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Death Toll in Camp Fire Likely Includes 50 More People

PARADISE — Doctors and other experts say at least 50 more people, many of them elderly or ill, likely died as a result of the 2018 wildfire that devastated the town of Paradise, California, but were not counted in the official death toll, an investigation by the Chico Enterprise-Record found. Authorities have...

Whether It's Giving Blood or Money, Help Start the Healing

In the face of tragedy, resilient cities pull together. Thus I ask every Fresno resident and business to do what they can to support the families of the victims in Sunday's mass shooting that killed four men and wounded six others. Listen to this article:   There are are many...

4 Ways to Cover College Costs if Financial Aid Isn't Enough

For 61% of students, college costs more than they expected, according to a recent survey from College Ave Student Loans conducted by Barnes & Noble College Insights. Yoselin Guzman, an 18-year-old UCLA freshman from Compton, California, can see why. "There's like little costs you don't even see," says Guzman, noting...

Their Members Were Massacred. Now Pittsburgh Jews Help New Zealand Muslims.

A Pittsburgh synagogue that was the victim of a shooting massacre killing 11 worshippers last October is raising funds to support New Zealand's Muslim community. An Australian white supremacist is charged with killing 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during Friday prayers. The Goal Is $100,000 As...

Veteran Draws Millions in Donations for Trump's Border Wall

An online fundraiser started by an Air Force veteran to pay for construction of President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall was up to millions of dollars Thursday, bringing further attention to an issue that could lead to a government shutdown. Brian Kolfage launched the GoFundMe page Sunday, and it has...

Immigrant, Muslim Groups Lead Fundraising Efforts for Synagogue Victims

Following Saturday's massacre at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, two crowdfunding appeals have raised close to $725,000 to assist the victims as of Monday morning. Since launching, a campaign on the GoFundMe site had collected nearly $600,000 in donations as of Monday morning while a separate effort on the LaunchGood...

Deadly Wildfire Near Yosemite Doubles in Size

MARIPOSA — Fire officials say a deadly wildfire burning near the west end of Yosemite National Park doubled in size overnight. U.S. Forest Service spokesman John DeYoe says the Ferguson Fire had scorched 14 square miles of brush and timber as of Monday morning. It is 2 percent contained. Temperatures...

Roe's Video Pick: Sigma Tau Gamma's Incredible Cheer Squad

I remember this short-lived extra-curricular activity I did in my sophomore year at Sunnyside High School. It was cheerleading. It was not my most highlighted talent. But I tried it to fulfill my mother's dream of blossoming into a beauty queen who wore skirts and dresses and wanted to shop for make-up...

Roe's Video Pick: Sigma Tau Gamma's Incredible Cheer Squad

I remember this short-lived extra-curricular activity I did in my sophomore year at Sunnyside High School. It was cheerleading. It was not my most highlighted talent. But I tried it to fulfill my mother's dream of blossoming into a beauty queen who wore skirts and dresses and wanted to shop for make-up...

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