More than 2,600 “No Kings” protest events are scheduled to take place on Saturday in all 50 U.S. states, a mass mobilization against President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, education and security that organizers say are pushing the country toward autocracy. The protests -- big and little, in cities, suburbs...
Paramount Skydance to Cut 2,000 US Jobs Starting Week of October 27, Variety Reports
Paramount Skydance will begin mass layoffs the week of October 27, eliminating around 2,000 U.S. jobs as part of a $2 billion cost-cutting plan under new CEO David Ellison, Variety reported on Saturday. The layoffs follow the $8.4 billion merger between Skydance Media and Paramount Global, which closed in August....
Voting Rights Act Faces a Near-Death Experience at US Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Voting Rights Act, a landmark law barring discrimination in voting, was a product of the U.S. civil rights era, sought by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Martin Luther King, passed by Congress and signed by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. Six decades later, it faces its greatest...
Madera County Deputies Search for Person Reported With Firearm
Deputies responded Friday afternoon to reports of a person walking with a firearm near Lanes Bridge Drive and Avenue 10, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office. The individual was described as wearing a dark shirt, khaki pants and boots. Deputies conducted an extensive search of the area but were...
Will Fresno Raise Taxes on New Homes and Businesses?
With a few questions still unanswered, Fresno City Council decided Thursday to put off a decision on a tax controlling outward growth until Oct. 30. The council got its first public look at a plan three years in the making that's intended to reduce how much people need to drive....
Dinuba Man Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for Serial Sexual Assaults
A 61-year-old Dinuba man was sentenced Friday to 24 years in prison after pleading no contest to multiple sexual assaults involving more than 30 victims over nearly a decade, prosecutors said. Tomas Jimenez, a popular masseuse and self-described “healer,” assaulted more than 30 women and two men between 2015 and...
Trump Commutes Prison Sentence of Former Lawmaker George Santos, Orders Him Released
President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the more than seven-year prison sentence of former U.S. Representative George Santos for fraud and identity theft, ordering his immediate release. Santos, who was expelled from Congress after a brief, scandal-plagued tenure, had pleaded guilty to inflating fundraising figures and falsifying donor names to...
Lawmakers Demand Release of Firebaugh Woman Detained by ICE in Fresno
Maria Francisca Villanueva Caballero was attempting to take the path to become a legal resident of the United States. But when Caballero, 49, a Firebaugh resident, was attending a meeting at the downtown Fresno federal immigration office on Oct. 8, ICE agents arrested her, advocates say. She is being held...
Fresno Police Arrest Man in Father’s Death
Fresno police have arrested a man in connection with the death of his 90-year-old father after a reported physical altercation at their northeast Fresno home. Officers were dispatched Thursday at approximately 8:10 p.m. to a residence near Barton and Quincy avenues following a 911 call from Perry Michael Huffman, 69,...
California Takes Action Against Plastic Bag Makers Over Recycling Claims
The state of California announced a lawsuit against three major plastic bag producers and reached a settlement with four other manufacturers on Friday after concluding an investigation into their false claims that these bags were recyclable. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit against Novolex Holdings LLC, Inteplast Group...