Maxx Crosby would rather focus on building on his impressive rookie season than his recent bout with the coronavirus. The Las Vegas Raiders defensive end spent nine days in quarantine on the reserve/COVID-19 list after testing positive for the virus, but returned to the practice field over the weekend and...
Postmaster General to Appear Before Senate Over Mail Delays
WASHINGTON — Backlash mounting, President Donald Trump's embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will appear Friday before the Senate to testify on mail delivery delays and service changes that lawmakers and others are warning could imperil the November election. Trump has flatly denied he was asking for a slow-walk of the mail. But...
COVID-19 Relief Help Makes Pandemic Candles & Doorstep Medical Delivery Possible
How about a "Quarantine 2020" candle series to get you through the year? Or vulnerable seniors having their medical supplies delivered free to their doorsteps? These are among the adaptions to COVID-19 realities that two Fresno businesses made after either coaching and support, or funds through a "Save Our Small...
Internet Problems Snag Start of New School Year in Fresno
On the first day of the new school year for Fresno Unified and Clovis Unified students on Monday, school officials quickly learned just how tenuous the distance learning connection between students and teachers could be. Fresno Unified School District website servers couldn't handle the demand and had to be shut...
Clovis Restaurant Gives Up Alcohol License After Citation. Agency Conducts Area Sweep.
One Clovis business owner has decided that fighting with agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control over COVID-19 regulations is no longer worth it. House of JuJu co-owner Julie Glenn said she's given up her restaurant's license to serve beer and wine after being cited in early July...
Investigation: COVID Rips Through Motel Rooms of Guest Workers Who Pick Nation’s Produce
By Jackie Botts and Kate Cimini Beto V. heard the ambulance pull up to the Colonial Motel where he was quarantined by his employer, police sirens close behind. That was his first clue a fellow farmworker had died of COVID-19. Beto, who used a shortened version of his name for...
Blackouts & Record Temps: 112 in Fresno, 130 in Death Valley
Heat records fell throughout the Valley on Sunday as a relentless heatwave baked California and sapped the state's power supply. But Fresno's record high of 112 degrees for Aug. 16 — which bettered the mark of 110 set in 1920 — was no match for the 130 degrees reported in...
The Home Front: Virus Stalks Nurses After They Leave Work
FULLERTON — There’s red tape running along the floor of the coronavirus unit at St. Jude’s Medical Center in Fullerton, California. It’s a clear line of demarcation. On one side, the cold zone, where only a surgical mask, scrubs and shoe coverings are necessary. On the other, the warm zone,...
With Schools Closed, What Options Do Working Parents Have for Kids?
The school year is starting and many working parents are facing the same conundrum they faced last spring — how do you juggle a full-time job with overseeing your kids' distance learning because schools are still closed? Some parents are creating pods with other parents to share learning oversight and...
Public Health to Immanuel Schools: See You in Court
The Fresno County Public Health Department will seek a Superior Court injunction next week to order Immanuel Schools of Reedley to stop in-person instruction, director David Pomaville said Friday. The department issued a public health officer order on Thursday — the same day the private K-12 school district opened for...