New Census Bureau estimates indicate the South could gain nine congressional seats after the 2030 census, the largest single-decade increase in the region’s history, reports the Brennan Center for Justice. Florida, Texas to Gain Seats Florida and Texas are projected to gain four seats each, with Texas potentially adding a...
Trump’s Conditions on LA Fire Aid Put CA Republicans in a Vise
As swaths of Southern California burn, the state’s Republican members of Congress find themselves facing a dilemma. Blaming the fires on California’s liberal policies, President Donald Trump and GOP congressional leaders have proposed attaching assorted conditions to federal disaster aid — a move that, if taken seriously, threatens to delay recovery...
Public’s Help Sought in 2019 Fresno County Cold Case Slaying
Valley Crime Stoppers is requesting information regarding the 2019 deadly shooting of a 47-year-old man in Selma. Officers were dispatched around 10:14 p.m. on March 30, 2019, near C and Gaither streets after reports of multiple gunshots in the area. They discovered the victim, Rudy Salas, lying in the roadway...
Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics
WASHINGTON — In the end it took only about 12 hours for President Donald Trump’s first head-to-head confrontation with one of the United States’ closest allies in Latin America, a blowup over Colombia’s rejection of U.S. military flights to return immigrants, to result in a complete retreat by the target...
Who’s In, Who’s Out in the Hush-Hush Fresno Police Chief Search?
City Hall is keeping its mouth shut on hiring Fresno's next police chief. Mayor Jerry Dyer and his administration have ignored several requests from GV Wire for an update. Dyer last spoke on the matter on Jan. 9, saying he had an upcoming meeting with the recruiting firm, Public Sector...
Clovis Fire Crew Returns Home After Battling Southland Blazes
After 20 days on the frontlines of Southern California’s relentless wildfire season, the Clovis Fire Department’s Engine OES 5306 and its dedicated crew are finally heading home, the Clovis Fire Department said Monday. Dispatched as part of Strike Team 5801C, the team worked tirelessly across three base camps and one...
Few Answers on Why the Cowboys Hired Brian Schottenheimer
FRISCO, Texas — Brian Schottenheimer carried a card in his wallet when he was still in college, inscribed with his goal at the time. Become the youngest head coach in the NFL. Didn't quite work out that way for the son of the late coach Marty Schottenheimer, in part because he...
49ers Hire New Coach to Oversee Struggling Special Teams
SANTA CLARA — The San Francisco 49ers hired former New York Jets special teams coordinator Brant Boyer on Monday to take over a unit that has struggled for years under coach Kyle Shanahan. Shanahan fired special teams coordinator Brian Schneider following a season in which mistakes in the kicking game contributed to...
CDC Ordered to Stop Working With WHO Immediately
NEW YORK — U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all agency staff who...
Fresno County Freeze Warning in Effect. How Cold Could It Get?
The National Weather Service reports that a storm system affecting the region over the weekend will move eastward, bringing colder air to central California. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 degrees are expected across the San Joaquin Valley. The service warns that frost and freeze conditions could damage crops, sensitive...