Seventh and eighth grade students from Kastner Intermediate School were prohibited by their principal and area superintendent from attending a school show of “Oliver” on Friday because of concerns about “violence, alcohol use and thievery.”  

The audience felt “strange,” one staff member Said. There were loud whispers and a strained atmosphere. At intermission, the tension grew as adult audience members – teachers and chaperones – gathered in the lobby. Rumors started to fly. One approached a CMT staff member and asked: “Is there a hanging? We heard there was a hanging. In the second act A group of 116 audience members, first graders from River Bluff Elementary School in the Central Unified School District, stood up at the direction of teachers and were herded out of the theater during the performance 

Joel C. Abels, founder of Children’s Musical Theaterworks, produced “Oliver” at Clovis North High School 10 years ago with full approval of the administration.   

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory may have achieved a remarkable new high point for fusion reactions, generating even more energy than was pumped in during a recent experiment. Fusion is the reaction that powers our sun and it works by smashing two atoms together.  In short, if we could harness fusion power, it would revolutionize energy, allowing us to generate clean power without pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.  A major announcement is scheduled to take place at LLNL on Tuesday, Dec. 13. It's expected to be livestreamed by the Department of Energy at approximately 7 a.m. PT. 

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