At a dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Foundation for Central Schools, Superintendent Ketti Davis discussed the potential impact of Measure X and upcoming developments within Central Unified. Davis spoke about plans for a new elementary school at Shields and Brawley avenues and how Central High School and Central...
Hundreds Ordered to Evacuate From Fast-Moving Northern California Fire, Official Says
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of Northern California residents have been ordered to evacuate from their homes in an Oakland neighborhood as a fast-moving fire grew along a hillside Friday afternoon, a fire official said. Friday’s fire comes as forecasters have issued red flag warnings for fire danger until Saturday across...
Confused About Prop 33 Rent Control? We Fact-Checked the Ads
Confused about Proposition 33? You're not alone. A recent poll shows the ballot measure to give local governments more ability to limit rent increases is running neck and neck, with nearly a third of voters undecided. Prop. 33 would repeal a state law known as the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing...
Fresno, Westboro Baptist Church Is Coming for Your Kids
Fresno, love thy neighbor as thyself. The Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for its extreme anti-LGBTQ+ views and hateful rhetoric against Jews, Muslims, various Christian denominations, and other religious groups, has announced plans to visit Fresno and Reedley. But can we turn a blind eye when their actions are too vile to...
Does City Stand a Chance in NW Fresno Apartment Lawsuit? Losing Could Cost Millions
A California attorney specializing in housing law says that unless the city of Fresno can overwhelmingly demonstrate a proposed luxury apartment complex violates city code, it will be hard-pressed to defeat the developer's lawsuit. The Fresno City Council in July rejected developer James Huelskamp's plan to build a 4-story luxury...
Cuba’s Grid Goes Offline Amid a Massive Blackout and After a Major Power Plant Fails
HAVANA — Cuba's electrical grid went offline Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed, and as a massive blackout that started a day earlier swept across the Caribbean island. Cuba's energy ministry announced that the grid had gone down hours after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant had...
Westboro’s ‘God Hates Fags’ Protests Scheduled for Roosevelt, Reedley High Schools
The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, has scheduled its controversial, anti-LGBTQ+ protests at two Fresno-area high schools later this month. The "God Hates Fags" protests are scheduled to start at 3:45 p.m. Oct. 28 at Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno and at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 31 at Reedley...
Fox News Says None of Its Employees Wrote Jokes for Trump to Tell at Traditional Campaign Dinner
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel on Friday denied Donald Trump's assertion that any of its employees wrote jokes for him to deliver this week at a New York appearance. The former president and current candidate said on "Fox & Friends" that "a couple of people from Fox" helped him...
Stock Market Today: Wall Street Sets More Records and Closes a 6th Straight Winning Week
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks closed their latest winning week with more records on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to squeak past the all-time high it had set early this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 36 points, or 0.1%, to its own record set the day before,...
What Would It Cost to End California Homelessness? Try More Than $100 Billion
Multiple state agencies spent nearly $24 billion on housing and homeless programs in the first five years of Gavin Newsom's governorship, but the number of people without homes continued to grow, rising by 20% to more than 180,000 in the most recent federal count in 2023. State Auditor Grant Parks...