Reid Stone

1 week ago | sjvsun.com | Reid Stone

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of fuel producers challenging California’s strict vehicle emissions standards under the federal Clean Air Act, reviving a lawsuit that had been dismissed by a lower court. The Supreme Court’s decision, with a 7-2 ruling, allows companies harmed by EPA decisions to challenge regulations in court, highlighting the court’s skepticism towards broad federal agency power, especially in environmental regulation and EPA authority.

1 week ago | sjvsun.com | Reid Stone

Former Caltrain employees Seth Andrew Worden and Joseph Vincent Navarro were sentenced to jail time for embezzling public funds to build secret apartments inside two of Caltrain’s stations. The embezzlement involved converting a portion of the Burlingame station into a personal residence for Navarro in 2019 and remodeling a section of the Millbrae station in 2019, as well. Driving the news: Worden, a Caltrain station manager, hired contractors to remodel office spaces under Navarro’s direction.

1 week ago | sjvsun.com | Reid Stone

1 week ago | sjvsun.com | Reid Stone

President Donald Trump announced on social media Thursday that he may exempt the agriculture and hotel industries from his nationwide immigration crackdown. The announcement is an unexpected shift in policy that arrived after executives in both sectors expressed concerns to Trump about losing reliable, long-time immigrant workers in immigration raids. Driving the news: Trump tendered the news of a shift in immigration enforcement in a jarring post to his social media network, Truth Social.

2 weeks ago | sjvsun.com | Reid Stone

Fresno City Council member Miguel Arias warned Fresno County residents about a potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at a well-known outdoor market over the weekend. Driving the news: During a city council meeting on Thursday, Arias raised concerns, alleging that ICE planned to conduct an immigration enforcement operation at the Cherry Avenue Auction in rural Fresno County over the weekend. Cherry Ave.