Community Media Access Collaborative challenged local filmmakers to a 72-Hour Film Race. Now, the submissions, ranging from off-the-wall comedies to mini dramas, are coming to the big screen. The 72-Hour Film Race Screening is set for Friday at Maya Cinemas, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The screening will showcase 26...
Fresno Unified Error Skews State Teacher Data, Analysis Shows
This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. A Fresno Unified School District clerical mistake highlights how easy it is to introduce significant errors into data, which then become part of the permanent state record. In 2019-20 and 2020-21, Fresno Unified counted some of its...
Gabbard Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Current, Former US Intelligence Members
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Tuesday that she directed the revocation of security clearances of 37 current and former intelligence professionals whom she accused of "politicizing and manipulating intelligence." — (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Leslie Adler)
Immigrant Students Shape California’s Future. Don’t Close the Door on Them
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The first time I got on a plane was for a flight from Delhi, India to JFK Airport in New York. I came to the United States as a student, first to the University of Illinois, and after...
Fresno County Boardroom Will Now Display ‘In God We Trust’
Fresno County Supervisors voted Tuesday to display the nation's motto "In God We Trust" in their boardroom, despite objections to bringing religion into government. The motto will hang behind supervisors above the county seal and on the opposite wall so that supervisors can also be reminded of it, they decided...
Founders of This New Development Say You Must Be White to Live There
RAVENDEN, Ark. — In the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, nearly an hour from the closest city, a small group of homesteaders is building an exclusive community from scratch. Applicants to the community are screened with an in-person interview, a criminal background check, a questionnaire about ancestral heritage and sometimes even...
Trump Escalates Attacks Against the Smithsonian Institution
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he asked his attorneys to go through museums in Washington while suggesting he would pressure the Smithsonian Institution like he has attempted to pressure colleges and universities. "The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad...
Yosemite Biologist Who Hung Trans Pride Flag From El Capitan Is Fired
The National Park Service has fired a wildlife biologist at Yosemite National Park who helped drape a large transgender pride flag from El Capitan in May, saying that the demonstration had taken place in a prohibited area and lacked the required permits. The former employee, Shannon Joslin, 35, who studies...
Maine Oysterman Launches Bid to Unseat Republican US Senator Susan Collins
A U.S. military veteran and oyster farmer on Tuesday launched a bid to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins in Maine, as his party fights an uphill battle to try to recapture control of the chamber in next year's midterm elections. Democrat Graham Platner, a Marine and Army veteran, said...
California Republicans File Suit Seeking to Block Newsom Redistricting Plan
Republican lawmakers in California have filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to stop Democrats from moving ahead this week with a plan to redraw congressional districts. It was the latest move in an escalating national battle over redistricting that began this summer when President Donald Trump asked Texas...