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Colorful Buses To Offer Free Meals To Kids During Winter Break In Fresno, Fresno County 

Colorful Buses To Offer Free Meals To Kids During Winter Break In Fresno, Fresno County 

Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC) announced Wednesday that free meals will be provided to children ages 1-18 over the upcoming winter break.  According to Fresno EOC, several locations throughout both the City of Fresno and Fresno County will offer free meals to kiddos starting December 19 through January 2. No meals, however, will be…MORE

Ftx’s Bankman-fried Charged By US For ‘Scheme’ To Defraud

Ftx’s Bankman-fried Charged By US For ‘Scheme’ To Defraud

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government charged Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, with a host of financial crimes on Tuesday, alleging he intentionally deceived customers and investors to enrich himself and others, while playing a central role in the company’s multibillion-dollar collapse. The 13-page indictment says that, beginning…MORE

Storm Blowing Through California Dumps Snow In Sierra

Storm Blowing Through California Dumps Snow In Sierra

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Heavy snow fell in the Sierra Nevada as a winter storm packing powerful winds sent ski lift chairs swinging and closed mountain highways while downpours at lower elevations triggered flood watches Sunday across large swaths of California into Nevada. More than 250 miles (400 km) of the Sierra from…MORE

Tribe Searches For Remains At California Construction Site

Tribe Searches For Remains At California Construction Site

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Native American tribe in Northern California is racing toward a Friday deadline to conclude its search for human remains and cultural artifacts on what was once a tribal village site but will soon be home to a shared-use path and parking area.  Ancestors of the Wintu Tribe of Northern California…MORE

Lively Arts Foundation Presents Central California Ballet Nutcracker ’22

Lively Arts Foundation Presents Central California Ballet Nutcracker ’22

The Lively Arts Foundation proudly presents the Central California Ballet Nutcracker ’22! Lively Arts Foundation’s presentation of Central California Ballet’s joyous and highly entertaining Nutcracker Ballet has been recognized in Dance Magazine for its resurrection of the character of the vengeful Mouse Queen from E.T.A. Hoffman’s original Nutcracker fairy tale. Set to Tchaikovsky’s memorable music,…MORE

Juul Reaches Settlements Covering Thousands Of Lawsuits

Juul Reaches Settlements Covering Thousands Of Lawsuits

(AP) – Embattled vaping company Juul Labs has reached settlements covering thousands of lawsuits over its e-cigarettes, which in recent years became a scourge in schools and communities nationwide. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Juul said that it has secured an equity investment to fund it. Buffeted by lawsuits, Juul announced…MORE

1st US Floating Offshore Wind Auction Nets $757M In Bids

1st US Floating Offshore Wind Auction Nets $757M In Bids

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast attracted $757 million in winning bids Wednesday from mostly European companies, in a project watched by other regions and countries just getting their own plans for floating offshore wind started. The…MORE

California Death Row Inmate Dies Of Natural Causes At 69

California Death Row Inmate Dies Of Natural Causes At 69

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — A prison inmate who spent more than 30 years on California’s death row for beating to death a woman and her 2-year-old daughter during a burglary died early Wednesday of natural causes, state corrections officials said. Richard Gonzales Samayoa, 69, was found unresponsive in his cell in the infirmary at…MORE

Monarch Butterflies Reach Record Benchmark First Time In 22 Years In CA

Monarch Butterflies Reach Record Benchmark First Time In 22 Years In CA

(KMJ) — We’re often flooded with environmental reports full of doom and gloom. But there’s some good news for butterflies. The Xerces Society’s Western Monarch count has found over 300,000 Western Monarchs in over 183 sites across California. We’re told this is the first time this benchmark has been reached since the fall of 2000.…MORE