There’s a principle that keeps a free market free: You can’t take what isn’t yours and sell it as your own. Yet, that is precisely what some of the most prominent players in artificial intelligence are doing. OpenAI’s new “Sora 2” can generate movie-quality video from a text prompt. It’s...
Groups Spent $26 Million to Sway Voters Over Prop. 50, More Than Any Ballot Measure in State History
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Voters in Sacramento got a mailer in recent weeks declaring that "California's landmark election reform — under attack by Sacramento politicians.” Orinda residents have received flyers that shout “Fight back against Trump — Vote Yes.” The narrator on...
Fresno Celebrates Central Valley Honor Flight With Special Day
Fresno city officials declared Thursday, Oct. 30 as Central Valley Honor Flight Day, celebrating 12 years of honoring veterans through trips to the nation’s capital. The nonprofit has flown over 2,200 veterans to Washington, D.C., giving them the chance to visit national war memorials and to meet their congressional representatives....
Bowl-Bound Fresno State Bashes Boise State in Stunning Upset
Fresno State's defense turned the Boise State blue turf red. The Bulldogs (6-3, 3-2) played their best game of the season, upsetting Boise State (6-3, 4-1) on the road, 30-7. Oddsmakers had Fresno State as 17½ point underdogs. Fresno State retains the Milk Can trophy with the win. With the...
Fresno to Step Up With $250,000 to Help Feed Families During Shutdown
With funding for a major food program in doubt because of the federal shutdown, the city of Fresno is stepping up. The Fresno City Council is scheduled to vote on contributing $250,000 to the Central California Food Bank next Thursday. Mayor Jerry Dyer and Councilmember Nelson Esparza are sponsoring the...
The Six Reasons for California’s Deadly Failure on Drunk Driving
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Masako Saenz didn’t just lose her 5-year-old son to a repeat drunk driver. Two decades later, the Sacramento mother lost her own life after being hit by a driver with a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit....
US Lawmakers Intensify Calls for Andrew to Address Epstein Ties
LONDON — Members of a U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case have intensified their calls for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to answer questions about his ties to the late financier and sex offender, the BBC reported on Saturday. King Charles stripped Andrew of his title of prince and evicted...
Canada’s Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Reagan Ad
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday he had apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump over an anti-tariff political advertisement and had told Ontario Premier Doug Ford not to run it. Carney, speaking to reporters after attending an Asia-Pacific summit in South Korea, said he had made the apology...
Trump’s War on ‘Woke’ Forces Community Lenders to Cut Services or Close
A year ago, Karlene Sinclair-Robinson was writing loans and hosting education seminars for small businesses and entrepreneurs as finance director of Community Business Partnership, a community development financial institution, or CDFI, in northern Virginia. Now, she’s helping shut it down for good on Dec. 31. The non-profit has been in...
Clovis Botanical Garden Harvests Its Newest Feature: the Evert Family Visitors Center
A project that was years in the making was unveiled this week at the Clovis Botanical Garden, and this one needed a lot of green to grow. About $2 million dollars' worth of green, that is. The new 2,460-square-foot Evert Family Visitors Center will give the volunteer-led Clovis Botanical Garden,...