Venues like the Tower Theatre, Historic Crest Theatre, and Visalia Fox Theatre showcase cinema classics and fan favorites. Now, add Cen Cal Cinema to the mix. The nonprofit aims to bring free movie screenings to Fresno residents who might lack access to the cinematic arts. Roque Rodriguez, founder of Cen...
Emergency Room Workers Face More Assaults. New CA Law Stiffens Penalties.
Those who physically attack doctors, nurses and other emergency department workers in California face harsher penalties in 2025 thanks to a new law. In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 977, which increased penalties from six months to a year in jail for those convicted of assaulting California’s hospital emergency...
A History Buff? Take This New Year’s Day Quiz
Americans celebrating New Year’s on Jan. 1, 1925, were just as excited about their futures as we are today, 100 years later. What was in store a century ago for the year ahead? Find out with this short, fun quiz. 1. On Jan. 3, 1925, a famous figure proclaimed himself...
Judge Denies Sentencing Delay for Ex-Sen. Bob Menendez, Puts His Wife’s Trial off Until February
NEW YORK — Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will be sentenced on corruption charges as scheduled at the end of January, and his wife’s trial will be moved from January to February, a judge said Monday. U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan rejected Menendez’s request to delay...
Treasury Says Chinese Hackers Remotely Accessed Workstations, Documents
WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers remotely accessed several U.S. Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider, the agency said Monday. The department did not provide details on how many workstations had been accessed or what sort of documents the hackers may have obtained, but it...
Bredefeld Selects Gai as Chief of Staff, Calls Him a Changed Man
Incoming Fresno County Supervisor Garry Bredefeld is bringing back a convicted domestic violence abuser to lead his staff. He calls Danny Gai a changed man. Gai, who served as an assistant to Bredefeld at Fresno City Hall, pleaded no contest to five felonies in 2021 for a 2019 incident against...
Tulare County Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Child Molestation
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%....