board trustee; and Brandon Vang, a Sanger Unified School...
Future ‘Longhorns’ Tour Construction Site of Next Clovis Unified High School
Hundreds of Clovis Unified students glimpsed their future middle school and high school last week. The Terry P. Bradley Educational Center in southeast Clovis consists of two schools on the same lot: Sanchez Intermediate School and Clovis South High School. The mascot for both schools is the Longhorns and their...
James Carville: The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment
There's Nothing Democrats Can Legitimately Do To Stop Trump, So We Need A Tactical Pause In Our Fight To Plan For The Future. The Republican Party is all too often effective at campaigning and winning elections, but there's another fact about it that a lot of Americans forget: The Republican...
Fresno EOC Postpones Deleting DEI Language in Job Descriptions
The Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission postponed scrubbing DEI-related language from job descriptions, which interim CEO Brian Angus is recommending so as not to jeopardize tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for the anti-poverty community action agency. Delaying the vote to next month's meeting will give the agency time...
Trump’s Reclamation Bureau Doubles Water Allocation Over 2024
In a water year not too different than 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation doubled its February allocation from last year, attributing the action to an executive order from President Donald Trump. But given a dry January, officials say they are still monitoring California's water situation. Reclamation announced South-of-Delta operators...
Is Bird Flu the Only Reason Egg Prices Are Soaring?
The calls, texts and emails start coming in before 6 in the morning: restaurants, bakeries and others desperate to find eggs. Brian Moscogiuri is an egg broker. A vice president for the wholesale company Eggs Unlimited, he works the phone in his home office in Toms River, New Jersey, until...