Moltbook, which bills itself as the Reddit of AI, has given artificial intelligence something dangerously close to a sense of itself. AI agents using the very much real website already created a religion. They’ve tried to sue a human. They talk to each other the way we talk to each...
FBI, Las Vegas PD Raid Uncovers Bio Materials Connected to Reedley Biolab Owner
The FBI and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department raided two homes connected to the operator of a Reedley biolab arrested in 2023 for improperly selling medical testing equipment. Inside the garages of the two homes connected to Jia Bei Zhu, officers found a "significant volume" of material "consistent in appearance...
Two US Citizens Dead. Legal Immigrants Jailed. This Is Chaos, Not Immigration Enforcement
The killing of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis has finally shaken the foundations of our country, bringing to light how far to the extreme the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement has gone. Two U.S. citizens — a 37-year-old poet and mother of three, and a...
Fresno County Ballot Will Include at Least Seven Open Judgeships
Fresno County voters will reshape the makeup of the local Superior Court in this election cycle. At least seven judges are not running for re-election, creating a path for new jurists to step up. This is big news because it is rare for one or two county judgeships to be...
How Long Does a Hospital Emergency Room Visit Take? Here’s How Valley Hospitals Rate
A visit to a hospital emergency room is typically no walk in the park. Along with the stress of a potential medical crisis, patients know they’re likely to be there for hours to be poked, prodded, tested, perhaps taken for X-rays – and a lot of hurry-up-and-wait. Data from the...
Failed Talks With Community Health Leave Blue Shield Members Without Care
With five days to figure out an alternative, notices went out to Blue Shield of California members this week that their coverage with Community Health Systems would end Sunday. Though negotiations are ongoing, the letter, dated Jan. 27, informs members that their doctors would not be able to use facilities...
ICE Agents Are Protecting American Citizens. Now They Need Our Support
I strongly condemn the growing attacks on ICE and Border Patrol agents and the reckless political rhetoric coming from the radicals and extremists both in the media and elected office that vilify federal law enforcement for simply doing their jobs as required by the law. ICE is not a danger...
10% of California Hospitals Threatened with Closure: Industry Group
By this time next year, federal work requirements for Medi-Cal eligibility will be in place. The California Hospital Association estimates 2 million Californians will lose health care over the next decade because of those requirements, doubling the number of uninsured in the state, said David Simon, spokesman for the association....
Teachers Assail Fresno Unified Trustees for Doubling Their Own Pay
The Fresno Unified School Board adopted a state-approved stipend change, more than doubling trustees' monthly pay and generating barbs from the teachers union. Earlier this month, trustees voted, 6-1, to increase their monthly stipend from $2,110 to $4,500, or $54,000 annually, starting Feb. 1. “I don't really see it as...
Mayor Jerry Dyer to Address Policing, ICE Tactics at US Conference of Mayors Meeting
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer will speak Wednesday at the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, D.C., delivering remarks focused on policing. Dyer is expected to echo comments he made last week criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactics used in recent high-profile deaths in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ICE agents shot...
