LOS ANGELES — Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential fire and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall over responsibility for the devastation. Bass said in...
Salman Rushdie’s Attacker Found Guilty of Attempted Murder in New York
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors, who deliberated for less than two hours, also found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding a man who was...
Rate the SE Fresno City Council Candidates Before You Vote
GV Wire hosted a forum for candidates vying for the Fresno City Council District 5 seat on Thursday. The forum featured Jose Leon Barraza, Fresno Parks Commission member; Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas, Fresno Unified School Board Trustee; and Brandon Vang, Sanger Unified School Board Trustee. The candidates are competing to fill...
Judge Extends Temporary Block on NIH Funding Cuts
BOSTON — A federal judge on Friday extended a temporary block of the Trump administration's drastic cuts in medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and delay new lifesaving discoveries, U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley had issued a temporary restraining order earlier this month in response to...
Judge Considers Further Blocking Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze
A federal judge on Friday will consider a request to further block President Donald Trump's administration from freezing trillions of dollars of grants and loans that fund everything from clean energy programs to bridge repairs to emergency shelters. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell in Rhode Island, who already approved...
Who Won Fresno GOP Leadership Fight? State Party Decides
The Fresno GOP chairperson who faced an intra-party squabble is declaring victory as the group's rightful leader. Liz Kolstad apparently won re-election as the local Republican Party leader in January, only to be challenged by a renegade group claiming election irregularities. Now, the state party has weighed in, backing Kolstad....
Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother and Keeper of His Legacy, Dies at 78
NEW YORK — Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G., died Friday morning at 78. Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed her death Friday to The Associated Press, saying she died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, after a stint on hospice care. She...
Measles Outbreaks Surge in Texas and New Mexico: What You Need to Know
The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 90 cases across seven counties, the state health department posted online Friday, and 16 people are hospitalized. In neighboring eastern New Mexico, the measles case count is up to nine, though state public health officials said Thursday there's still no...
Fresno Police to Conduct Weekend DUI Checkpoint
The Fresno Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint on Feb. 22 from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. at an undisclosed location, they said in a statement. Checkpoint locations are determined based on data highlighting areas with high rates of impaired driving crashes. The department said the primary goal is...
Fed Judge Dismisses State Center Profs’ DEI Lawsuit
Self-proclaimed academic opponents of DEI say they scored a semi-victory recently even though a federal judge dismissed their lawsuit challenging rules they say would have required them to teach and endorse anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion principles. The lawsuit was brought in August 2023 by FIRE, formerly known as...