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MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — The board of regents meeting at UC Merced was put on hold after a disruption by protestors in the audience on Wednesday. At several points during the meeting, demonstrators in the audience were heard yelling over board members as they were speaking. After a final warning, the board asked officers from the California Highway Patrol to remove the students from the room. “I hereby request the appropriate police officer make a declaration of unlawful assembly and clear the room,” said one of the Board of Regents. This comes after UC Merced students set up an encampment on Sunday ahead of the three-day board of regents meeting on campus. Over the last four days, the crowd has grown significantly larger, and so has the tension. During Tuesday’s meeting, the board of regents told protestors their call to divest from companies and institutions that support Israel was a complex issue that would require selling $32 billion of investments. “I don’t think that’s a very complex issue. I think that corporate greed might be a complex issue and maybe they might be having to

Red Lobster says it is closing nearly 50 of its restaurants in the U.S. Thursday, May 16, 2024 2:34AM With lease and labor costs piling up, Red Lobster is now reportedly considering filing for bankruptcy. Red Lobster says it is closing nearly 50 of its restaurants in the U.S. The locations span across more than 20 states – cutting back on Red Lobster’s presence in cities like Denver, San Antonio, Indianapolis and Sacramento. Red Lobster has been struggling for some time. With lease and labor costs piling up in recent years, the chain is now reportedly considering filing for bankruptcy. ALSO SEE: What went wrong at Red Lobster: Is the all-you-can-eat shrimp and crab to blame? Here’s a look at which locations will be closing. Alabama Auburn Decatur California Fremont Redding Rohnert Park Sacramento San Diego Torrance Colorado Denver Lakewood Lone Tree Wheat Ridge Florida Altamonte Springs Gainesville Hialeah Largo Orlando Georgia Athens Roswell Dublin Idaho Lewiston Illinois Bloomingdale Danville Indiana Indianapolis Elkhart Iowa Council Bluffs Waterloo Maryland Gaithersburg Columbia Silver Spring Laurel Michigan Fort Gratiot Mississippi D’lberville New York Amherst Kingston Rochester New Jersey

Thursday, May 16, 2024 1:47AM An SUV slammed into a building near Shaw and Van Ness on Wednesday night. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — An SUV slammed into a building near Shaw and Van Ness on Wednesday night. The collision happened just after 5:30 pm behind Pardini’s Catering, causing damage to a storage area. Fresno police say an elderly man was driving when he pushed the gas instead of the brake. One employee suffered minor injuries but did not go to the hospital. The driver was not hurt. Stay with Action News for the latest updates on this developing story. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

John Dickerson reports on what to expect from the newly scheduled presidential debates, the biggest foreign threats ahead of the November election, and why the price of cocoa is so high.

Judge Juan Merchan has held Trump in contempt of court for violating the gag order 10 times, with a $1,000 fine for each violation.

By Mark Sherman and Kevin McGill | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander. The order allows the use of a map that has majority Black populations in two of the state’s six congressional districts, potentially boosting Democrats’ chances of gaining control of the closely divided House of Representatives in the 2024 elections. The justices acted on emergency appeals filed by the state’s top Republican elected officials and Black voters who said they needed the high court’s intervention to avoid confusion as the elections approach. About a third of Louisiana is Black. The Supreme Court’s order does not deal with a lower-court ruling that found the map relied too heavily on race. Instead, it only prevents yet another new map from being drawn for this year’s elections. The Supreme Court could decide at a later date to hear arguments over the decision striking down the Louisiana map. The court’s three liberal justices dissented

SAN FRANCISCO — As Curt Casali entered the Giants’ clubhouse before the team’s series finale against the Dodgers — a clubhouse he had called home on many occasions — his teammates greeted him with an unexpected barrage of confetti, a surprise that Casali admits caught him off guard. “I think I probably shed a tear,” said Casali, who started Wednesday night against the Dodgers. “Coming back here is like coming home. I had some of the best years of my professional baseball life here. Some of my best friends are still here. Not many people get to do it again, so I’m just very, very thankful.” While the circumstances are far from ideal, the Giants, having signed Casali to a one-year deal on Wednesday, are happy to have the veteran backstop back in their clubhouse. “A lot of the things that you want from that position, he does very well,” said manager Bob Melvin. “I know our guys, especially the ones who have been around him before, are excited.” In a corresponding move, catcher Jakson Reetz was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento while fellow backstop Tom

Angie Harmon said she heard a gunshot and rushed outside, where she found her dog had been shot, and saw the delivery person putting a gun into the front of his pants, according to the lawsuit.

The 49ers have been done no favors by the NFL scheduling computers. Just another reason to hate the machines. Sure, the defending NFC champions will be given an easy enough entry into the season, but the team’s November and December are poised to be brutal, with eight of the team’s final 10 games coming against playoff teams last season. Shake off those Super Bowl hangovers early, gang — any early loss could prove fatal to the team’s bid to return to the Big Game. Here’s a quick thought on the 49ers’ 17 games and a way-too-early, please-don’t-hold-me-to-this prediction on each contest: Week 1: Jets [Monday Night Football] This game is a cruel joke on Aaron Rodgers, who tore his Achilles tendon in last season’s Monday Night Football opener. It couldn’t happen to a nicer, saner guy! Prediction: Win (1-0); We’re fast approaching the return of Robert Saleh to the Bay Week 2: at Minnesota The Vikings could be a good team this upcoming season, but they’re going to be working through some things at the beginning of the season. Will the Vikes go with Sam

SANTA CLARA – Six prime-time kickoffs are strewn across the 49ers’ schedule, dawning with a Sept. 9 opener against the New York Jets, then saving the NFC Championship Game rematch with the Detroit Lions for Dec. 30. Both of those games are on “Monday Night Football” at Levi’s Stadium, where a bit of a dark cloud hovers over those bright lights. The 49ers lost both of their Monday night games last season – at Minnesota in Week 7, and against Baltimore on Christmas. That dropped the 49ers to 4-6 on Mondays since 2017 under coach Kyle Shanahan. Mind you, last season’s Super Bowl-bound 49ers did win their three other prime-time games: The home opener against the Giants, Week 5 against the Cowboys, and Thanksgiving night at the Seahawks. The Lions’ Monday night visit comes in the regular season’s penultimate week, so NFC playoff seeding could be on the line if both franchises follow last season’s path to the top two seeds. Between prime-time affairs at Seattle (Thursday, Oct. 10) and against Dallas (Sunday, Oct. 27) is a Super Bowl LVIII rematch against the Kansas City

With a pair of shutouts on Tuesday, the Red Bluff Varsity baseball team showed it has the pitching depth to advance in the Northern Section Division II Super Regionals. The Spartans shut out Eastern Athletic League rival Pleasant Valley, 3-0, on Tuesday afternoon to advance to the championship game on Saturday against Chico High School at Butte College at 4 p.m. It was Red Bluff’s second shutout of the day, having shut out Foothill on Tuesday morning. 7-0. Ever Aaron Ovalle held the Vikings to just four hits in the complete-game shutout. He also struck out three Vikings and walked just one. Red Bluff first baseman Lucas Owens congratulates Spartan starting pitcher Ever Aaron Ovalle after he pitched a four-hit 3-0 shutout win against the Pleasant Valley Vikings on Tuesday afternoon at Chico High School. With the win Red Bluff moves on to the division two northern section championship game on Saturday against Chico High School at Butte College. (Rick Silva/Daily News) “He was phenomenal for us,” Red Bluff head coach Ryland Sanders said. “He’s been out. He dislocated Pinky on his nonthrowing hand. And

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico fell more than 6% in April to the fourth lowest month of the Biden administration, authorities said Wednesday, bucking the usual spring increase. U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains. Mexico won’t allow more than 4,000 illegal crossings a day to the U.S., Alicia Barcena, Mexico’s foreign relations secretary, told reporters Tuesday, down from more than 10,000 Border Patrol arrests on some days in December. Migrants were arrested 128,884 times in April, down from 137,480 in March and barely half a record-high of 249,737 in December, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. While still historically high, the sharp decline in arrests since late December is welcome news for President Joe Biden on a key issue that has nagged him in election-year polls. San Diego became the busiest of the Border Patrol’s nine sectors along the Mexican border for the first time since the 1990s with 37,370, replacing Tucson, Arizona. Troy Miller, Customs and Border Protection’s acting

COTTONWOOD – A woman was taken to the hospital Wednesday after a car collision on northbound I-5 at the Cottonwood Scales. California Highway Patrol Officer William Parker said a 1996 Ford van pulled a travel trailer and overturned, blocking both lanes. A 53-year-old female driver received minor injuries and was transported to hospital. The 20-year-old female passenger was transported to hospital for moderate injuries. Animal Control took the Animals in the vehicle. Traffic was diverted through scales.  The freeway was shut down for 2 hours and 20 minutes. At 1:58 p.m., the CHP announced the roadway was open. The collision was first reported around 11:30 a.m.  

Higher cocoa prices are hitting chocolate lovers’ wallets. CBS News reporter Taurean Small explains what’s driving the increase, and what chocolate brands are doing to adapt.

PRAGUE — The Slovak defense minister says doctors are fighting for the life of the country’s prime minister, who was shot multiple times after a political event. Defense Minister Robert Kalinak, a close ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico in his Smer-Social Democracy party, made the remark Wednesday evening to reporters at a hospital in Banska Bystrica. He said an operation on Fico was not yet complete and described his condition as “extraordinarily serious.” THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday after a political event in an attempted assassination that shocked the small country and reverberated across Europe. The pro-Russian leader, 59, was reported to be fighting for his life after being hit in the stomach. At least four shots were fired outside a cultural center in the town of Handlova, nearly 140 kilometers (85 miles) northeast of the capital, where Fico was meeting with supporters, the government said. A suspect was in custody, the country’s president said in a televised statement. Fico was taken by helicopter to a hospital. The motive

NEW YORK — At the opening of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s trial, a prosecutor pointed the finger at him, calling the Democrat corrupt and telling a federal jury in New York on Wednesday that he traded his power in return for bribes of gold bars, cash and a car. Later, Menendez’s lawyer called prosecutors “dead wrong.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz said the 70-year-old New Jersey politician delivered favors for three New Jersey businessmen since 2018. And she also put his wife, Nadine Menendez, at the center of the crimes, saying the scheme started in 2018 when he and his wife-to-be had begun dating. Pomerantz said the senator was careful not to send too many written communications involving the bribery scheme and used his wife to communicate. “He was careful not to send too many texts,” she said, adding he had Nadine Menendez do it for him. “He used Nadine as his go between to deliver messages to and from the people paying bribes.” Nadine Menendez is charged in the case, but her trial has been delayed until at least July because of a medical

The new marvel series premieres March 2025 on Disney+ Wednesday, May 15, 2024 10:13PM Charlie Cox is ready to return in “Daredevil: Born Again,” premiering March 2025 on Disney+. LOS ANGELES — Daredevil fans rejoice. It’s been almost 10 years since the Marvel superhero starred in his own series, and now “Daredevil” is getting a new season. “Daredevil: Born Again” is set to premiere on Disney+ in March 2025. The announcement was made during the Disney Upfront presentation on Tuesday. Charlie Cox portrays Matt Murdock, attorney by day and vigilante by night. Blinded in an accident as a child, Murdock uses his heightened senses as Daredevil, fighting crime on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen in New York City. Cox is excited to start filming a second season, “It’s quite intimidating, when you take on a role that has such an iconic history, and it’s not without it’s potential pitfalls. Certainly for me, taking on that role all those years ago, ten years ago now, is very nerve-wracking. The amazing thing is, when you do get it right and the fans respond to it, it’s one

The Agyekums are a family of African royals. Roughly 25 years ago, they left Ghana and moved to Ohio. Wednesday, May 15, 2024 10:06PM ‘Royal Rules of Ohio’ follows 3 sisters descended from African royalty living out their 20s Three sisters who are royal descendants from Ghana are letting the cameras roll on their lives here in the United States in a brand new docuseries debuting on Freeform. It’s called ‘Royal Rules of Ohio,’ and it follows the ladies as they navigate their 20s in Columbus, the state’s capital. We chatted with the ladies ahead of the premiere. “My sisters and I are trying to figure out these royal rules,” said Brenda Agyekum. “You can expect to see so much stuff, from family drama to betrayal. You will also see our Ghanaian culture.” The Agyekums are a family of African royals. Roughly 25 years ago, they left Ghana and moved to Ohio. They brought with them rules on how the daughters were supposed to behave as descendants of royalty. “We are just trying to figure out life, love, and all these royal rules, but we

SAN RAMON, Calif. — “Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people,” says Desiree Elder, a Hula instructor with the Polynesian dance revue, Island Spice. “Many people visit Hawaii,” Elder says, “and they think that Hula is just wiggling around. But Hula is so much more than that.” Elder teaches Hula to all ages, but her most unique class is probably the 55-and-over instruction for mature adults taught at San Ramon-Alcosta Senior and Community Center. “The soft, graceful movements are really fun to do,” says Fiona Waterhouse, one of Elders students. “And the beautiful music which evokes everything Hawaiian.” “This is like a godsend class,” adds another student. Elder says she particularly enjoys teaching seniors because they’re a very engaging group of people. “They want to learn,” she says, “they’re not done with life, they want to learn, they want to exercise.” Many of Elders students agree, Hula dancing gives them an opportunity to move and exercise their bodies and their minds. They often give each other tips on how to learn the dance moves, allowing them to

The state of Louisiana and a group of Black voters and civil rights groups asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a long-running dispute over the state’s congressional map.

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