Only one California city made the list of the top five most rent-burdened cities. The rest all belonged to Florida. Census data shows 34% of Fresno renters spent more than half of their income on rent in 2023, the fourth-highest rate of cities with more than 200,000 households in the...
CCW Decision Gives Wins to Both Gun Rights Advocates and CA Legislators
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this month on the controversial California law limiting where Concealed Carry Weapons Permit holders can take their guns, maintaining large parts of the law while striking down other parts. Senate Bill 2 in 2023 banned guns on more than two dozen types of...
Despite Newsom’s Opposition, Californians Back Measure to Crack Down on Crime
California voters will begin marking their mail-in ballots for the Nov. 5 election in just a few days and how they vote may reflect their somewhat sour outlooks, particularly rising concerns about crime, a pre-election poll suggests. The Public Policy Institute of California survey, released Wednesday night, found that "majorities...
Former CIA Officer Predicts Israeli Ground Invasion of Lebanon
Robert Baer, a former CIA case officer with extensive experience in the Middle East, believes an Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon is imminent, News Nation reported. “The Israelis are going to go in. I can see it coming,” Baer said. He cited recent explosions involving pagers and VHF radios used...
Fresno State Football Wants ‘Payback’ When Facing New Mexico
Fresno State football head coach Tim Skipper praised his team’s performance after their 48-0 victory over New Mexico State on Saturday at Valley Children's Stadium during a news conference on Monday. With that game now behind them, the team’s focus shifts to their upcoming Mountain West Conference opener against the...
6 Myths About California Crime as Voters Now Favor This Measure on Drugs, Retail Theft
Californians have gone back and forth on crime and punishment for years. In 1994, they voted for harsher criminal penalties and a three-strikes law. Twenty years later, in 2014, nearly 60% of voters approved Proposition 47, which sought to reduce the state's prison and jail populations by changing some felony...
Fresno Parent Asks Why Her Daughter Came Home from School with Religious Group’s Flyer
Tammy Johnson was surprised and perturbed when her 9-year-old daughter came home from Starr Elementary with a flyer from Christian group that Johnson found in her daughter's school folder. The flyer promoted meetings of the Good News Club, "an exciting, fun-filled weekly club for kids in which the Bible is...
After Trump Assassination Attempts, Congress Debates Secret Service Funding
WASHINGTON — After the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in two months, a fevered debate has broken out in Congress over whether the Secret Service needs more money. Because the dispute is unfolding on Capitol Hill and comes little more than six weeks before a presidential election,...
Defending Champion Italy to Take on Argentina in Davis Cup Finals in November
MADRID — Defending champion Italy will take on Argentina in the first round of the Davis Cup Finals in November. Thursday's draw for the last eight in the southern Spanish city of Malaga also set up the United States against Australia, Germany against Canada and the Netherlands against Spain. Seeded...
Tulare Siblings Arrested on Pimping and Pandering Charges
A tip to the National Human Trafficking Hotline has led to the arrest of two siblings in connection with a prostitution operation in Tulare County, the Tulare District Attorney's office said in a news release. Law enforcement officials from the Tulare County Human Trafficking Task Force arrested Enrique Castro Reyes,...