One of the most important tools to fight a pandemic is a well-informed public, but much of the information online is questionable or outright false. FM89’s Kathleen Schock discussed how to separate fact from fiction with Donald Barclay, a UC Merced librarian and the author of Fake News, Propaganda and …
Read More »Atwater police union casts ‘no-confidence’ vote on chief. Attorney calls it ‘fake’
Members of Atwater’s police union gave a vote of no confidence this week against its recently removed chief, the union said in a statement. The Atwater Police Officers Association members … Click to Continue »
Read More »Here’s Hillary Clinton on stage in Davis talking about Trump, Comey, fake news
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took the stage at the Mondavi Center Monday at UC Davis as part of her nationwide book tour. Clinton’s upcoming book, “What Happened,” went … Click to Continue »
Read More »He entered the U.S. illegally, used fake IDs and stole checks. Here’s how he was caught.
A foreign national who eluded authorities using more than 40 aliases as he stole and cashed checks was arrested by Livingston police Friday. Felipe Alvarez, 51, was booked into Merced … Click to Continue »
Read More »Japan has disaster theme parks where you can ride out fake earthquakes
Somehow, it’s not surprising that the country that gave us Godzilla and elevated fake food to a fine art has also found a way to make earthquake preparedness entertaining. Guided … Click to Continue »
Read More »Livingston man faces 50 felonies for allegedly making fake IDs
A 38-year-old Livingston man has been charged with 50 felonies for allegedly manufacturing bogus government identification cards in connection with an undercover sting operation with the Department of Motor Vehicles, … Click to Continue »
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