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Establishing a mature garden for most people takes years to accomplish.  It does involve some planning before planting. Fortunately for all new gardeners, the information tags included with the purchase of individual plants provide most of the information you need. If not, your cell phones and computers can provide instant information so there are no excuses for inappropriate planting. There are four “musts” you need to understand before beginning. First, you need to know whether your plant needs sun, shade, or both to grow. Second, you need to know how large it will grow. Third, you need to have healthy soil. Last but not least, we live in USDA zone 9. This means our temperatures year-round fluctuate between 20 degrees in winter and can reach 115 degrees in the summer. Because our high temps can be extreme, it is essential to provide adequate water. Once all this is established, you are on your own and will be surprised how quickly you will learn. Joining a local garden club, I might add, would also be a plus. I walk my gardens almost daily. After being on

More than two years after jet fuel leaked into the system supplying water to almost 93,000 people in Hawaii, families impacted are taking the U.S. government to trial.

Coal-fired power plants would have to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a new EPA rule the industry says would make the grid less reliable. It’s likely to face court challenges.

As Israel’s leader equates U.S. university protests to rallies in Nazi Germany, Palestinian students tell CBS News what the support means to them.

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jason Lee, 54; Renee Zellweger, 55; Hank Azaria, 60; Al Pacino, 84. Happy Birthday: Don’t hesitate to make a move. Be aggressive, ask questions and discover what’s available. Your curiosity will pay off, and the chance to embrace the life you want looks promising. Take the initiative, implement changes that display what you have to offer and set up opportunities that lead you in the direction you want. A passionate approach will attract interest in every facet of life. Your numbers are 5, 13, 25, 27, 32, 38, 49. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t apply pressure to get your way. Focus on making a difference and gaining the most. Refrain from displaying your actions when you’ll accomplish more if you work quietly behind the scenes. Know your destination and plan your journey. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t leave yourself open for criticism. Act on your behalf and make things happen. Share your concerns with a passionate display of your willingness to go the distance and get things done. Make the first move, and opportunity will lead to new

David G. Savage | Los Angeles Times (TNS) The Supreme Court on Thursday heard former President Trump’s claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his “official acts” during his time in the White House, including his effort to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. Trump’s claim of absolute immunity has been derided by legal experts and rejected by a federal trial judge and the U.S. appeals court in Washington. But the former president and his lawyers have been winning delays with their losing arguments. Special counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump for conspiring to subvert the results of the 2020 election, and the judge originally scheduled the trial for March. The Supreme Court’s intervention upset that timetable and raised doubts a jury will consider the charges before this November’s election. Why did the Supreme Court intervene? One possibility is that the justices, at least several of them, believe a former president is shielded from later prosecution for his truly “official acts” as the nation’s chief executive, even if he can be prosecuted for a private scheme to overturn his election defeat.

Thursday, April 25, 2024 2:22AM A rally by pro-Palestinian demonstrators turned chaotic Wednesday at USC’s Alumni Park, as campus police and the LAPD confronted protesters. LOS ANGELES — Police arrested 93 people on and around the University of Southern California campus, mostly on misdemeanor trespass Wednesday night. The university declared the campus closed in the afternoon, open only to students with their USC IDs at pedestrian gates, due to what USC said “significant activity at the center of campus.” On Wednesday night, LAPD Captain Kelly Muniz told ABC News that around 35 protesters had been processed for misdemeanor trespass. Several dozen more were waiting to be processed, Muniz said. There was an altercation in one portion of the protest area that resulted in one arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, according to Muniz. There are no known injuries to police or protesters. The arrests at USC come after police at a Texas university aggressively detained dozens in the latest clashes between law enforcement and those protesting the Israel-Hamas war on campuses nationwide. While tensions rose between police and protesters at USC earlier in the

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A man was killed in a car crash involving a semi-truck in Kings County on Wednesday night. The crash happened around 8 pm in the area of 12 and 3/4 and Douglas avenues. The California Highway Patrol says a man crashed into the semi-truck after running a stop sign. The driver who officers say ran the stop sign was killed in the crash. The driver of the semi-truck was not injured. Investigators are still working to figure out what caused the crash. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) — The Cowboys are back in Clovis! The 110th annual Clovis Rodeo is here and expected to bring in tens of thousands of fans from across the nation. “We’re also –keep in mind – in the top 20 rodeos in the U.S. right now and the second-best rodeo in California,” Clovis Rodeo Association director, Mark Thompson said. Wednesday evening, you can catch the PRCA Xtreme bulls competition-where professional cowboys take on some of the top-ranked bulls. “It’s all bulls tonight. There are a couple other fun events that will go on. One of them is we got our favorite clown back: JJ Harrison. He is a lot of fun,” Thompson said. The events attract around 550 cowboys, 70 cowgirls and over 700 animal athletes. “We’ve added another $50,000 to the prize money, so we’re going to pay out in the next five days about $450,000, so that attracts the best of the best,” Thompson said. That prize money keeps team roper Chad Masters coming back from Texas for nearly 20 years. “Oh, it’s a huge, it’s a big rodeo. It’s not your

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ARIZONA — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election. It shows seven other defendants whose names were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with the charges. The Associated Press was able to determine the identities of the unnamed defendants based on their descriptions in the indictment. One is described as an attorney “who was often identified as the Mayor” and spread false allegations of election fraud, a description that clearly describes Giuliani. Another is described as Trump’s ” chief of staff in 2020,” which describes Meadows. “I will not allow American democracy to be undermined,” Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a video released by her office. “It’s too important.” The 11 people who had been nominated to be Arizona’s Republican electors met in Phoenix on Dec. 14, 2020, to sign a

Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear a “noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar.” CBS News’ John Dickerson has details.

Pope Francis says “negotiated peace is better than a war without end”; A tour of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer one pitch after Joe Boyle was called for a balk in the first inning the A’s never got within a run from there, losing to the Yankees 7-3 on Wednesday night. Anthony Rizzo and Juan Soto later homered off A’s relievers as Oakland fell to 1-11 in its last 11 games in the Bronx. Boyle (1-4) appeared to have thrown a fastball for a called third strike on the outside corner but was charged with a balk as Judge began walking to the Yankees’ dugout. Judge then hit an outside fastball to the short porch in right field for his 261st homer, passing former captain Derek Jeter for ninth on the Yankees’ all-time list. Boyle told reporters after the game that the balk gave Judge “a free pitch that he got to see,” chalking up the homer to poor pitch selection — repeating an outside fastball — after the balk was called when an umpire ruled he didn’t come set. “Pitch clock was running down, probably should have stepped off, but tried to squeeze a

By WILL WEISSERT, MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRIS MEGERIAN (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Student protests over the war in Gaza have created a new and unpredictable challenge for President Joe Biden as he resists calls to cut off U.S. support for Israel while trying to hold together the coalition of voters he’ll need for reelection. The protests at Columbia University in New York and other campuses have captured global media attention and resurfaced questions about Biden’s lagging support from young voters. His handling of the Middle East conflict is also being closely watched by both Jewish and Arab American voters in key swing states. At best for Biden, the protests are a passing distraction while the White House presses forward with negotiations over a cease-fire and the release of hostages held by Hamas while pushing Israel to limit casualties with more than 34,000 Palestinians dead. At worst, they build momentum toward the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, potentially triggering scenes of violence that could recall the unrest of protests against the Vietnam War during the party’s convention there in 1968. “If

By JACQUES BILLEAUD, JONATHAN J. COOPER and JOSH KELETY (Associated Press) PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump ‘s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020. They include the former state party chair, a 2022 U.S. Senate candidate and two sitting state lawmakers, who are charged with nine counts each of conspiracy, fraud and forgery. The identities of seven other defendants, including Giuliani and Meadows, were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with the documents. They were readily identifiable based on descriptions of the defendants, however. Trump himself was not charged but was referred to as an unindicted co-conspirator. With the indictments, Arizona becomes the fourth state where allies of the former president have been charged with using false or unproven claims about voter fraud related to the election. Heading into a likely

An Arizona grand jury indicted 18 people in connection with an alleged attempt to use alternate electors after the 2020 election.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) (KFSN) — The lawsuit, filed in March, stems from a Ladies Night promotional event, that happened when the Grizzlies were taking on the Stockton Ports on May 25 last year. The 23-page complaint claims that the Grizzlies violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination regardless of age, race, religion, disability, sex or sexual orientation. Legal Analyst Kevin Little said that type of promotion can be a gamble when it comes to legal challenges. “But if it’s a ladies night, and it clearly entitles women,” said Little. “Just by virtue of being women, to get in at a free, either free or at a reduced price relative to men. You run the risk of these sorts of lawsuits.” The plaintiffs on the case are Christine Johnson and Harry Crouch. The complaint said that Crouch paid $18 dollars to get into the stadium, while Johnson got into the game for free. They’re now seeking $5 million in damages. “But if as the complaint indicates, it was an event that was promoted as providing a differential entry fee for men versus women, it

WEATHER ALERT High Wind Warning WATCH LIVE Welcome, Manage MyDisney Account Log Out Thursday, April 25, 2024 2:06AM FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Xavier Worthy is one of the top prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft with some mock drafts projecting the former Central Grizzly to be a first round draft pick. Ahead of draft night, he had a special surprise for a former coach in the Central Valley. In partnership with TCL, Worthy surprised his childhood coach Chris Maxey with a 98″ TV. Worthy calls Maxey a father figure who convinced him to run track, something that set Worthy on his way to breaking the record for the 40 yard dash at the 2024 NFL Combine. “Just having the opportunity to be in his life and help him and he chose me,” Maxey said of the donation. “I think that that’s very, very special.” As a junior at Central HS, Worthy helped the Grizzlies win the 2019 D-1AA state title before COVID-19 took away his senior season. “I was a football player before track,” Worthy said of Maxey. “Him giving me that aspect to get

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Some local students are getting the opportunity of a lifetime to work on a supercar, helping them advance their skills in technology and manufacturing. It’s called the Trion Nemesis, an advanced supercar that aims to be a first-of-its-kind in many ways. “A lot of the things that we are still using today, such as the stowaway seat in the caravan that folds into the floor, he designed that,” explained Kie Fair with Trion Supercars Group. The team from Trion Supercars Group touched on some of the auto innovations their founder and CEO, Richard Patterson, has brought to the table and what he is looking for from students. “No more plugging up. We are going to be doing removable batteries, and you heard it first here at Trion,” said Fair. Several entities will be partnering to bring the Trion Supercar build to Fresno. That includes (CTEC) the Career Technical Education Charter High School, Duncan Polytechnical High School, (CART) the Center for Advanced Research and Technology, and Fresno State. “I’m really surprised that our goal is to make a replaceable battery because that

Thursday, April 25, 2024 1:50AM One person has died following a house fire in Visalia. VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) — A Visalia family is mourning the loss of a mother, grandmother and wife, as her life was tragically taken in a house fire. The Visalia Fire Department says the victim, who was in her 60s, was sleeping in the bedroom where the fire started. Her husband did what he could to try to rescue her but when first responders arrived it was already too late. “Vicky was a very sweet, kind, person-lady. She was really kind and helpful,” says Candice, who remembers her boyfriend’s mom Vicky as a loving person. Around 5 am Wednesday, flames engulfed her bedroom at a home on Howard Street. Barely able to walk because of health conditions, she was unable to get out. The Visalia Fire Department says she died because of her burns. “It’s a very unfortunate situation. We are just glad the husband did what he could and was able to get out because this could’ve been much worse, this could’ve been a double fatality fire,” explains Visalia Fire