Visalia Times-Delta

1 day ago | visaliatimesdelta.com | Miles Blumhardt |James Ward

A new wave of scam text messages impersonating the California Department of Motor Vehicles prompted the agency to alert the public not to comply with the threats or offers of discounted services. The text messages claim the recipients have unpaid tickets and threaten things like prosecution, suspension of vehicle registration and revocation of driving privileges or offer discounted registration fees, the division stated in a June 4 news release.

1 day ago | visaliatimesdelta.com | James Ward

Fort Fire: Brush fire in Kern County causes delays on I-5 Grapevine, evacuation warnings James Ward Kern County firefighters are battling a wildfire burning along Interstate 5 in the Grapevine. The Fort Fire ignited at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Lebec area near I-5 and Fort Tejon Road. It's currently 5% contained at 175 acres, according to CalFire. Authorities are telling motorists to expect delays on Thursday if traveling through the Grapevine.

2 days ago | visaliatimesdelta.com | James Ward |Roseann Cattani

California's high-speed rail project risks losing $4 billion in federal funding after a probe by the U.S. Department of Transportation found the project in default of the terms of two federal grant awards.

1 week ago | visaliatimesdelta.com | James Ward

Twenty years ago, Danny Boyle’s adaption of Irving Welsh’s heroin chic novel “Trainspotting” opened with a young Ewan McGregor running manically through the streets of Edinburgh while Iggy Pop’s “Lust For Life” blared on the soundtrack. So it’s a bit of shock to see McGregor’s middle-aged Renton grimly trudging along on a gym treadmill as “T2 Trainspotting” opens. Surely, this isn’t the same debauched guy we met 20 years ago, right? Boring middle-age comes for us all, apparently. Need a break?

1 week ago | visaliatimesdelta.com | Vongni Yang

That was the final score of last season’s Central Section Division II high school softball championship game. The Monache Marauders were on the losing end of that contest, but the defeat motivated them in the offseason and beyond. The Marauders (17-5-1) rode that loss all the way back to this season’s D-II final. Third-ranked Monache will play No. 4 Bakersfield Christian (22-9) on May 31 at Fresno State’s Margie Wright Diamond. Game time is 4:30 p.m.Need a break?