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Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, January 8, 2026
- In 2005, a national report revealed that the U.S. city with the highest rate of concentrated poverty was Fresno. Now, 20 years later, we wondered: have those economic conditions changed?
- High profile defense attorney Alan Jackson has announced that he no longer represents Nick Reiner, who stands accused of murdering his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, last month.
Fresno Once Had The Worst Poverty In The Nation. For Some, It’s A Lasting Struggle
Yonas Paulos’s advocacy for homeless veterans is driven by his own struggles. Paulos, 56, is an immigrant from Ethiopia. He fled his home country to escape war and poverty. He said he first experienced homelessness as a child – and it left a lasting impact. “I never forgot how horrible it felt to be homeless at age seven,” Paulos said.
Paulos later settled in Fresno, where he lived for 40 years. In those decades, he still experienced periods of homelessness. The most recent was last summer. He said mental health struggles were factors. But also a divorce. Today, Paulos has a place he can finally call home…