A Visalia man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after being convicted of multiple child molestation charges, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday. Patrick Fuller, 42, of Visalia, was found guilty in October 2024 of three felony counts of child molestation, one felony count of possession...
California Will Soon Require Insurers To Increase Home Coverage in Wildfire-Prone Areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hundreds of thousands of California homeowners who have failed to find or lost access to home insurance as wildfires in the state become more destructive will once again be able to buy policies under a state regulation announced Monday. The rule will require home insurers that write...
RB Elijah Gilliam Enters Fresno State Transfer Portal. Who Else Wants Out?
The number of Fresno State football players who declared for the transfer portal has grown with the addition of senior running back Elijah Gilliam. He announced his intention to exit the program on Sunday with one year of eligibility remaining. Sixteen Bulldogs entered the portal, which is college football's version...
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Slips in Final Days of a Banner Year for US Stocks
Stocks fell on Wall Street as a strong year for the market looks set to end on a sour note. The S&P 500 closed 1.1% lower Monday. On the second-to-last day of 2024, the benchmark index is still on track for its second straight yearly gain of more than 20%....
CA Leaders Could Go to Prison Over Sanctuary Cities, Trump Allies Warn
California’s southern border, long "ground zero" in the fight between federal and local officials over immigration policy, is now at the center of renewed controversy over how far local leaders can go to protect people from deportation. After San Diego County took steps earlier this month to strengthen safeguards for...
Fresno Police Arrest 10, Clovis Police Nab 2 in DUI Checkpoints
DUI checkpoints conducted separately by Fresno and Clovis Police resulted in 12 drivers arrested for impaired driving on Saturday. The Fresno Police Department reported that the checkpoint at Palm and Pinedale avenues ran from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., leading to 10 DUI arrests and 21 citations for unlicensed or...
Looking for a New Year’s Eve Party in Fresno? Check Out This List
Singer Robin Thicke will ring in 2025 at Eagle Mountain Casino, performing shows at 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Thicke is best known for his seminal 2013 hit "Blurred Lines" (featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams). It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains...
Identified: Fresno Wrong-Way Crash on Highway 99 Claims Two Lives, Injures Six
A tragic wrong-way collision on southbound Highway 99 near Shaw Avenue in Fresno claimed the lives of two people early Saturday morning, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement. CHP's Fresno Communications Center received multiple reports of a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the freeway...
5 Babies Die From the Cold in Gaza as Temperatures Drop
At least five babies have died from the cold in the Gaza Strip in the past week, health authorities there say, as winter worsens the toll on a population traumatized by 15 months of conflict. Jumaa al-Batran, less than 3 weeks old, died in intensive care Sunday after he and...
‘Sonic 3’ and ‘Mufasa’ Battle for No. 1 at the Holiday Box Office
LOS ANGELES - Two family films dominated the holiday box office this week, with "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" winning the three-day weekend over "Mufasa" by a blue hair. Paramount's Sonic movie earned $38 million, while "Mufasa" brought in $37.1 million from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio...