The state Department of Education released results from the latest round of academic achievement tests of California’s nearly 6 million public school students last week and there were – unfortunately – no surprises. California’s kids continue to display subpar skills in English language arts and mathematics – fewer than half meeting standards in the...
Prominent Tech Conference CEO Resigns Amid Backlash for Statements Over Israel-Hamas War
NEW YORK — Paddy Cosgrave, the chief executive officer of a prominent European tech conference called Web Summit, resigned from his role on Saturday amid backlash for his public statements that suggested Israel was committing war crimes. A spokesperson for Web Summit, which organizes one of the world's largest tech...
Prominent Tech Conference CEO Resigns Amid Backlash for Statements Over Israel-Hamas War
NEW YORK — Paddy Cosgrave, the chief executive officer of a prominent European tech conference called Web Summit, resigned from his role on Saturday amid backlash for his public statements that suggested Israel was committing war crimes. A spokesperson for Web Summit, which organizes one of the world's largest tech...
Fresno Teachers Union Accuses District of Unfair Labor Practices as Strike Vote Continues
The Fresno Teachers Association on Friday filed an unfair labor practice complaint against Fresno Unified School District, alleging that administrators improperly attempted to discourage employees at one elementary school from talking with parents about a potential teachers strike. The complaint also alleges the district's chief communications officer authorized administrators to...
Fresno Teachers Union Accuses District of Unfair Labor Practices as Strike Vote Continues
The Fresno Teachers Association on Friday filed an unfair labor practice complaint against Fresno Unified School District, alleging that administrators improperly attempted to discourage employees at one elementary school from talking with parents about a potential teachers strike. The complaint also alleges the district's chief communications officer authorized administrators to...
Central California Could Get Drenched by El Niño: NOAA Forecast
If this year's El Niño delivers a wet winter on the West Coast, the heaviest rainfall is most likely to hit Central California. That's the word from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which released its U.S. Winter Outlook on Thursday. However, as the chart below conveys, there are no...
Central California Could Get Drenched by El Niño: NOAA Forecast
If this year's El Niño delivers a wet winter on the West Coast, the heaviest rainfall is most likely to hit Central California. That's the word from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which released its U.S. Winter Outlook on Thursday. However, as the chart below conveys, there are no...
Israel Says Two Americans Held Hostage by Hamas, a Mother and Daughter, Have Been Released
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter it had held hostage in Gaza, Israel said, the first such release from among the around 200 people the militant group abducted during its Oct. 7 rampage through southern Israel. The two Americans, Judith...
Israel Says Two Americans Held Hostage by Hamas, a Mother and Daughter, Have Been Released
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter it had held hostage in Gaza, Israel said, the first such release from among the around 200 people the militant group abducted during its Oct. 7 rampage through southern Israel. The two Americans, Judith...
How a Sting Operation Took Down Top Chinese Executive of Notorious Illegal Biolab
A top executive with a Reedley biolab was arrested Thursday in a sting operation at the very warehouse where city inspectors uncovered the company’s illegal laboratory. Reedley City Manager Nicole Zieba introduced herself to Jia Bei Zhu, CEO of Universal Miedtech Inc., moments before agents with the Food & Drug...