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Lawyer: Michael Avenatti Too Isolated in Jail to Help Case

January 21, 2020

NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti is housed in drug kingpin El Chapo's chilly former cell, making it impossible to properly prepare for an extortion trial that was supposed to start his week, his lawyer said. Attorney Scott Srebnick wrote in a letter to a federal...

Bezos Says Enquirer Threatened to Publish Revealing Pics

AP News

February 8, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday he was the target of "extortion and blackmail" by the publisher of the National Enquirer, which he said threatened to publish revealing personal photos of him u...

Police End Probe into Arias. He Denies Wrongdoing.

David Taub

November 2, 2018

UPDATE: 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2 Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says his department will not move forward in a criminal investigation against city council candidate Miguel Arias. “Detectives from the Fresno P...

Fresno County Employee Served Time for Murder. Now He’s Running for Office.

gvwire

March 27, 2018

By David Taub and Bill McEwen When Tony Morgan Amundson, an appraiser in the Fresno County Assessor-Recorder's Office, approached his boss about running for the elected position in Mariposa County, Paul Dictos encouraged him to give it a try. "He had neve...

US Long-Term Mortgage Rates Fall to Low; 30-Year at 2.81%

Justice Thomas’ Wife Boosts Unsupported Claims Against Biden

Local Restaurant Joins Legal Claim for Fee Refunds Over COVID Closures

Baristas Protest Racist Graffiti at Clovis Starbucks

County Stays in 'Red' Tier for Reopening According to Fresh State Data

Local Restaurant Joins Legal Claim for Fee Refunds Over COVID Closures

San Francisco’s Iconic Coca-Cola Sign To Be Removed After 83 Years

Rocket Dog Closes Clovis Spot Due To Pandemic. Plans Expansion of Fresno Location.

Landmine-Sniffing Rat Hailed as Hero, Beats Out Dogs for Award

A Tourist Favorite for 37 Years, This Bottlenose Dolphin Has Vanished

49ers Get Back Into Groove Headed Into Showdown in Seattle

Lawsuit of Michael Jackson Sexual Abuse Accuser Dismissed

Walters: Most ‘Job Killer’ Bills Bite the Dust Again

Walters: It’s Déjà Vu for Affirmative Action Proponents

Here’s the Challenge of Implementing Historic Groundwater Law

Slated for Deception? Beware of All Those Glossy Mailers Telling You How to Vote

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Lawmakers Want to Amend This Prop? It’ll Take a “Super, Super, Super-Duper Majority”

Early Polling Places in California Quiet Now, but Lines Expected Ahead

20 Republican Former US Attorneys Endorse Biden, Call Trump “A Threat to the Rule of Law”

Is Texas on Its Way to Becoming a Dem State?

Lawyer: Michael Avenatti Too Isolated in Jail to Help Case

Bezos Says Enquirer Threatened to Publish Revealing Pics

Police End Probe into Arias. He Denies Wrongdoing.

Fresno County Employee Served Time for Murder. Now He’s Running for Office.

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