Americans with a high level of religious knowledge have a warmer view of Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants and Buddhists than they have of evangelical Christians and are least warm to Muslims and atheists, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. The findings of the What Americans Know About Religion study came from a survey that… Keep Reading
Stanislaus County health officials have reported a serious case of west Nile illness as prime conditions for the virus create a threat to the public. The patient was only identified as a female in the news release Wednesday from the county Health Services Agency. She was diagnosed with the potentially deadly neuroinvasive disease, which can… Keep Reading
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - For this pass-through city, long a favorite target for jokes from late-night comedians, the small stuff turns out not to be small at all. Highway 99 races through almond groves and oil fields here, then bend north toward Fresno and the flat croplands of the Central Valley. This high-speed vantage provides the… Keep Reading
A sheriff’s horse was punched and four police officers were injured during a drunken brawl that occurred at a California county fair over the weekend. According to officials, the fight erupted around 10 p.m. PDT near a beer booth at the Stanislaus County Fair in Turlock, California, Continue Reading on Geek Keep Reading
Fresno State has received recognition for its online MBA program, being named among the best in the state. According to mbacentral.org, Fresno State’s program was listed in 12th place in its list of California’s best 20 MBAs. Rankings for the list were made based on tuition, accreditation, support services and quality of classes. Continue Reading… Keep Reading
Thousands of Californians, including hundreds of Central Valley residents, gave to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign this spring, campaign finance records show. California remains one of the president’s favorite punching bags. The state has now sued his administration more than 50 times. But many Californians continue to support the president, donating approximately $2 million to his… Keep Reading
California authorities have tripled the number of raids on unlicensed cannabis shops in the last year and seized $30 million in pot products, but legal industry leaders say enforcement is still inadequate to break the dominance of the black market in the state. In 2018, the first year of licensing, the state Bureau of Cannabis… Keep Reading
CLEARLAKE, Calif. — Two thousand homes lost and two-thirds of the land burned: The residents of Lake County, a sparsely populated area north of Napa Valley, understand better than most the devastating cost of wildfires in recent years. Yet few people in Lake County, or in many other fire-prone parts of California, could have anticipated… Keep Reading
Time for more of your wonderful stories, some about how you came to have your pet, and all about how much having a pet adds to life. DEAR JOAN: About 4 years ago, I had a knee replacement. I was sent home after just three days with a big bottle of pain pills. I took them… Keep Reading
The Tracy Tritons girls showed their strength at the final regular-season meet of the Mid-Valley Swim League season at Ripon High on Saturday. The Ripon Sea Lions were the top team with an overall score of 1,828 to the Tritons’ 1,682. The Triton girls had multiple winners in six of the seven age groups, including… Keep Reading
