Moving company Meathead Movers will be filling up trucks with supplies to send to Los Angeles to help the tens of thousands of people displaced by the fires. The company is asking for packaged toiletries and water as they fill up trucks to donate to Operation USA, an international disaster...
Hendrick Motorsports Believes Its Next NASCAR Superstar Is From Clovis
The premier organization in stock car racing says its next superstar could be 19-year-old Corey Day of Clovis. Day is one of the hottest young talents in dirt racing but has limited experience on paved tracks. Hendrick Motorsports — home to NASCAR legends such as Jeff Gordon and current standout...
Spider Monkey Found in Madera DUI Stop Has a Name: Meet Azules
The Oakland Zoo has named its newest rescue, a young spider monkey, Azules — pronounced Ah-Soo-les — after the Montes Azules Biosphere Preserve in Chiapas, Mexico. The preserve is a vital rainforest habitat and home to the Mexican spider monkey. “Azules is bright, alert, and active. She is still thin...
Newsom: Insurance Companies Can’t Cancel or Not Renew Policies of LA Fire Victims
Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on social media that California is preventing insurance companies from being able to cancel or not renew the policies of Southern California wildfire victims on Friday. On Thursday, the California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance cancellations and non-renewals for...
Notre Dame Gets Late Pick and Field Goal to Edge Penn State
MIAMI GARDENS — Penn State quarterback Drew Allar said he was trying to throw the ball into the ground. Notre Dame defensive back Christian Gray dove for it anyway and — luck of the Irish — the ball ended up right in his hands. A few seconds later, Gray and...
NFL Moves Vikings-Rams Playoff Game to Arizona Due to Wildfires
LOS ANGELES — The NFL has moved the Rams' wild-card playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings to Arizona after days of devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. The game will be played Monday night at State Farm Stadium, the home of the Arizona Cardinals, in suburban Glendale. The league...
Hamas Hostage Survivor Will Speak in Fresno on Saturday
While visiting Fresno this week, Judith Raanan did not expect to be discussing her most horrific life experience, but she agreed to extend her trip to talk about being a Hamas captive. Raanan, a victim and survivor of the Oct. 7 Hamas kidnapping, will tell her story in Fresno on...
Why Was FUSD Interim Superintendent’s Seat Moved at Board Meetings?
Fresno Unified School District unveiled its newly renovated board room at Wednesday's meeting, and one thing jumped out at some observers: Interim Superintendent Misty Her now sits at the right hand of Board President Valerie Davis. Seating arrangements on the dais took on political significance in January 2017 when then-Board...
LA Fires Underscore How Much CA Has to Lose if Trump Withholds Disaster Aid
As wildfires erupted in Southern California, so did a years-long feud between incoming president Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly threatened to cut off disaster funding for California. He stopped short of that on Wednesday, but in a social media post, he called Newsom...
Fresno Man Arrested in Stabbing at Motel 6 on Blackstone
A fight between three men at a Motel 6 on North Blackstone Avenue early Thursday morning ended with one man hospitalized for a stab wound, the Fresno Police Department told GV Wire. At approximately 2:30 a.m. officers responded to the motel on Herndon and Blackstone avenues for reports of the...