Staff with the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools has recommended that the committee overseeing school districts deny a petition from Ventana Hills residents to leave Sierra Unified School District. A staff report says a request from the residents to shift their neighborhood into Clovis Unified School District does not meet...
Los Angeles Prosecutors to Review New Evidence in Menendez Brothers’ 1996 Murder Conviction
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago, the city's district attorney said Thursday. Los Angeles...
Assembly Candidates Tangipa and Radanovich Discuss Upcoming School Bonds
California Assembly District 8 candidates David Tangipa and George Radanovich speak on upcoming measures and school bonds at GV Wire’s debate on Monday. Watch the full debate here.
Restart of Valley PBS’s Sierra Transmitter Is Still TBA, CEO Says
Although there has been a community outpouring of dollars as well as a partial insurance payment, it's still unclear when the Valley PBS transmitter in the Sierra will be up and running again, station CEO Robert Mollison said at Thursday's station board meeting. Valley PBS was off-air for about two...
What Happened When a Barber Told Trump About His $15,000 Electric Bill
NEW YORK — In the middle of a Donald Trump photo-op at a barbershop in the Bronx last week, a half-truth emerged from the scrum and gathered steam in the ensuing days of relentless campaign coverage. But the statement in this case didn’t come from Trump. It was a barber...
Fresno Men Arrested in Adams Market Robbery. One Also Linked to Amazon Carjacking.
Two Fresno men are in custody following a robbery at a local market earlier this month, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said in a Thursday news release. Daniel Manzo, 20, and Jose Munoz Trujillo, 37, were arrested in connection with the Oct. 8 robbery of Adams Market on South Cedar...
Harris Calls Trump a Fascist: 6 Takeaways From Her CNN Town Hall
Kamala Harris called Donald Trump a fascist on Wednesday evening, elevating what until recently had been an argument made only in the lower ranks of a Democratic Party that has spent years attacking him as anti-democratic, unfit to serve and a criminal. Early in a CNN town hall in Pennsylvania,...
Tulare Man Found Guilty on 32 Counts of Child Molestation, Faces Life Sentence
A Tulare man was found guilty Tuesday on 32 felony counts of child molestation, including charges of sodomy and lewd acts involving a child under 14, the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office said in a Thursday news release. After a multi-day trial, a jury convicted Joshua Hernandez, 34, of one...
Los Angeles Times Editorials Editor Resigns After Newspaper Withholds Presidential Endorsement
LOS ANGELES — The editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times has resigned after the newspaper's owner blocked the editorial board's plans to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president, a journalism trade publication reported Wednesday. Mariel Garza told the Columbia Journalism Review in an interview that she resigned...
California Reservoirs Are Flush, but Water Politics May Trump Hydrology
Most of us operate on the calendar year — the 12 months that begin on Jan. 1 and end on Dec. 31. Many governments and major corporations use the fiscal year — typically beginning on July 1 and running until June 30 of the following year. However the federal government's...