Former Fresno County District Attorney Elizabeth Egan is squaring off against Douglas Treisman, a senior deputy district attorney, in the lone contested judicial race on the March 3 ballot. Egan served as DA from 2002 through 2014 before Lisa Smittcamp upended her in a contentious election. Treisman has worked in several...
Face-Off: Treisman vs. Egan for Fresno County Judge
Former Fresno County District Attorney Elizabeth Egan is squaring off against Douglas Treisman, a senior deputy district attorney, in the lone contested judicial race on the March 3 ballot. Egan served as DA from 2002 through 2014 before Lisa Smittcamp upended her in a contentious election. Treisman has worked in several...
Newsom Appoints Dalesandro to Fresno County Judgeship
Samuel J. Dalesandro Jr. is the newest Fresno County Superior Court judge. Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed him to the bench Monday to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Donald Black. Dalesandro, 43, has served as a Fresno County Superior Court commissioner since 2017. Newsom also appointed three...
NBC, Union Investigate ‘America’s Got Talent’ Racism Report
LOS ANGELES — NBC and the guild that represents television performers said they are investigating Gabrielle Union's allegation that she was fired as a judge on “America’s Got Talent” because she complained of racism and other on-set issues. The Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists issued a...
Judge Temporarily Stops 1st Federal Executions Since 2003
WASHINGTON — A judge has temporarily halted the first federal executions in 16 years as a lawsuit on how the government intends to carry them out continues. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan said in a Wednesday evening ruling that the public is not served by “short-circuiting” legitimate judicial process....
Former DA Egan Is Running for Judge
Former three-term Fresno County DA Elizabeth Egan has entered the race to succeed retiring Judge Alan Simpson. Egan joins Douglas Treisman, a Fresno County senior deputy district attorney, in the competition for Simpson's spot on the Fresno County Superior Court bench. Judges serve six-year terms and are paid $213,833 annually. County elections...
Judge Blocks Trump Rules for Detained Migrant Kids
LOS ANGELES — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely. U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles said the rules conflict with a 1997 settlement agreement that requires the...
SF Judge's Ruling Offers Hope for Fresno Parks Tax Backers
In a ruling that could have implications for Fresno’s Measure P, a San Francisco judge ruled Friday that tax measures there put on the ballot by citizen initiative only needed majority voter approval. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman ruled that two petition-led measures passed in San Francisco in...
Fresno County Prisoner Sentenced for Threats to Murder Judge
A man in a Fresno County prison had eight years tacked onto his sentence for threatening to murder a federal judge once he was freed. Cyrus Dennis Braswell, 57, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced in Fresno on Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd. In February, after a two-day trial...
WikiLeaks’ Assange Gets 50 Weeks in Prison for Jumping Bail
LONDON — A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Judge Deborah Taylor appeared unimpressed by Assange's written apology and his lawyer's argument that he sought refuge in...