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...
US CDC Tightens Safety Measures After Gunman Kills Officer in Atlanta
The CDC has tightened security following an attack Friday on its Atlanta headquarters that left a police officer and the gunman dead, including having employees work from home on Monday and removing vehicle decals showing where they work. The union representing workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Sen. Klobuchar Is a Democratic Bellwether, and She’s Changing Her Tune on Israel
Amy Klobuchar, the senior senator from Minnesota, appeared last month in a photograph with Benjamin Netanyahu. Wearing a tight-lipped smile alongside a bipartisan group of senators, she hardly seemed thrilled to be there. But there she was, posing with a man who is wanted for war crimes by the International...
California Supreme Court Hands Victory to Rooftop Solar Panel Owners
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Supreme Court has sided with environmental groups in a case seen as pivotal for the proliferation of rooftop solar power in California. In a unanimous vote on Aug. 7, justices told a lower court to revisit...
Trump Says He Will Take Control of Police, Deploy National Guard to DC
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to the U.S. capital and putting Washington's police department under federal control to combat what he said was a wave of lawlessness, despite statistics showing that violent crime hit a 30-year low in 2024. "I'm...
Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell Dies at 97
Washington — American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie "Apollo 13," has died at the age of 97, NASA said on Friday. Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks...
Terrible Thirst Hits Gaza With Polluted Aquifers and Broken Pipelines
Weakened by hunger, many Gazans trek across a ruined landscape each day to haul all their drinking and washing water — a painful load that is still far below the levels needed to keep people healthy. Even as global attention has turned to starvation in Gaza, where after 22 months...
Marjaree Mason Center Announces Top 10 Professional Women Honorees
The Marjaree Mason Center has announced the honorees for its 42nd Annual Top Ten Professional Women Awards, celebrating women who uplift the Central Valley. These women, nominated by their peers, were selected based on their exemplary achievements, leadership, and commitment to making a positive impact. A committee of four community...
How a CIA Hit on Al Qaeda Ensnared a US Citizen in Afghanistan
As a crowd looked on, uniformed Taliban surrounded the Toyota Landcruiser in which Mahmood Habibi, a naturalized U.S. citizen, sat. Other Taliban smashed open the door of his Kabul apartment, emerging later with his laptop and papers. Blindfolded in the back seat, Habibi and his driver were driven off by...