World & Nation
According to a report by Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, Chinese agents have sought to use the Taiwanese underworld to channel funds to those with information to sell.
The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, says a watchdog report that also knocks down conspiracy theory.
California
The Central Valley is home to many of California’s most vulnerable groups to bird flu: agricultural workers. It’s also where wastewater surveillance of the virus is the weakest.
Politics
Dozens have been arrested in the heavily agricultural Kern County during a multiple-day operation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Officials are searching for a man convicted of murder who escaped Monday during prison transport in Kern County.
Escapes. Travel. Adventure.
Peace – and Cool Temps – Await on Coastal California Getaways
Business
Just over two years after the debut of ChatGPT, the world is getting a little savvier about what artificial intelligence technology can do for us and what it’s not so great at.
The Central Valley Training Center opened in 2020 to offer a pathway to a trade for regional residents to learn and one day work for the high-speed rail. Today, 223 students have graduated from the program.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two missiles hit the area of Beirut’s Zuqaq al-Blat neighborhood.
An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip killed employees of World Central Kitchen. Israel said it targeted an Oct. 7 attacker.