After more than four years of turmoil, the legal fight over a mobile home park in north Fresno appears to be over as a Visalia affordable housing developer officially took ownership last week. Self-Help Enterprises closed escrow Aug. 4 on La Hacienda Mobile Home Park, said Betsy McGovern-Garcia, vice president...
Explosions at US Steel Plant Leave One Dead, 10 Injured
Multiple explosions at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh killed at least one person and injured 10 others, authorities said on Monday, and emergency crews were searching through the rubble for an employee believed to be missing. The blasts at the Clairton Coke Works — part of a sprawling industrial...
Israel Steps up Gaza City Bombing After Netanyahu’s Vow To Expand Offensive
CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinians reported the heaviest bombardments in weeks on Monday in areas east of Gaza City, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected to complete a new expanded offensive against Hamas "fairly quickly". An airstrike also killed six journalists including prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas...
Want to Work at Big Fresno Fair? Annual Jobs Event is Thursday
The Big Fresno Fair will host a jobs event Thursday for the upcoming celebration — and they're looking to fill 400 positions. The job fair will begin 9 a.m. and go through 1 p.m. at the Commerce Building, according to a fair news release. Free parking will be available at...
EJ Warner Named Fresno State Starting QB, Gets Shout-Out From His Dad
Fresno State’s offensive fortunes are in the hands of a veteran transfer quarterback and son of a Pro Football Fame inductee. Head coach Matt Entz named E.J. Warner the starter for the Aug. 23 opener at Kansas. "E.J. has done a great job with the communication piece, with the leadership...
Targeted Israeli Rocket Strike Kills Al Jazeera Journalists in Gaza
CAIRO/JERUSALEM — A prominent Al Jazeera journalist, who had previously been threatened by Israel, was killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday in an attack condemned by journalists and rights groups. Israel's military said it targeted and killed Anas Al Sharif, alleging he had headed a Hamas militant cell and was involved in...
Landmark Trial Starts Over Trump’s Use of National Guard in LA
A landmark trial kicked off on Monday over the use by Donald Trump's administration of National Guard forces to support its deportation efforts and quell protests in Los Angeles, in a legal challenge to the U.S. president's break from long-standing norms against deploying troops on American streets. The three-day non-jury...
Eric Grant Is New US Attorney for Region That Includes Fresno
Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed Eric Grant as the Interim U.S. Attorney for the region that includes Fresno, Sacramento, and other Central Valley cities. The Department of Justice said in a new release that the Valley-raised Grant was sworn in Monday morning. Grant's title will include the "interim" tag...
Trump Says Both Sides in Ukraine War Will Need to Cede Territory
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Kyiv and Moscow will both have to cede land to end the war in Ukraine and talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week will instantly show whether the Kremlin leader is willing to make a deal. European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Gifford Fire Grows to Nearly 120,000 Acres With 33% Containment
California's biggest wildfire of 2025, which is burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, is 33% contained, CalFire reported Monday morning. The Gifford fire has now consumed 119,214 acres after starting on Aug. 1 as a handful of spot fires along Highway 166. Community Meeting in San Luis Obispo...