A Madera County man convicted of Jan. 6 Capitol riot crimes and gun-related offenses in a second trial, is headed to prison. Benjamin Martin, 46, is scheduled to self-surrender in Fresno on Wednesday to federal prison officials, the Department of Justice tells GV Wire. The federal Bureau of Prisons will...
Is Lawsuit on Planned Reedley Job Center a ‘Shakedown’?
A nonprofit with a history of environmental lawsuits in the Central Valley sued the city of Reedley and the landowner for a plan to develop ag land into industrial use. Just outside Reedley city limits, farmer Keven Lai wants to develop 42.5 acres of land, said Rodney Horton, community development...
Much of the Damage from the LA Fires Could Have Been Averted
The flames are still roaring, the fire crews are still battling and the people of Los Angeles have barely begun to grieve. As of January 16th, the wildfires that struck the city had killed at least 25 people and destroyed more than 12,000 buildings. Whole neighborhoods look as if they...
CA Sued the Tar Out of Trump the First Time Around. How Did It Do?
That revving you hear from Sacramento is the sound of California’s Democratic leaders preparing to sue the tar out of the Trump administration. We’ve seen this all before. California sued the Trump administration 123 times between 2017 and 2021, according to Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office. It spent about $10 million a...
Israel’s Top General Resigns over Oct. 7 Failures, Adding to Pressure on Netanyahu
JERUSALEM — Israel's top general resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas' surprise attack that triggered the war in Gaza and adding to pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has delayed any public inquiry that could potentially implicate his leadership. While a fragile new ceasefire in...
Musk’s Straight-Arm Gesture Embraced by Right-Wing Extremists
NEW YORK — Right-wing extremists are celebrating Elon Musk’s straight-arm gesture during a speech Monday, although his intention wasn't totally clear and some hate watchdogs are saying not to read too much into it. “I just want to say thank you for making it happen,” Musk said during a speech...
A Heavy Favorite Emerges in the Race to Lead the Democratic Party
Ken Martin, one of the front-runners to lead the Democratic National Committee, said Tuesday that he had support from 200 members of the party, a level of backing that is close to what he needs to clinch victory. If that support holds for Martin, chair of the Minnesota Democrats, he...
22 States Sue to Stop Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
PHILADELPHIA — Attorneys general from 22 states sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday to block an executive order that refuses to recognize the U.S.-born children of immigrants who entered the country illegally as citizens, the opening salvo in what promises to be a long legal battle over the Trump administration’s...
Trump Orders to Roll Back Transgender Protections and End DEI Programs
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday rolling back protections for transgender people and terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government in what he described in his inauguration speech as a move to end efforts to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and...
Trump’s First Full Day Back in White House Includes Firings and an Infrastructure Announcement
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is spending his first full day back in the White House meeting with congressional leaders, making an infrastructure announcement and demonstrating one of his favored expressions of power: firing people. The new president posted on his Truth social media network early Tuesday that he would...