SACRAMENTO —Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21, of Selma has been identified as one of the six people killed early Sunday morning by at least two shooters in downtown Sacramento. Martinez-Andrade was killed in front of her best friend, according to ABC 10. She was described as someone who “brought light to the...
Stock Tied to Trump’s Truth Social App Drops Amid Turmoil
NEW YORK — Stock in a company planning to buy Donald Trump's new social media business plunged Monday on a news report that two key staff members left and a regulatory filing that it will miss a key deadline to file its annual financial statements. Digital World Acquisition Corp....
Sacramento Schools Reopen as Tentative Deal Ends Strike
Teachers and other workers returned to schools in Sacramento on Monday following weekend negotiations that resolved a strike for better pay and more staffing that lasted nearly two weeks. The Sacramento City Unified School District announced Sunday that it reached tentative agreements with the Sacramento City Teachers Association and...
California Looks to Double the Value of Recycled Bottle and Cans
California is sitting on a $600 million pile of unclaimed nickel and dime deposits on recyclable cans and bottles and now wants to give some of that back to consumers. To get the state's nearly 40 million residents to recycle more and send more deposits back to them, Gov....
California Corporate Diversity Law Ruled Unconstitutional
A Los Angeles judge ruled Friday that California’s landmark law mandating that corporations diversify their boards with members from certain racial, ethnic or LGBT groups is unconstitutional. The brief ruling granted summary judgment to Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group that sought a permanent injunction against the measure that...
Suddenly, Twitter’s Biggest Stakeholder Is Tesla’s Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk acquired a 9% stake in Twitter to become its largest shareholder at a time when he is questioning the social media platform’s dedication to free speech and the First Amendment. The ultimate aim of Musk's 73.5 million share purchase, worth about $3 billion, is not...
Biden: Putin Should Face War Crimes Trial for Bucha Killings
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial against Russian President Vladimir Putin and said he’d seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine. “You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden said. He added that Putin “is a war criminal” Biden’s comments to reporters...
Fresno County Woman Among Those Killed in Sacramento Mass Shooting
SACRAMENTO —Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21, of Selma has been identified as one of the six people killed early Sunday morning by a least two shooters in downtown Sacramento. The website aguayonews.com reported that Martinez-Andrade was shot to death in front of her best friend. “She was a beautiful person, inside...
California’s Dismal ‘Wet Season’ Leaves the State High and Dry
SACRAMENTO — California is experiencing one of the driest starts to spring in decades, data showed Friday, and absent a heavy dose of April and May showers the state’s drought will deepen and that could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season. New readings...
NYC Amazon Workers Vote to Unionize, a First for the Company
NEW YORK — Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fueled the union drive. Warehouse workers cast 2,654 votes in favor of...