This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers are on the cusp of striking a last-minute deal to tie one of the year’s most ambitious and controversial housing bills to a new set of minimum wages for housing construction workers — a proposal that...
Tesla Executive, Elon Musk Confidant Leaves EV Maker, Bloomberg News Reports
Tesla executive and a confidant of CEO Elon Musk, Omead Ashfar, has left the company, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Ashfar, who was part of the CEO's office at Tesla, had started overseeing sales and manufacturing operations in Europe and North America last year,...
Fresno, Kings Counties See Large Police Sweep. Officials Say ICE Not Involved.
A large multi-agency law enforcement operation took place Thursday morning in Fresno and Kings counties, as officers served search warrants at multiple homes tied to ongoing violent crime investigations, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Officials clarified that the operation was not related to immigration enforcement and...
S&P 500, Nasdaq Near Record Highs as Rate-Cut Bets Creep Up
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq headed toward record highs on Thursday, as President Donald Trump's growing frustration with the Federal Reserve's wait-and-watch stance on cutting interest rates fueled bets of more monetary policy easing ahead. A Wall Street Journal report said Trump has mulled picking Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's...
Bobby Sherman, Easygoing Teen Idol of the 1960s and ’70s, Dies at 81
Bobby Sherman, an actor and singer who became an easygoing pop-music star and teen idol in the late 1960s, and who continued performing until well into the 1980s, has died. He was 81. His wife, Brigitte Poublon, announced his death Tuesday morning on Instagram, providing no other details. She revealed...
Cargo Ship That Caught Fire Carrying Electric Vehicles Sinks in the Pacific
A cargo ship that caught fire off the coast of Alaska sank in the Pacific Ocean on Monday after burning for three weeks, bringing down with it the thousands of cars in its hold. The Morning Midas sank 360 nautical miles from land after damage from both the fire and...
How the United States Helped Create Iran’s Nuclear Program
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Iran’s nuclear program, he was confronting a crisis that the United States unwittingly set in motion decades ago by providing Iran with the seeds of nuclear technology. Tucked into the northern suburbs of Tehran, the Iranian capital, is a...
Driver Arrested for DUI After Rolling Car on Highway 168
A driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI after rolling a vehicle on Highway 168 near the bottom of the Four Lanes, the California Highway Patrol said on Wednesday. According to CHP, the crash followed a day at the lake involving alcohol, sun, and what officials called “poor decisions.” The...
US Senate Republicans Race to Resolve Tax, Health Issues in Trump’s Tax Bill
WASHINGTON - Republicans in the U.S. Congress scrambled on Thursday to resolve nettlesome tax and health care provisions in their sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Thursday as President Donald Trump pressed them to pass it by a July 4 deadline. Trump plans to promote the $2.4 trillion package at...
Israel Halts Aid Into Gaza, Official Says, Clans Deny Hamas Is Stealing It
CAIRO/TEL AVIV - Israel has stopped aid entering Gaza for two days to prevent it being seized by Hamas, an official said on Thursday after images circulated of masked men on aid trucks who clan leaders said were protecting aid, not Hamas stealing it from civilians. Israeli government spokesperson David...