LOCAL HEADLINES Face lift: Manchester Mall revamp unveiled Hard work pays off: Visalia-Porterville GDP shoots up Congrats: Fresno Unified graduation rates jump Retrospective: Grapes of Wrath turns 75 Move fast: Free admission to Yosemite through this weekend Hard hitting: Autistic boxer makes ring debut in Fresno Victory: Tulare welcomes home TUHS alum, Super Bowl winner Virgil Green Number one: Tulare tops nation in ag production Good luck: Former Bulldog Phillip Thomas packs for Miami Sign of the times: Tulare wells continue failing Honor: Clovis widow of fallen officer named Veteran of the Year Victory: Fresno raisin grower wins Supreme Court case
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES Change: Venezuela now importing U.S. oil Crackdown: Terror accusations spread through Turkish school system What a surprise: Putin tightens power grip in Russian "election" Should I stay or should I go: Debate heats up in UK as Brexit vote nears Accused: BBC reporter describes North Korean interrogation Smuggler's blues: Mexico approves extradition of El Chapo Socialism imploding: "Venezuela is falling apart" Pranksters: North Korea news parody site fools Western media Fox guarding hen house: Russia chooses ex-Soviet police official as human rights monitor Bad investment: U.S. to buy heavy water from Iran nuke program
CALIFORNIA HEADLINES It's come to this: Gov Brown approves cow fart regulations Plastic bag phobia: Vote nears on banning latest enviro villain Giant hole: CA faces $241 bln pension gap Dubious distinction: CA poised to become center of marijuana culture Decision time: Californians to face up to 18 ballot measures What a surprise: Union-commissioned study criticizes non-union charter schools Hostile environment: Hollywood conservative group to disband Pricey: Another change to high-speed rail could add over $1 bln in cost For thee, not for me: Union leader of $15 minimum wage campaign seeks exemption from $15 minimum wage Reset time?: Bill would end Daylight Savings in CA Defiance: Despite bad rap in media, CA community celebrates almond growing F for failure: CA green energy act yields few jobs, no accountability
IN DEPTH Fair question: Did Israel avert a Hamas massacre? Not sure how "new" it is: Putin's new anti-Americanism Lawmakers gone wild: CA legislature needs some work Big labor strikes again: Union power spawns Baltimore prison guard corruption scandal Gov't wages war on poverty, poverty wins: Paul Ryan explains how to fix poverty programs Good question: Why did monarchies survive the Arab Spring Victory or death: Tactics and strategy of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Temple of government: DC expands at America's expense Plutocracy: America's tech lords Renewed rivalry: Mysterious Syria image illustrates Shi'ite-Sunni struggle Growing threat: Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere
NATIONAL HEADLINES Caught: Public pensions using two sets of books End times: Has ObamaCare entered a death spiral? Regrets: IRS chief apologizes for misinforming Congress Say what you mean: Former SecDef Gates slams White House evasiveness on ISIS fight Our new friends: Obama admin plans deeper ties with Castro's Cuba Follow the logic: FDA claims devastating e-cig regulations will help e-cig innovation Fruits of the Iran nuke deal: Obama admin unsure if Mullahs using new funds for terrorism Planetary emergency?: Global warming brings better weather to 80% of Americans Ominous sign: Gov't will soon owe more money than entire economy produces Unsustainable: UnitedHealth to leave ObamaCare exchanges Dead on arrival: Obama plan to close Gitmo doomed in Congress
COLUMNISTS George Will Michael Barone Victor Davis Hanson Stephen F. Hayes Jonah Goldberg Joel Kotkin