WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a news report on the United States giving approval to Ukraine to use long-range missiles deep into Russia was false, adding the U.S. "has nothing to do with those missiles." The Wall Street Journal, citing unidentified U.S. officials, reported earlier on...
Seattle-Based Federal Judge to Hear Gaviola Case in Fresno
While no local federal judges or prosecutors will be allowed to participate, the trial of a woman accused of violating her son's protective order will remain in Fresno. The location of Shana Gaviola's trial for an interstate violation of her son's protective order had remained in limbo. Gaviola accused a...
Trump to Send Federal Agents to Bay Area, SF Chronicle Reports
More than 100 federal agents, including members of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, are being dispatched to Coast Guard Base Alameda and will begin arriving Thursday, a source familiar with the operation told the San Francisco Chronicle. The move marks the Trump administration’s latest escalation in immigration enforcement and could...
A Measure C Citizen Oversight Committee Without US Citizens?
The Measure C Citizen Oversight Committee may not include citizens if the proposed tax renewal follows one suggestion. At a meeting on Oct. 16, advisory committee member Veronica Garibay asked why it's a requirement to be a U.S. citizen to sit on the oversight committee. "I recommend removing that given...
Madera Sheriff Opens Up About ex-Deputy Who Killed Himself With Officer’s Gun
On Wednesday, Fresno police revealed that the man who shot himself at Community Regional Medical Center with an officer's gun was a former Madera County Sheriff's deputy. Police arrested 32-year-old Isaac Hare on Monday on suspicion of retail theft and impersonating an officer. After resisting arrest and being tased four...
Shutdown Brings Illegal BASE Jumpers, Drones, and Chaos to Yosemite
From his perch on the 3,000-foot wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Charles Winstead heard the unexpected whoosh of a BASE jumper’s parachute and looked up. “I turned on my camera, and, sure enough, there was a couple more, and then a couple more and a couple more,”...
Louvre Chief Blames CCTV Gaps for $102 Million Jewellery Heist
The Louvre's cameras failed to detect burglars in time to prevent their audacious daylight heist of some of France's crown jewels, the museum's director said on Wednesday, amid growing anger directed at officials over major security lapses. The thieves broke into the world-famous Paris museum on Sunday using a crane...
Israel’s Parliament Gives Initial Nod to Occupied West Bank Annexation
JERUSALEM — A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land which Palestinians want for a state, won preliminary approval from Israel's parliament on Wednesday. The vote was the first of four needed to pass the law and it coincided with the...
Police Pursuit Ends After Two Hours Through Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties
A two-hour pursuit across three Central California counties ended safely after a driver fleeing a welfare check was apprehended by law enforcement, the California Highway Patrol reported Wednesday. The incident began when Clovis police conducted a welfare check, prompting the person to flee. CHP officers in Fresno took over the...
A Scholarship for Black California Students Has to Accept White Applicants. Here’s Why
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego is now available to anyone, regardless of race, after students and a right-leaning nonprofit organization sued the university for discrimination this July. The plaintiffs argued that the scholarship fund...