LOS ANGELES — Fernando Valenzuela is stepping away from his broadcast duties with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the rest of the season so the former major league pitcher can focus on his health. Valenzuela, who turns 64 on Nov. 1, is a Spanish language broadcaster for LA. The team...
Parole Rescinded For Former LA Police Detective Convicted Of Killing Her Ex-Boyfriend’s Wife In 1986
LOS ANGELES — A chance for parole was rescinded Wednesday for a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold-case killing of her ex-boyfriend's wife in 1986. Stephanie Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a 29-year-old nurse who was...
Wired Wednesday: Major Election Change Coming To Clovis?
On Wired Wednesday, GV Wire senior reporter David Taub talks with KMPH Fox 26 “Great Day” anchor Jim De La Vega about the city hall election changes coming to the City of Clovis.
Helene’s Flooding Swept Away 11 Workers at a Tennessee Factory. Now the State Is Investigating
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee state authorities said Wednesday they were investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by cataclysmic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Helene. As the nearby Nolichucky River swelled from rainfall, employees in the Impact Plastics factory in Erwin, a small community...
Pete Rose Still Not Going Into Hall of Fame. His MLB Ban Was Permanent Not ‘Lifetime’
DALLAS — Pete Rose still isn't going into the Baseball Hall of Fame. While the career hits leader's banishment from baseball 35 years ago was often referred to as a lifetime ban, and his death this week led some to believe that would end, Rose agreed to permanent ineligibility from...
Liz Cheney Will Campaign With Harris in Wisconsin While Trump Holds a Rally in Michigan
WASHINGTON — Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump's fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Thursday aimed at reaching out to moderate voters and rattling the former president. Cheney was the top Republican on the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6,...
Higashioka’s Homer Starts Rally as Padres Beat Braves to Sweep NL Wild Card Series
SAN DIEGO — Kyle Higashioka's solo homer started a five-run rally against an ailing Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 victory in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series on Wednesday...
The Whiskey Industry Is Bracing for a Trade War if Trump Wins. It’s Not Alone.
When you’re in the whiskey business, you’re always making predictions about the future. From the time grain grown around the Midwest enters Sonat Birnecker Hart’s distillery on the North Side of Chicago, it will be four to 10 years before the whiskey is shipped to buyers. So running her business...
Beneath the Potential Strike at U.S. Ports: Tensions Over Innovation
Throughout the centuries, as ships have navigated oceans bearing all manner of freight, the companies that operate ports have pressed to limit what they spend on the people who load and unload cargo. Dockworkers, for their part, have mobilized to pursue a greater share of the bounty through a familiar...
Why the World’s Biggest Powers Can’t Stop a Middle East War
Over almost a year of war in the Middle East, major powers have proved incapable of stopping or even significantly influencing the fighting, a failure that reflects a turbulent world of decentralized authority that seems likely to endure. Stop-and-start negotiations between Israel and Hamas to end the fighting in the...